Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-16 | Page 2 | Wrecks Truck to Save Child

fRUCK I TO 10 SAVE AV CHILD 1 OGDEN Sept 16 16 Spec Special Weaving his speeding combination Uon truc huc and through congest c cd ed traffic l Fireman G George orge E. E Mitchell Jl 35 crashed into a a. telephone tele tele- phone pole to avoid avold striking a child Ion l Monday afternoon Responding t to an nn alarm Mitchell sped west vest on Twenty fifth street At Madl Madison on avenue a acar car driven by Charles J. J Ross loomed suddenly in iii his hI path Mitchell 1 swung the t truck around tho the corner Collision with witha a a. second r c car was was imminent nt To 10 avoid a crash Mitch Mitchell mounted the curb A little lIlUe girl Irl st stood od terror stricken in front of the truck Th The fireman missed th child by Inches and threw the swiftly moving fire truck heMon headon against hs the pole Ross floss assumed blame blamo for 01 the th mishap mishap mis mis- hap and praised Mitchell for tor his quick thinking The pol pole and the fire truck were almost completely demolished S. S I