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Show TWO INJURED IN ! AUTO ACCIDENT: Salt Lake, Julv 271 SloRel, a well-known Salt Lake Jeweler and Evelyn Flt7Rerald. a dancer, who has beon appearing m the Pantages thea let are In the Groves Latter-day Saints' hospital, suffering from serious seri-ous Injuries received In an automobile automo-bile accident at Eleventh South and Main streets at 6 o'clock yesterday morn in? Mi Slegel is suffering from two fractured legs a possible fracture of the arm, seeral minor bruises and pots'ble, internal injuries The young actress, who was his companion at the tfmc of the accident, is Buffering from a broken leg and a number of bruises. After the performance at the Pan-tapes Pan-tapes theater Saturday evening, Miss Fitftgerald, who is known off the stage as Mrs Evelyn Carew, went automo billnp. During the course of the night the- two visited Cnsa Contentla on Twelfth South Btrect, where they remained re-mained several hours. Returning to S j 1 1 Lake Mr Slegel and his companion com-panion left Casa Contentla shortly before be-fore fi o'clock yesterday morning In Mr. Siegel's small, but fast, roadster Crashes Into a Tree. U Eleventh South and Main streets, while going at a rapid rate of speed the automobile struck an elevation In tho road Thp machine turned at right angles and before it was possible pos-sible to right It the car had crashed Into a big tree at the roadside Tht force of the Impact threw Miss Klt7gerald from the machinn Into a dltcb at the side of the road In the fall her right leg was broken. Mr. Slegel was dashed with terrific force against the steering wheel of the ma chine. Both legs were fractured and he was so seriously bruised about the chest as to suggest the probability of Internal injuries Flying glass from the shattered windshield cut Slegel a head and face In seeral places The front of the car was tkscoped against the tree, and the steering wheel broke off In Siegel's hands The noise of the cra3h of the auto mobile Into the tree was heard by several persons dwelling in the vlcin Ity E M Shea 1 S71 South Main strfpl. was the first to appear on the 6cene He observed at once the , serioiiHness of the accident and no tlf'.ed the police. In the meantime; Mrs Shea. Mrs. W. Edwards 3 East j Eievtnth South street, and Mr and Mrz. Patty 28 East Eleventh South 6treel administered first aid to the injured motorists Taken to Hospital. When the rescuers arrived Miss Fitzgerald was lying on the ground, morning. Siegol was still seated at the steering wheel which had been broken from its place Police Officers Offi-cers McMartin and Killain and Driver, Moore were sent to the scene of the accident and removed the injured persona per-sona to the emergency hospital at the police station, where the were, attended by Dr H B Spragiifv Later La-ter they were removed to th Groves Latter-day Saints' hospital A; the hospital last night Slegel :?ald that the steering gear oi the mar bine broke when he struck the Elu filth South street obstruction and that he was then unable to control; lt criirse Mr Slegel said that Mlsc Fitzgerald and her sister formerly livet' In Salt Lake and that he had ! known them for a long tlmp oo |