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Show I CHILD HIT BY I AUTO NEAR I BRffltiE M J Ethel Howell, nine years old, daugb- H tei of Mr. and Mrs. William Howell, M living just north, of Ogden bridge, who H was run down Wednesday evening ) on Washington avenue by an automo- B j bile driven by Vernon Watson, is H ' recovering from her injuries and is B j believed to bo out of danger. H ' Little Miss Howell had just stepped H ! from a diminutive carriage, drawn by H , a Shetland pony, when the motor H car, swerving swiftly to escape col- Hn lision with a third vehicle, knocked L hor to the ground. The wheels of H tbe automobile struck the child's head H 1 inflicting an ugly bruise. At the time B 'j it was feared that the skull had been H J fractured, but a more careful medical H I examination proved that the bones oc HJ. the head were not broken. B" At the time of the accident Mr. H 1 Watson was returning with his au- H j tomobile to the Chautauqua grounds H ' and was not driving at a high rate H of speed An approaching carriage H ma le it necessary for him to swing H to one side and In doing this the M Jj child was struck. 'i |