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Show SALT LAKE MS ' ,Salt Lata, .Nov. 16.TWilllam Odell, 535 Eighth avenue, well-known raining rain-ing man, was stmick by an automobile driven 'by G. Alfred. Alder, 45 First avenue, owner Qf the Welcome cafeteria, cafe-teria, shortly after 10 o'clock last, night at the intersection of Third South and Main streets. Mr. Odell suffered a severe fracture of the right shoulder and the breaking of both ankles. Te was rushed to the police emergency hospital, where his injuries in-juries were dressed by Dr. H- B. Sprague. Ho was later removed to the Latter-day Saints' hospital. With Mr. Alder in the car was Mrs. Alder. At the station she said: "Mr. Alder is known as a careful drlvor. We were going slowly" when the man stepped directly in front of the machine. He tried to hold onto the headlights, but fell to the pavement pave-ment just as the car stopped. In falling fall-ing he probabily suffered bis injuries." in-juries." William Hartman. No. 2 West Seventh Sev-enth South street," who was with Mr. Odell at the time of the accident, said: "We had "just left the Clift bouse and Mr. Odell and I attempted to cross the street for the Ninth avenue car when the automobile struck him." o0 Little Frances, the typhoid patient, went into a collapse as a result of the accident. Mrs. J. A. Johnson, living next door, heard tho screams and ran to the rescue with a blanket, which she threw around the fire-enveloped woman. George Oswald, a cobbler, living in the adjoining- house, with his shop in the rear, had also run to the suffering suffer-ing woman, and, with a g'unnysack. tried to extinguish the flames. He threw the sack away when Mrs. Johnson John-son came, and they smothered the blaze with the blanket Mrs. Fowler was removed to the emergency hospital In the police ambulance am-bulance and was attended by Drs. Hardio Lynch and H. B. Sprague She was then removed to the county hospital hos-pital at the request of Dr. C. A. Wherry, Wher-ry, assistant county physician. Her burns are considered fatal by tho physicians. Mrs, Fowler has four children. Jean, 9 years of age; Frances and Martha, twins, 7 years of age, and Ruth, 5 years of age. Martha was at the house spending the day and remained with her convalescing sister, who soon recovered from her collapsed condition condi-tion under the care of neighbors. All of the children, save the latter, had been staying with their brothers, David Da-vid and Lester Broberg, 353 First avenue. ave-nue. David Broberg said last night that he and bis brother would take charge of Mrs Fowler's case ' The husband of Mrs, Fowler is in the southern part of the state, they having separated some months ago. Of late months Mrs. Fowler has been doinz fancy hand laundry work for guests at one of the big hotels. She is said to be an adept at such work and always, has had more than she could attend to.. oo |
