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Show STAGE TURNS OVER ARB IW III RJVER . Duchesne-Provo Stage Turns .Over Intp Provo RiverBut No One Was Drowned Saturday afternoon, about 6 o'clock as the Duchesne-Provo auto stage was coming down Provo canyon on the ( North Fork dugway about 12 miles from Provo, the front spring of the car broke, with the result that the car ran over the edge of the road and tumbled about twelve feet into the river turning over completely in the descent Henry Bottom, who was driving, and a passenger, Mrs. Mabel 'Baysing-er; 'Baysing-er; both of Duchesne, remained In the car which landed in about three feet of water right side up. The occupants occu-pants got out with their effects and came down in a car which was coming com-ing towards iProvo a short distance behind the stage. They went to the Hotel Lamar where it was found that Mrs. Baysinger had received alight bruises on her limbs, and Mr. Bottom had escaped with even less injury. About 8 o'clock In the evening a report came to Sheriff Henry East that some people had been drowned in the river and he Immediately went to the canyon on an Investigating trip. There he found a large number num-ber of campers from W'ildwood and other places in the canyon searching for the bodies below the place of the accident, and it was several hours before be-fore the sheriff could be located by phone messages sent to the canyon (after it was learned that Mr. liottom and Mrs. 'Baysinger were in Provo) and informed that no one was drowned. drown-ed. The car In the river and a handkerchief handker-chief on the bank led to the supposition supposi-tion that the passengers had been drowned and caused the call to be sent to the sheriff and the search by people in the canyon. |