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Show UTAH TRAFFIC DEATHSim LIOUnFIVE Castlegate, Clearfield Residents Succumb to Injuries Within the short space of 12 hours Utah's 1940 traffic death toll had shot Thursday to nearly near-ly double that of the same period pe-riod in 1939. Fatalities In Davis and Carbon counties increased the toll to five this year, contrasted with three up to this time In 1939. The latest victims: Ethan Darwin Thomas, 31, of Castlegate, who died at Price city hospital at S:30 a. m. Thursday of Injuries suffered In an accident at 12:05 a. m. Monday. Jacob Granvll Cook, 82, of Clearfield, Clear-field, who died at St. Mark's hospital hos-pital at 6:15 p. m. Wednesday of Injuries received earlier In the day when run over by an automobile In Clearfield, n ' ' Both fatalities had unusual circumstances. cir-cumstances. Mr. Thomas' accident, had It occurred only six minutes earlier, would have caused the death to be charged to 1939 rather than 1940. Mr. Cook's death was classed as a traffic fatality after It was learned that the accident occurred on highway right of way, although off the highway proper. Castlegate Man Dies Of Crash Injuries Special to The Telegram PRICE, Jan. 4 Unc o n s c I o u s since he was hurled from his automobile auto-mobile In Castlegate Monday morning, Ethsn Darwin Thomas, 31, of Castlegate, died at Price city hospital at 6:30 a. m. Thursday. Mr. Thomas suffered s skull fracture when the automobile he (Continued on Pa HcbO i Column Sour I TRAFFIC DEATHS IN 1940REACH5 (Continued front Pass One) u driving skidded and itruck rock will betid the highway. The car careened acrou the road and threw Mr. Thomas over an embankment to railroad track 12 feet below. Mn Wtlma Thomas, his wife, suffered a fractured pelvis, broken arm and iralp cuts. She was reported re-ported In "Improved" condition at the hospital. Mrs. Walter MrPhle, 25. and Robert Watson. IB. both of Castle-gate, Castle-gate, passengers In the car, suffered minor Injuries. Jark Sullivan, state highway patrolman, pa-trolman, blamed the accident on excessive speed. Mr. Sullivan's report said the accident occurred at U OS a. m . making the death chargeable to 1940. Had the mishap occurred before midnight, the death would have been charged to 1939. The state tax commission follows the National Safety council practice of charging traffic deaths to data of accident. Mr. Thomas was born December a, ottflW, at Vernal, a sow al Hearst Albert and Bernlce Duke Thomas. He had worked as a miner at Castlegate. Surviving, besides his widow, are three children: Beverly, 9; Deloe, 7, and Blaine, 6: four brothers, A. H. Thomas of Salt Lake City, J. N. Thomas of fJreenrlver, Frank Thomas and Homer Thomas, both of Castlegate; three sisters, Mrs. Bernlce Watson of Rains. Mrs. Blanche McGrath of Castlegate and Mrs. Owen Huntsman of Ferron. . |