Show 7 t f r o r-r- r t f 1 f t r i 2 t IiI i n I r v 1 j. J i i J It our Lose Lives in Head On d Auto ato Crash Cr h Near Beaver eaver B y I r TOS COLLIDE S f ON CURVE NEAR t J i gC CITY i 1 VS I D Deaths eat s Bring To Toll In Utah to 6 5 in Three Days A terrific on head-on crash of automobiles in Beaver two 10 county shortly before midnight Monday took four lives and in injured in- in jed two persons IThe Mine The accident on an the road to toi miles west of Bear Bea Bea- Milford i lford six er r shot Utah's traffic fatality to toll ll Il for tor 1940 to 36 an increase toof orf of f 38 per cen cent over the 26 to dale last year f t I With two deaths Saturday night Utah has had six fatalities within less ss than three full days lIThe I The deaths raised Beaver county's toll for 1940 to five com com- compared 3 pared with none to date in 1939 s i I fad and nd only one for all last year H j State Local Officials Probe Beaver Crash F Special to The Telegram f BEAVER April 9 Described 9 as one of the worst traffic accidents in is southern Utah history a terrific two car on head-on collision that took lour Tour lives lues and injured two persons fas was being investigated ln Tuesday by state state and local authorities IThe The accident si six miles west of Beaver Jeater Beaver on the road to Milford Millord shortly before midnight Monday claimed the following victims I Dean Bow Bowden den 35 and John JohnJack Johnh h Jack Mullin 21 both of Beaver killed outright I Miss Mi's Frances Pearce of 20 Beaver Bea- Bea yer ver fer who died at 3 a a. a m m. Tuesday atthe at the office of Dr Leon H H. Cline Beaver Beater physIcian r I Earl Harris 26 of Minersville who o died at 10 1030 30 a a. a m m. m Tuesday If Sin a Cedar City hospital Bruises Bruises and Shock f I William Brooke 22 of Beaver and Dell about 25 of f Minersville who suffered bruises and nd shock r The rhe accident occurred at a curve had just been een rounded by a aar acar ascar scar ar car dm drivel en westbound by Mr Bowden Bow- Bow den Mr McMullIn Miss P Pearce arce arced and d Mr Brooke were passengers in the Bowden car I Mr was riding Inan in inan inan an eastbound car driven by Mr Harris Sheriff Jasper Puffer said the accident was one one of the worst in southern Utah's history I Investigation was being made by Sheriff Puffer Town Marshal J. J J A Manzione of Beaver and Larry Adams state highway patrolman patrolman pa pa- Although the cars met on head-on on a curve nothing so far has be been een n found to indicate that either driver river was at fault the sheriff t said aid Little evidence was left to indicate indicate in- in what c caused used the crash because because be- be cause ause the Bowden car was catapulted catapulted catapulted cata cata- feet leaving the highway highway high high- way and overturning several times Bodies Badly Mangled The rhe heads of Mr Bowden and Mr McMullin were crushed and their bodies were mangled nearly 1 Beyond recognition Miss Pearce suffered a skull fracture internal Injuries fractured fractured fractured frac frac- leg and fractured arm Mr Harris was feared also to have suffered a concussion His right arm was crushed and amputation amputation tation was necessary Mr Bowden a store owner and stockman was born October 25 1904 at Beaver a son of Charles CharlesH H H. and Lettle Patterson Bow Bowden en Continued on Page Pace Five FI Column Five r ON HEAD CRASH TAKES 4 LIVES Continued From Page One On February 18 18 1926 he married Gwen McGhee of Milford at Bea Bea- ver Besides his widow he is survived by three e children Ken children Ken Kenneth neth Donna and Carlo and his mother Mrs Lettle Lettie Patterson Bowden Thompson of Beaver I Born in Beaver 1 |