Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-03 | Page 1 | Girl Escapes Injury in Runaway Machine

GIRL ESCAPES INJURY IN RUNAWAY MACHINE Child 10 Brings Car to Halt After Dash Down Main Bingham Street Look BINGHAM out A car I The cry echoed up and down tairi 1 Mai str et Pedestrians jumped for the sidewalks Acar whizzed by A Aman Aman man shouted M My God theres there's a child In It iU The car careened o em It narrowly narrowly nar- nar telephone pole It gathered speed It headed straight for the door of the Bingham Bing Bing- ham barn hospital Men yelled Tv Two 0 women on the sidewalk covered their eyes to prevent seeing the crash The ear car swerved Just In Inthe Inthe the nick of time it missed ter The car rushed on zigzagging zigzagging zig-zag- zig ging its way through the narrow turning Bingham Main street streel As it neared the thc entrance of the Denver Rio Grande railroad railroad rail rail- road depot the car came to a halt Its mad light flight ended Little Viola McDonald year 10 old d daughter of Mr and Mrs George McDonald lone occupant of the runaway car had applied the emergency brake She sat t sobbing on the front seat as pursuers pursuers pur- pur reached the ear car Shaken and unnerved Viola had remembered had said the lever you ou pull to stop the car Mrs McDonald had parked the car just above the city hall hal and h d gone into the bank Little Viola had remained in the carIn carIn car In some manner the car started down Main street Luck was with Viola as Main street was practically deserted due to the snowstorm Few cars were parked on the street and In In its wild rush down do the steep sleep r I F G Ti 1 U 4 L e Viola McDonald grade her car met no approaching approach approach- ing traffic The car lun lunged ed from one side of the street to the other Each time as disaster loomed Viola averted it with n a tug lug on the steering steer steer- tog ing wheel screaming and md crying in her fright After Arter the machine had traveled a mile and a half Viola remembered the emergency brake and her daddys daddy's advice It was the hane hanc t God that steered that car someone remarked re- re marked with a sigh of relief Yes another replied but it was Violas Viola's hand on t the e steering wheel wheels She W was s a brave little Irl