Show auto accident injures seven near hear delle seven men were injured in a pair of auto accidents which hap bened within 3 miles of each other on the bumpy narrow highway between wendover and grantsville Grants ville the first wreck occurred at 8 a m last saturday september and the second at 9 30 on the same day pulling a trailer house behind their 1939 automobile five pros miners on their way to ne vada were hurt when a tire on one of the rear wheels blew out caus ing the car to swerve off the road and overturn the car was driven by E E gurr 29 of provo v who re cuts and bruises as did the other four passengers injured be sides the driver were william mott 68 vernal george 0 massey 65 vernal bernard stew art 60 salt lake city william E gurr 47 salt lake city most seriously injured was ivas mr mott who suffered a spinal in jury and mr stewart who received broken ribs cuts and bruises the car was a complete loss with the damage estimated at 1800 the trailer was also smash ed up this accident occurred one mile west of low station about ten miles from delle the second mishap happened just an hour and a half later when george 68 of kimber ly nevada driver of the carpas car pas sed another automobile but lost control of his machine when he hit holes in the road the vehicle a light 1936 model bounced off the road into the barrow pit and rolled over nick own er of the car and a passenger was thrown clear of the wreck and was uninjured except for being shaken up george re cuts and bruises the auto mobile was completely wrecked no citations were issued dep u uty ty fay pay gillette who investigated both accidents said the condition of the road was partly responsible for the second accident all victims were taken to the tooele thoele clinic then removed to hos petals in salt lake and vernal by the tate gillette ambulance |