Show SIGN i R III I RECK OCCURS I AS OPERATOR Of CAR COLLAPSES Passenger Saves Motor man From Possible Seri Serious us Injury TWO IN HOSPITAL One Tram Knocked From Track rack Hits Auto Five passengers were Injured when two heavily loaded streetcars collided at the intersection of Ninth South and Seventh East streets en on Wednesday morning shortly 9 The Injured taken to the emergency emer emer- gency hospital were Stewart D Dean an 49 operator oC ot eastbound Highland Drive car No which crashed into northbound I car r No tio o minor i cuts t and ad shorty j 5 Miss rUsa Th elson 4 4 of or Westminster Westminster- Westminster avenue r avenue possibly possible fractured frac raC- raC and evere severe shock A A. A L L. L 35 35 o of building broken nose and bruises Margaret Moose 20 1715 East Thirty-third Thirty South street bruises and cuts on left arm Mrs E. E Pegg of 2808 Fifth East Bast street bruised shins and shock They were all aU treated at The Emergency hospital and Dean and Miss Nelson were later removed to the L. L D. D S. S hospital OTHERS BRUisED Several other suffered slight bruises and cuts but did not report to the emergency hospital for treatment According to officials of the Utah Light and Traction company the crash was caused by the sudden collapse of Stewart Dean a veteran operator of ot the company as he ap approached approached ap- ap preached the Seventh East cross- cross Ing A witted quick passenger whose name was not obtained by police or company officials noticed Dean slump over on his seat and at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted t to- to stop the car but pushed the controls the wrong way He lie Continued on page 5 I r. i WRECK OCCURS AS OPERATOR OF CAR COLLAPSES Continued from Irons page 1 I. succeeded however howe in dragging the operator from the front of the car saving him from probable serious injury as the front end was badly crushed rushed when it hit the rear section of f the northbound car operated by William H. H Summers 43 of North Ninth West est street Summers Summers Sum Sum- mers fliers who has lisa been with the company company com corn pany since 1906 had the right c cf way and has been completely exonerated exon exon- orated by officials from any blame for or the accident PULLED OFF TROLLEY Deans Dean's car which continued on up Ninth South street after knockIng knock- knock lag Ing ng the northbound car from the tracks racks stopped by a Was waR company compan I who jumped out of his automobile au- au I and pulled the trolley from the ho wire I CARS LOADED Both of the heavy heay steel cars loaded with the morning rush o of passengers were badly damaged and windows were vere shattered The northbound car was knocked off the track and the tho rear end struck an automobile driven by J. J II f. f Baker of 50 South Twelfth East as It was swung around against the curb Baker escaped injury and his au au- au was only slightly dam darn aged Traffic was tied up for a a. short time at the busy intersection while wrecking crews were ere getting tho the derailed car bark on the tracks |