Show I I I Tm TIRE EXPLOSION m rR PROVES Vt FATAL TO Y T 1 Clyde C. C Gawan Dies as Result Re Re- suIt sult of Singular Accident on Road in Which He Suffered Fractured Skull I Clyde C. C Gawan 21 son of Mrs Emma Z Gawan Major street of Salt Lake and nd the late F. F B. B Gawan died today at Cascade Ida as a result of a fractured skull suffered yesterday near there when an auto tire exploded ed breaking the rim a portion of which struck him on the head Gawan was employed as a surveyor by the United States bureau of roads Y Yesterday afternoon when he stopped his automobile to pump up a a. a tire he noticed a clincher rim out of or place and while attempting to drive it back backwith backwith backwith with a hammer the tire exploded with terrific force breaking the rim a piece of which struck him Just above the right temple fracturing the skull He was removed to Cascade where an operation was performed by surg surgeons sur sur- g geons geons ons from Boise He died this mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing without regaining consciousness Gawan is survived by his mother two brothers Louis B. B and Frank and anda a sister Mrs G. G A. A The body will be brought brough t to Salt Lake for burial |