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Show AUTO TURNS TURTLE 91 OCCUPANTS AHJ1ED Plunging over an embankment about a mile north of Flvo Points last night shortly after 10 o'clock, a large automobile, driven by Norman Farr, turned turtle twice, with the result re-sult that its occupants, eight In number, num-ber, were injured. Those receiving the most Bcrlous injuries are: Mrs. Loon Farr, head severely cut. Mrs. Robert McElroy sister of Mrs. Farr hip injured and cuts and bruises about head and body. Leon Farr, collar bono broken and cuts on face. Norman Farr, arm bruised and possible pos-sible Internal injuries. A Mr. Dalton (whose first name could not be learned) and two girls, whoso name would not bo divulged, received minor bruises "Toad" Child reported In the accident, acci-dent, was not one of the party. Aithur Moore, who was attending a scoutmasters' meeting at the State Indu'.trial school when the report of tho accident was received there, Immediately Im-mediately went to the scene In his automobile and brought Mr, and Mrs. Loon Farr and Mrs. McElroy to the McElroy home, 157 Twenty-first street. Two boy bcout masters, Parley Par-ley E. Norsoth and Gordon Haun, accompanied ac-companied Mr. Moore to the scene of the accident and rendered first aid to the Injured, remaining until other automobilists camo and took the re maining passengers of the ill-fated car to the city. Norman Farr was taken to the home of his father, I. F. Farr, 1940 Steele avenue. When picked up, he was bleeding profusely from a gash In the right side, near the region of the stomach This, it is thought, was made when tho young man struck a Jagged point of the steering gear, which was broken when the automobile automo-bile turned turtle Dr. E. R. Dumke attended Mr. and Mrs. Farr and Mrs. McElroy and said tho skull of Mrs. Farr was not fractured. frac-tured. Tho automobile party, it is said, loft Ogden shortly after 9 o'clock, and near Five Points struck a telephone pole. This, It Is believed, damaged the steering gear, as a zig-zag trail of the machine from that point to where It plunged over the embankment, embank-ment, was evidence that tho driver had trouble In steering It. Tho big automobile, a now one, was completely complete-ly demolished. |