Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-06 | Page 2 | Victims of Car Crash Recovering

VICTIMS OF CAR GRASH RECOVERING Slippery Rails Cause Plunge Down Hill Mrs E. E Holder 18 8 Center street and Antonia Aldrich 7 years of ot age 33 Centar Center Cen Cen- tar ter er street are are reported to be recovering from injuries rec received last night when they fell from a a. streetcar which escaped from control of the crew last night The accident sg occurred e end on or Center r t street r etl hill between Second and nd First North rf streets Tracks coated by rain soaked leaves are said to have j the the- rails slippery The The car ha t reached the t top p of ot the hill at 9 o'clock and was about to discharge passengers when it started to slide back Despite locked wheels Its speed d Increased and the car Gar was plunged In darkness Panic struck the passengers made frantic efforts to reach the exits Mrs Holder was pushed from the car in the excitement ment and baby Aldrich was Injured when she Jumped from frol 1 the car with her mother Mrs Ms Holder was rendered rendered rendered ren ren- dered unconscious unconscious' and received bruises Conductor S. S P. P and Lee ray i Center street applied the rear hand handbrakes handbrakes j brakes and slackened the speed of the I escaping p. car i Green of the Capitol Hill NIh car cal saw the Center street streetCar streetcar streetcar car approaching him backwards and re reversing reversing reversing re- re his own car he opened the sand valves alves and kept just jUl t In front of the Center Center Conter Cen Con ter street car As the locked d wheels struck the sand the sar ear was brought to toa toa toa a halt The center street car was op operated operated operated op- op by Motorman O. O C. C Beard