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Show Two Have Nave Narrow EscapeAs EscapeAs EscapeAs As Car Plunges Info Into River A mnaculous mllnculous muaculous escape from frem frcm death deathby deathby by drowning drownmg " was "as as experienced by byHeber b byHeber } Heber Chnstensen Clustensen Chistensen ! of Moib M09.b M09b Moab . and andHomCI andHomer andHomci HomCI Homer Davis 10-year-old 10 year old - - Thompsons Thomp Thomp- Thompsons Thompsons - sons boy by ; ) , yesterday " when "hen hen the car in inwhich inwhich which ' 'I I ' , hich they were nding ndmg riding plul1 pluncred plunged ( ed ofT ofTa ofta offa a high grade into mto the Colorado Coloradollvcr Coloradoriver Coloradoliver llvcr river about a mile belcvv below belc " the De\\ De Dee Dewey Deweybridge Deweybridge \ ' e bridge Man and bo boy } " were "ere ere tL1rOWl1 tnrowan tnrowanfrom tnrownfrom from the caras car as -as - it left the roid r01.d r01d road . and andin andin andin in some scme manner avoided plunging plunginginto plunginginto plunginginto into the riverFor riverFor river riverFor For a time it was feared that the thebay theboy theboy bay boy , . who is a son of Deputy Sher Sher- Sheriff Sheriff - iff Richaid Rlchald Richard Davis of Thompsonsr Thompsons Thompsonsrhad Thompsonshad , , had been drowned dro\\1led dro 1led \ \ Mr ChrIstensen ChrIstensenwas Chnstensenwas was knocked unconscious as he \ vv w \ as astruon asthrown asthi truo\\n truo n thrown own \ ' from the car , , and landed cn en ena cnI cna ena a . , shelf of of'reek ofreek ' reck a fefeet few fe\\ fe \ feet above abo\e abo e \ the thethe thethe thethe the nver , which ist is ' - \ it -\t t at ficod ficodstage ficodstage flcodstage I stage The boy managed to keepfrom keep keepfrom keepfrom from hurtling hurtlmg into the stream andscrambled and andscrambled andscrambled scrambled to safety as the car carplunged carplunged carplunged plunged into the river He saw Mr MrChristensen MrChnstensen ChrIstensen lying lymg on a ledge ofrock of ofrcck ofrock rcck rock , , his head and body covered coveredwIth coveredwith coveredwith wIth flood fiood Panic-stricken Panic stricken Pamc-stricken Pamc - the lad ladsupposed ladsupposed ladsupposed supposed the man had been hIlled killed hIlledHe killedHe killedHe He immediately munediately set out on foot foct to tohIhay tohighway tohighway hIh\\ay hIh ay highway [ \ No 50 near Cisco a dis- dis distance distance dis distance - tance of 15 miles , where he caught caughta a nde to Thompsons Thcmpsons his home He Hedld Hedid Hedid dld did not tell ten anyone of cf the accIdent accidenten en route . In the meantime Mr Chnsten Chrlsten- Chrlsten Christen- Christen - - sen icgalncd legalncd regained consciousness after afterseveral afterseveral afterseveral several hours Since the car and boy boyhad boyhad boyhad had disippearcd dis'lppearcd dislppearcd disappeared ' he natunlly natUl"llly natUlllly naturally " sup- sup supposed supposed sup supposed - posed both had plunged into mto the therher thericer theriver rher ricer and tint th'lt thlt that ' the b bey boy y had drowned drown drown- drowned drowned - - ed Mr Christensen Chlistensen rushed rushcd toDewey to toDeey toDevvey De\\ey De ey Dewey \ \ , , about a mile distant andphoned and andphoned andphoned phoned Sheriff Shenff J B Ske SkewesSheriff Skewes SkewesSheriff " es Sheriff Skevvcs SkCes Sheaves SkC\\ SkC \ \ es and Justice of the thePeace thePeace thePeace Peace Dave A Johnson left at once oncefor oncefor oncefor for the scene of the accident in- in intendmg intending in intending - - tending tendmg to search for the body ofthe ofthe of ofthe the boy Beforc Before BeforctheyreachedDevveyhowever they reached Dew De " ey , ho\\ever ho ever however \ \ , , the Davis lad had reached reachedThonYpsons reachedThompson reachedThompsons ThonYpsons Thompson and told of the acci acci- accI- accI accIdent accident accident - - dent and word of his safety had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been sent to Dc DeweyMr Devvey Dewey DevveyMr " cy Mr Christensen received manysevere many manysevere manysevere severe bruises in m the accident He He"as Hewas Hewas "as as was " brought to Moa Moab b by the shenff sheriff shenffand sheriffand sheriffand and is 15 being bring treated at the Gland Grand Glandcounty Grandcounty Giandcounty county hespltalThe hospitalThe hospital hespltal hospitalThe The place where the car left the thegrade thegrade thegrade grade is about 30 feet above abo\e abo e \ the theflver theriver theriver flver river , and there is practicilly practic'llly practicllly practically ' a asheer asheer asheer sheer drop from the roadway to the thewater thewater theI water , with a few small ledges jut- jut juttmg jutting jut jutting - ting tmg out How Hew the t\ t two t0 , \ 0 kept from frombeing frombeing frombeing being th10\\n th10 n thrown thi own \ ' into mto the river will willever willever willever ever remain a mystery The car , a aI asmall asmill I sm9.ll sm9ll small . pick-up pick up - plunged phmged into about 20 20feet 20feet ! . feet of " watei "atel atel natei . , and it would be Im- Im nn- nn ImpossIble nnpossible im impossible - possible to locate it , as the rivel river is isa isa 1 a raging ragmg torrent at this place The Thecar Thecar , car con contained tamed Mr Chnstensen ChrIstensen s scam'pmg scamping scamping cam'pmg campmg camping ' and trapping outfit cutfit |