Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-03-21 | Page 1 | Unacquainted with Road, Driver Plunges Car into Jordan River; Couple Return to Home Unhurt

Unacquainted With Road Driver Plunges Car Into Jordan River Couple Return to Home Unhurt F Mr Mi and Mrs E. E W. W Phelps of Buena Vista IT Abandon Auto After Mishap Arousing i Fears of Salt Lake Police Until Phelps Appears t J v PHELPS and his wife o of Buena Vista narrowly E EAV 1 escaped serious injury and possible drowning Frida Friday night ight when Phelps drove his automobile into the Jordan river on mn Sixth South street near Ninth West Vest street as the couple their home after to it rere returning an evenings evening's visit with i friends n ic-n-ds- In Salt Lake Lake f Until Saturday morning when helps appeared at police headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters and claimed his auto the police were apprehensive as to whether the driver of the car was In the river Phelps explained that he had questioned his wife Just a a. few few- minutes before the machine went welt into the river asking if she did didiot jot think they were on the wrong Tc he ii replied no and a second sec- sec end ond later the machine plunged off offa a t low embankment into the water Phelps Phelps was thrown against the Windshield and suffered minor cuts cutson cutson on on the face lIe He was momentarily Stunned but quickly recovered in inthe the etho machine which remained upright up- up right fright Mrs Phelps was assisted from the machine In a fainting I K condition and the couple wet and andi i bruised walked a block north to the road the they usually travel be between between be- be tween Buena Vista and Salt Lake and there hailed a passing motorist motorist motorist mo mo- who took them home A A. milkman passing the scene of the accident early earh Saturday morn- morn jn Ping notified police headquarters and Detectives C. C W. W Yo and TV W. M. M Madsen responded I When they arrived the headlights on on- the machine were vere still burning and nd the ignition switch turned on SA mans n's black felt hat was In the rear seat Water was running over the wheels of t the e machine and nd covered the floor V The officers checked the owner of the machine by the license plates after it had been dragged from the stream They were un unable un- un able to reach Phelps by telephone however howe and while arrangements were re being made to drive to Buena BuenaVIsta Vista in an effort to locate the owner fowner of the machine or learn how howit It it came in the river Phelps walked I n no o the station