Show TRAffiC DEA DEATH TOLL HITS FOR NEW PEAK 12 1205 05 a. a m. m Accident Ushers New Year Into S. S L. L Utah's traffic fatality record for or 1937 reached an time all-time I high of as the old year passed into history history even even as an accident injuring six persons ushered in the new year in Salt Lake City Another near highway tragedy occurred almost simultaneously near the Utah-Idaho Utah line when an interstate bus skidded into a abridge abridge abridge bridge abutment and slithered into the Bear river injuring 13 I passengers six of them Three pedestrians were injured in Salt Lake City Friday evening Dies of Injuries Last victim of a Utah automobile accident in 1937 was WM Joseph Moser 81 Logan building contractor who was struck by a a. car while walking to o church December 23 He died of complications late Friday First traffic accident of the new year in Salt Lake City occurred at 1205 a a. a m m. Saturday when two cars collided at Sixth South and State street streets streets' and six occupants received cuts and bruises Unusual thing about the mishap i was that Police Patrolman and Mrs I C C. W. W Farnsworth saw the accident I saw aw that the ambulance was approaching approaching approaching ap ap- ap- ap and went on without in in- investigating in-I in only only to discover later i their son Casey 25 and his wife 21 had been injured in the crash Blame Unlighted Auto An unidentified passenger car was blamed by V. V G. G Cheney Pocatello Pocatello Pocatello Po- Po catello driver of the Union Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- bus which slipped into the Bear river two miles west of Preston Preston Preston Pres Pres- ton Idaho and several of his passengers passengers passengers pas pas- for the accident Several passengers told Sheriff William Head of Franklin county Idaho the car which crowded the bus into the bridge had no headlights Passengers who were badly shaken shak shak- en up and bruised included Nell Neil Sage Shelley Idaho Caroline Caroline Caroline Caro Caro- line Peterson Ardella Moss Mrs R. R A. A Harris Professor Moyle Q Continued on Page Three Column Five HURT HURTIN IN BUS CRASH GRASH Continued from Page One Rice of the Utah Utah State Agricultural Agricultural tural college and Mrs Rice all of Logan E. E J. J Moore Jr Idaho Falls Idaho Henry Monson Hyrum Leonard Weed Po Pocatello atello Ralph Hutchinson Los Angeles Dan Olsen 01 Ol- sen Sou South h Gate CaL and June Davis Clifton Idaho Car Darts Into Path As Cheney rounded a curve on highway No 91 en route to Salt Lake City and started down a slight grade toward the bridge a small passenger car traveling in the opposite opposite opposite op op- op- op direction darted off the bridge in front of the bus the driver told officers As brakes were were applied on the thebus thebus I Ibus bus it skidded slightly on the icy roadway causing the rear wheels to strike the steel abutment and main girder support of the bridge The structure immediately collapsed collapsed collapsed col col- col- col lapsed it was reported precipitating ing the bus into shallow water Sheriff Head said that had the thebus thebus thebus bus been farther upon the bridge the vehicle would likely have been thrown into the deep water and its passengers drowned Tells of Accident George Stinger manager of the ilie Stinger Implement company Preston Preston Preston Pres Pres- ton who was following the bus at considerable distance was first to reach the scene He helped the driver extricate himself and aided in removing passengers some of whom were taken to Preston in the Stinger car Mr Stinger also told the sheriff he saw the unlighted automobile said by investigators to be partly responsible for the crash None of the passengers nor Mr Stinger could sufficiently identify the lighter car carto carto carto to aid officers in their search for forthe forthe forthe the driver The accident occurred shortly before before before be be- fore 6 p. p m. m it was reported and other vehicles including the bus were said to be traveling the highway highway highway high high- way at the time with lights in op op- op- op Bridge Adjudged Safe The bridge said to be just wide enough for two ordinary passenger cars to pass had been adjudged safe for loads up to 20 tons The Thebus Thebus Thebus bus it was reported with its load weighed in the neighborhood of 18 tons All of the passengers after re receiving receiving receiving re- re first aid treatment and physical physical physical phys phys- ical examinations continued on i their journey bus line officials said Death of Mr Moser was the third traffic fatality in Logan and the eighth in Cache county to occur in 1937 The aged contractor was walking with his wife to church churchon on the night he was struck by an automobile driven by E. E M. M Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zim Zim- merman of Logan Police Chief M M. Carl Poulter reported It was snowing at the time Mrs Moser was not hurt Classed as Accident While physicians reported to authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au that direct cause of Mr Moser's death was pneumonia Chief Poulter said the case would be classified as a traffic fatality due to other circumstances involved Injured in the accident at Sixth South and State streets in addition to Mr and Mrs Farnsworth were Seth Rhiner Magna Katherine Cronin Custer court Vilda Barney East Second South street and H. H V. V Hardy 1515 Edison street In jail first alleged traffic violater violator violator vio vio- lator later booked in 1938 was William Thomas 20 of Magna accused of reckless driving after allegedly piloting piloting piloting pilot pilot- ing his car along the wrong traffic lane loane and striking the Farnsworth machine head Thomas was un un- hurt cars were badly damaged Pedestrian Injured One of the last traffic mishaps of 1937 occurred when J. J McKinley 70 of Lucy avenue pedestrian was hit by an automobile as it emerged from a service station at West Tempie Temple Temple Tem Tem- pie and First South streets late Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day night Mr McKinley received possible internal injuries it was re reported reported reported re- re ported at the emergency hospital The automobile police said was driven by Gordon 21 of North Main street C. C O. O Strom street car operator stepped from his tram directly into the path of an automobile driven by E. E P. P 53 of West Third North street at Second North and Center streets He was under examination Saturday for possible internal injuries Accused of Speeding W. W E. E Elieson 47 of 63 East Ninth South street was booked at police headquarters on charges of speeding and failure to yield the right of way after it is alleged his automobile had struck Olivia Hansen 49 of Sixth East street at Sixth East and nd Sixth South streets The victim re received received received re- re knee injuries |