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Show FIRE CHIEFS AUTO KILLS LITTLE GIRL Eye Witness Tells ef the Accident A. O. Hughes, who has a barber shop at Ninth East and Ninth South streets and who waa an era wttaaat to the accident, baring baaa standing the southwest corner at the time, laid that ha noticed the Ira chief' ear approach ing from the north traveling oa the waat of the center of Ninth Eaat (treat. At the time he aleo noticed etreet ear oa both the north and wroth eidee of Ninth South atreet .and could plainly ee that the automobile would aeeee-nrily aeeee-nrily have to tan to the left la order to pan the creasing. " When the anto eworTed baeh to the went aide of the etreet, after pawing paw-ing the eouthbooud atreet ear, I saw that it would be aa impossibility to avoid one of the two little girls who ware crowing Ninth Eaat etreet near where I waa tending," said Mr. Hughe. "The one that waa at rue k etood etUI. while her companion, who jumped eltghtly to one aide, bsrelv mieeed the same fata. I do not recall hearing any warning from the approaching approach-ing automobile, although a warning aunt have baaa given. r'When the anto which struck her bad advanced about if tj foot her body waa apparently passed over. The ear then swerved further to the wast, striking the curb aad proceeding seven tt-flve to a hundred feet further, stopping stop-ping whan coming ia contact with a street ear pole. I rushed toward the little girl, out seme oaa whom I do not know reached bar before I did and carried her into the drag store on the southwest corner of the crossing. She was covered with blood whoa I reashnd her side aad it was quite evident that death was practically instantaneous." |