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Show ; All TURNS TURTLE WITH FIVE MEN AND TWO ARE INJURED l- L , Gus Wright, Who Was Driving the Machine, Severely Bruised, J But Not Seriously Injured Hank Edmonson, Linotype Operator, Has Fractured Skull and Suffers Con-Ij Con-Ij cussion of Brain and Other Injuries Auto Not Going at Excessive Speed. i An automobile driven by C. . . Wright of the w. ll Wright & Bans company turned turtle in the road bear the North Ogden store at abom 0 80 this morning, pinning Mr Wright and Hani; Edmonson. 0 linotype i operator for the Morning Examiner, under it, and severely injuring then , The two men were taken to the hospital hos-pital In the ambulance where medical aid was summoned. City Physician 1 Dr Walter E Whalen gave first aid at t he scene of the accident, but could not state the extent of the Injuries In-juries until further examination, There were three other men in the machine. Charles S. Shaffer, telegraph editor, and George Thomson and A. P. iiison, linotype operators for the morning inner They were thrown i' i from the machine and escaped with only minor injuries and a severe se-vere shaking up The party had been as far out on the state road as the Hot Springs and were returning home when it became Deceesary 10 pass a team and wagon driven by former for-mer County Road Commissioner Joseph Jo-seph S Storey, of North Ogden In passing the rig, in some unaccountable unaccount-able way, the front of the automobile automo-bile si ruck the hub of the wheel, but the compact was evidently sufficient to throw the machine to one sidn, causing it to turn over in the road. .Mr Shaffer, who was riding in the front seat with Mr Wrigbt says that the automobile was not going at an excessive rate of spend and that the driver sounded the gong repeatedly as hi' approarbed the team and wagon, wag-on, which was traveling In the samp direction as the machine He states also that at about the time the machine ma-chine struck the hub of the wagon. ' Mr Wright had checked the speed and had turned the steering wheel 10 drive the car clear of the wagon In doing this the machine was brought to an almost sudden stop and turned turtle. A number of men at a blacksmith shop near the accident rushed to the assistance of the men under the ma chine, which was a light Ford, and had no difficulty in releasing Edmon son and Wright, who were uncon- J scious from their perilous positions The front part of the machine was throivn across Gus Wright's back and legs and Mr Edmond6on's legs and shoulders were pinned to the ground Neither man had fully regained con-CiOUsneBS con-CiOUsneBS when they arrived at the i j hospital. Mr. Wright partially re j gained consciousness before the am hula nre reached the place of the acci dent and complained that he was Injured In-jured about the head. There were only slight bruises about the head, however, to indicate injuries of any consequene e Gus Wright ahd his friends had ridden about the city a short time be fore making the trip to the Springs No stop was made at the Springs, but the auto was turned after reaching the resort and started on the return trip A number of rigs were passed an the trip to and from the Springs and none of the occupants of the auto anticipated an accident, as the machine ma-chine was being carefully opera led It Is said, however, that the road to North Ogden is quite badly cut up because of heavy travel which makes It difficult to handle a machine in making sharp turtiH, even at a moderate mod-erate rate of speed An examination of the men at the hospital later disclosed that Mr. Wrighl Is not seriously injured He was bruised about the body and suf fered quite a heavy cut over the eye It is said by the physician that he will be detained m the hospital only a few days Mr Bdmondson, however Is badl injured and his condition is of a seri ous nature The doctor states that his skull Is fractured at the base He also suffered a fracture of the left elbow and concussion of the brain An operation will be performed Ed-mondson Ed-mondson came to Ogden from Nebraska Ne-braska about two years ago The automobile was not much dam aged The bed was slightly crushed, the front wheels dished and the tires loosened from the rims. No damage dam-age was done to Mr Storey's wagon and he was barely disturbed Sheriff Thomas BeVine and Deputies Depu-ties George Lcatham and Charles Ellsworth who hurried to the scene of the accident as soon as It was known at the office, state that bystanders by-standers estimated the speed of the machine at 25 miles an hour oo |