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Show TWO KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Two mon were killed and two injured, in-jured, one perhaps fatally, when William Wil-liam B, McGInnls, mastor mechanic of tho United States smcltor at MIdvalo. taking a dosporato chance to escape collslon with a wagon, drove his auto head-on Into a speeding street car op tho Murray line near Sixteenth South and Stato streets, Salt Lake, at S o'clock last nlcht. The Dead. SIMEON C. JIAZLETON, superintendent superin-tendent of the United States smelter at MIdvalo. ROBERT L. BOOTH, a member of the town council at MIdvalo and manager man-ager of tho Booth Mqrcantile company. com-pany. The Injured. William B McGInnls, four ribs broken, twq gcaip wounds nnd probably prob-ably internally Injured Willis T. Vincent, saloonkeeper at MIdvalo, left leg wrenched at the hips, bruised and cut. The four men were en route to Salt Lako In McGInnls' five passenger car lo attend a meeting of the directors of tho Western Black Marble company, com-pany, In which they were interested Just opposite the Progress powor plant north of Murray, McGlnnir, turned from tho narrow ro&dwny to tho east of tho car tracks and crossed to the other aide, soaking a safer pas-aago pas-aago of the streot car approaching at high speed from the north. Blinded by tho headlight of the street car, he failed to see. until too late, a wagon coming from the north on tbo west side of tho tracks. A collision with tho wagon was imminent. CrasheG Into Car. ' Taking tho only course left to him, .McGInnls spun his steering whael to tho right and Khot full speed ahead Into tho blinding glaro of tho headlight head-light in tho forlorn hope of clearing Ike track ahead of the car. There was a grinding, crashing roar of splintering splin-tering glass and buckling steel, drowning drown-ing the cries of terror from the doomed doom-ed men in the auto and tho warning shout of tho motorman. A flash of light from tho broken circuit of tho car lighted up tho surroundings and then came darkness. When tho lights were restored the auto was found in tho ditch a rod or two from the road, reduced to a mass of Junk. The bodies of Hazloton and Booth, tho heads llteraljy cloven in two and the limbs crushed out of all somblnnco, were found by the side of the wreckage. McGInnls lay unconscious uncon-scious in tho ditch twenty yards from the street car Vincent, stunned into momentary insensibility, was picked up on tho other side of tho streeL Ills Injuries were slight. Motorman Eccape6. Motorman T. A. FTodrickson of the street car came unscathed through tho shower of glass and wreckage, though he was stunned for a moment by the Bhock. M. M. Taylor, undertaker under-taker Intchargo of the Mid vale branch of tho S. M. Taylor Undertaking company, com-pany, was on the front platform with tho cpnductor and was unhurt. Uo was splashed from head to foot with tho blood of the victims. |