| Show THREE ESCAPE AS CAR BURNS IN AUTO CRASH Pilot of One Machine Nabbed as Drunk Driver i Three persons persona escaped serious in injury injury injury in- in jury in an automobile collision Thursday at 1 I a a. a m. m which resulted Picture on Page 3 in the burning of one of or the cars Ed Almstedt 32 Seventh East street is at liberty on bond following his arrest on a drunken driving charge His automobile police reports showed crashed into the rear of ot a machine driven by Mrs Ray Cornia 31 34 1209 Harrison avenue as it pulled away from tram tho the curb at East Fourth South street Hurled Against Tree The Cornia car was thrown El Cl feet against a tree tre where where- gasoline spurting spurling from a burst d tanks tank I IE- IE The machine was destroyed Mrs Cornia and her husband who vho were in th the car leaped from their machine AS ns it burst into flames IJames Almstedt's car rolled feet I from rox the point of impact before it could be brought to a 1 stop Alcohol splashing from the radiator ignited but Almstedt extinguished the fire with his overcoat Mr and Mrs frs Cornia estimated the speed of ot the Almstedt car at 50 miles an hour at the time of ot the crash Almstedt declared he was not driving faster than 2 25 miles mUes an hour Almstedt blamed fog and smoke for forthe the crash saying he was was' unable to see the Cornia automobile until untila a 1 moment before the collision He Ho also I told police that the rear light of the Cornia car was not burning Suffers Suffer Cut Lip Mr and Mrs Cornia Cornin escaped in in- in jur jury Almstedt suffered a a. cut lip Almstedt was fined 35 35 in police court as result of a collision between his car and one driven by Chester Butcher 24 Whitney court October 3 1934 Originally charged with hit and run and reckless driving ing the charge agal against st Almstedt Alm was reduced to reckless driving Four persons were were injured In the accident I Eight other traffic accident accidents were reported to police early Thursday and late Wednesday Miss Louise A. A Clark 54 4 1160 Bueno avenue suffered r d scalp lacerations lacer lacerations when a machine driven by her collided with one driven by Miss Katherine Shields 17 1234 East Seventh Seventh Sev Sev- erith South street at Second South and Ninth East streets Wednesday at p. p m. m Allen AlIen 14 Sixth East street treet a pedestrian suffered a possible possible possible pos pos- sible shoulder fracture when struck by a car driven by Elmer EJmer Lee Edgar 22 West Fourth South street at t Fifth East and Fourth South streets Wednesday at p. p In m. Child Is Injured H. H C. C Cram 49 Military way told police poUce that his car was struck by another machine at Eighth South and and Eleventh East streets Thursday at a. a m. m He failed tailed to obtain the ilie name of the driver of ot the other machine Shirley Pike old year old daughter of ot Mr and Mrs E. E E. E Pike of Kensington Kensington Kensington Ken Ken- avenue venue suffered head abrasions abrasions abra abra- slon and nd Robert Felt 7 son of Dr and Mrs J. J E. E Felt of ot 1 1902 02 Ninth East street received a cut lip when automobiles driven by their mothers collided at Ninth East and Twenty- Twenty first South streets at p. p m. m Wednesday Nell Neil Bryan 6 son of Mr and Mrs Nell Neil of or Forty- Forty eighth South street and 1 Redwood road suffered scalp lacerations Wednesday afternoon when struck by a car driven by byJ J. J P. P Palmer 29 East Fourth South street at Thirty Thirty- third South street near the Jordin n river Earl Moore 43 3 Went Broadway Broadw Broad w way y was charged with drunken driving after his car struck a parked machine at West Second South street late Wednesday Bruce Holtby 19 Sherman avenue was arrested at 1125 p. p m. m Wednesday when his automobile struck a truck in which six persons were riding at North Temple and Second West Vet streets Truman Giles 24 of ot 2457 Redwood Redwood Redwood Red Red- wood road was treated at the Salt SAIl Lake ke General hospital Thursday for tor tora fora a fractured right elbow received when the motorcycle he was wu riding overturned after alter striking loose gravel at Third East and Thirty Thirty- third South streets Don Giles 19 his brother who also waS was riding the motorcycle when the he accident occurred escaped Injury ln in- in jury ury |
