Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-10-24 | Page 1 | Auto Plunges Through Bridge

AUTO PLUNGES T10UMDGE Four Persons Killed, One Body Recovered Police Dragging Chicago River. Chicago, Oct 24. The body of Hugo Warner, an advertising man who, with three other persons was killed laBt night when tho automobile In which they wero riding plunged headlong through an open ridge into tho Chicago river, was recovered early today by the police. They continued con-tinued their search for tho bodies of tho othors by dragging tho rlvor. Two other occupants of tho car who woro saved had been fully revived today. Tho dead persons wore, besides Mr. Warner, Miss Jennie Klausner, Miss Lillian Klausner, and Sylvester Ko-sel, Ko-sel, social settlement workors. Driver Falls to See Draw. The accident occurred at the west approach of the Twelfth street bridge. The automobile, Mr. Warner driving, had reached the brink of the draw before it was seen tbat tho bridge was open. A police boat, grappling for the machine, ma-chine, found it several hours later somo yards downstream. An Investigation Into the cause of tho accident was launched today by the harbor master's department. A dredging company began preparations for raising tho submerged automobile In the hope of recovering the other bodies. oo