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Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-16 | Page 14 | Four 4-Year Old Girls Hurt in Car Mishap

Type issue
Date 1944-11-16
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Four 4-Year Old Girls Hurt in Car Mishap
Type article
Date 1944-11-16
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 14
OCR Text 7 I ci I L' L LS L'S 4 I r rs S s x t 7 1 It t I tJ J 1 I j y ii i J 5 5 4 1 IiI J NEVER REACHED HOME FRO FROM I CHURCH CLASS Charmaine left Jo Joyce ce r Lo Lowry and Dyanne Edlefsen all 4 olds 4 olds ear victims of a a. Wednesday evening e automobile automobile- pedestrian accident at South and Lincoln st. st arc are shown in their beds at L D S hospital where hero they were taken for treatment treatment treat treat- ment after the mishap Four Year Old 4 Girls Hurt in Car Mishap One Suffers Fractures of Both Legs Others Receive Head Heads Body Injuries Three old 4 Salt Lake girls Thursday were reported recovering in a Salt Lake hospital from irom injuries suffered when they were struck down by an automobile at South and Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln st. st Wednesday at p. p pm p.m. m. m while they were returning to their family homes from a primary primary primary mary class in the Lincoln L D S Sward Sward ward chapel The Injured all of whom are Inthe in inthe the L D S hospital are Joyce Joce Lowry da daughter of oC Deputy DIst Att Atty and Mrs H. H D. D Lowry 2121 Lincoln st. st head heDd lacerations and cerebral compression Dyanne Edlefsen Edlefsen Ed Ed- daughter of oC Mr tr and Mrs F. F L L. Edlefsen 2119 Lincoln st. st Internal Injuries and Charmaine daughter of ot Mr and Mrs E. E D. D 1 lOth East fractures fractures frac frac- tures turcs of both legs lebs A fourth Carol Sue Edlefsen Edlefsen Edlef Edlef- sen zen year old sister ster of Dyanne was released to the family home after being treated at Salt Lake general hospital for bruises and abrasions According to police the four tour children were walking south across South on their way home from attending a primary class in m the Lincoln L D S Sward ward chapel 1989 East when a westbound car driven by Pic Rulon D. D Labium Labrum Labrum La- La brum um 23 East struck the children hurling them to the tho street Pic Labrum who was yas given an arrest tag for falling failing to yield the tho right o of ot way to a pedestrian said he was traveling through heavy traffic and failed to see the victims victims vic vie tims tirns until It if was too late to avoid striking them He estimated his speed at 10 miles mUes per pcr hour when he struck the children although police accident reports report said the tho car traveled tra 76 feet after the mis mis- hap t L The four tour children were taken to Salt Lake general hospital b by police po po- lice ambulance for emergency treatment before the three were transferred to L D S hospital and the fourth released to the tho family home I A AL L 4 I t I 1
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