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Show MICHIGAN CAR IN LIFE-SAVING FEAT To the pulling power of a Michigan "Forty" David A Gunn owes his life and the fact that his own big touring car is not now a maBs of broken junk. Gunn's car was being towed over tho hills between Crockett and Rodeo, in Contra Costa county, by Harry L. K,iel of Oakland, who drove a mighty Michigan. Mich-igan. A team of horses attached to a wagon was encountered. Kiel got by In his Michigan all right, but Gunn, iii ondeavorlng to pass In his big car, steered too close to the edge of the road and began to slide downward, with the pleasant prospect of going to the bottom of the canyon. 150 feet below. Young Kiel took In the perilous situation sit-uation of Gunn at a glance and set his brakes for the pull The inch-and-a-half manilla rope that was attached to the two cars grew taut and cracked with tho strain, but It held, and so did the Michigan Kiel had sot his brakes, but these failed to hold at once. He slipped into the low gear and applied a little ongine power, and his wheels spun under tho strain and burned rubber fiom the tearing tires filled the air But the Michigan, held the big touring tour-ing rar until it lost Its momentum, thus saving it and Its occupants from destruction With both cars at rest help was secured and the touring machine ma-chine rescued from its dangerous position po-sition San Francisco Call. |