Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-02-05 | Page 11 | Brigham City Men Escape Accident

Brigham rl am m City ItY Men en j Esc Escape pe a Accident ent BRIGHAM CITY Feb 5 President I dent William C C. H Horsley Patriarch Denmark Jensen Jesse W. W Hoopes and Jesse W. W Hoopes Jr had a narrow narrow narrow nar nar- I row escape escape fr from m serious accident and probable death Tuesday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon while coming down Boxelder canyon canon In a large automobile They were returning from attending the funeral services of Mrs Peter Jenn Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen sen n at Mantua with Jesse W. W Hoopes Jr at the steering wheel At the turn In the road a short distance above the old power house housein in the canyon the driver in at attempting attempting attempting at- at tempting to keep out of the ruts drove too close to the edge o of the creek bank and the snow gave way under under- the heavy weight of ot the car letting It slide sIlde down the embankment embankment embankment embank embank- ment Into the loose snow The car eft the road for tor a distance of ot about ten feet teet and only held from tipping over ver Into the crook by the weight of ot the deep snow against the lower side of ot the auto Mr 11 Hoopes secured the services of John Funk and Hyrum Christen Christen- Christensen sen who pulled the car out of ot the gulch and It wa was brought to this city later in the evening