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Show BOYS ON JOY-RIDE SUFFER INJURIES Salt Lake, Oct. 24. A big automobile automo-bile was wrecked, two youths were injured and one boy and two girls escaped es-caped injury, when a seven-passenger Packard car crashed into an electric light pole at the corner of Ramona avenue and Fifth East street Sunday afternoon. The mystery surrounding the accident acci-dent perplexed the police department for more than 24 hours. Officers got word of the mishap, but found only a wrecked car at the spot. The number was lorn from the machine and efforts to trace the owner proved futile. Last night, however, it was learned that the automobile had been removed to a garage. With this as a clue, it developed that the accident occurred while a party of five young persons were out on a joy-riding excursion. The car, now undergoing extensive repairs, is the property of Mrs. E. J. O'Brien, 4S G street. In it, when the accident occurred, were her son, Jack O'Brien, 19 year's of age, who was driving; Joseph Hogan, 19, of Second avenue;. Horace Stinson, 19, of 578 Third avenue; Grace Russell and Georgia Angell of 2540 Fifth East street. The five belong to well-known Salt Lake families. According to Hogan, he at first drove the car. While proceeding south on Fifth East street he changed seats with O'Brien. The latter Is said to have turned have around in his seat and the car swerved against the curb and the next moment struck the electric light pole. The force of the impact may bve gained from the fact that it bent the steel pole.' Stinson was thrown through the windshield, alighting on his head on the pavement. He was rendered unconscious, un-conscious, but recovered after a few minutes, when he caught a street car for his home. He had a deep cut on the head and a cut above the right eye. Hogan was sitting between the two girls. His broken nose is in bandages ban-dages today. O'Brien and the two girls were not hurt. nn |
