Iron County Record | 1956-02-02 | Page 1 | Traffic Death Boosts County January Toll to Nine

Traffic Death Boosts County January Toll to Nine Death of Mrs. Jennie Benson Williamson, . prominent Para-gonah Para-gonah resident of injuries suffered suf-fered in an automobile accident early In January, brought the total to-tal number of traffic deaths in Iron County during January to six , as compared to nine deaths in the county during the entire year of 1955. Total traffic deaths in the state for the first month of the yeai was 21, an unusually high number num-ber for one month, and with nearly one third of these deathi occurlng In Iron County, It putt the county in a bad light Indeed and Indicates that unusual can must be exercised if the count; ' Is not to set an appalling recort of traffic fatalities during th year.