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Show 2 KILLED; 3 INJURED IN CANYON I TAXI PLONGES I INTO RIVER AT I FLYGARE CAMP I j James George, Ogden and Carl Kemna, Los Angeles Victims of Crash 'DRIVER ARRESTED i Ernest Morse, A. B. C. Chauffeur, Says He Had Been on Duty 24 Hours Two persons are dead and three .others were painfully injured as tho result of an automobile accident at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon In S Ogden cany on, when a large car owned by the A. B. C Taxi company and i driven by Ernest Morse, plunged over 'an embankment Into the Ogdon river, fuming a complete somersault. The dead are James George, 47 years of age. R37 Twenty-fifth street, jOgden. who died almost Instantly When his necll was broken and Carl 'Kemna, 70. 172 Vv'eller street, Los (Angeles, who died four hours following follow-ing the accident In the Dee hospital ;fiom a broken back. j Mrs. I-aura George 4 2 wife of jjames George, suffered a sprained innkle, and Miss Alma George, 18, his , daughter, sustained a deep gash on jher face Miss Ethel Schofleld, 19. of I ; Logan, was bruised and shakon. Morse, I the driver, escaped unhurt, f DRIVER ARRESTED, ftfbrse, the driver, was arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff Fred Tout and Is being held In the county jail , "nding full investigation of the accl- Double funeral services will be held j for Mr George, and Mr Kemna Thurs-day Thurs-day afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Twelfth ward m etinghouse. Bishop T i Wheelwright will preside. The bodies muy be lewed Tuesdav afternoon. after-noon. Wednesday and Thursday until time of .funeral at the home of 837 Twenty-fifth street Interment will take place in the City cemetery. Lind-.u Lind-.u -t undertakers are in charge of - 9j fumral arrangements j The ar. ident occurred at a turn in th.- canyon road opposite the Wat3on- ! Flygare camp, a quarter of a milo above tho Hermitage. HI TURNING TO OGDEN. The party was returning to Ogden after a sight-seeing trip to Huntsvllle. Ii Morse said that when he attempted jto make the turn his steering gear euddi nly locked and before he could straighten out the wheels the big itin-Chan.- plunged over the embankment. He Bald he v. uj driving at not more than 12 miles an hour. The oar rolled over once In ItS plunge down the 10-foot emhankmen'. and landed on rocks in the river upon H its side. The occupants then began dropping out into th-- riv. r. FLYGARES TO RESCUE. ; George iGui Flygare and his brother, Nels Flygare. were at their 1 home directly across the river and heard the i rash They ran through the water to the car. When they H jroached the machine the occupant.-. j had fallen out into the stream an;t I I wei-e shrieking and moaning with pain ! Carl Kemna. the aged man. who had sustained a broken back whe:: ihe car first rolled over, was the first H to he reached Although writhing in pain in the water he refused to be H helped until the others were takefn H "Go got the others out." he directed, .H "I am an old man and It doesn't mat H Iter. Help the women H The rescuers then pulled the worn-len worn-len and Mr George from the watex Mr. George was lying in the water up- H ,r n a submerK d i oc k in a half-roclln- I1 ilng position. He was unconscious an crushed about rh- back and chest H died a moment after he was taker Ifrom the water to the river bank WOMEN HURT. ! Miss George was bleedlnp from a deep gash upon her cheek, but did not exhibit slftns of other Injuries. MrS. George's onkle was sprained. I When Mr. Kemna wa.s taken front the water he was puraiyzod from hi hops down and examination at the hospital later showed a broken vertebra. verte-bra. He died at 8:30 o'clock last : night. ON SHUT 2 HOURS. Morse repeated his story several j times that his steering gear locked and he was unable to right the car before It plunged over the embankment. embank-ment. When questioned later by Deputy Dep-uty Sheriff Fred Tout and police offl-ears offl-ears he is said to have asserted that he had been on shift continuously for 24 hours and had not been relieved from dutv during all Saturday nlghr or Sunday. He said that h wae go- ling at a low rati- of speu DSOauaS the occupants Insisted upon driving : slow The lung-motor crew of the Ogden fire department rushed to the scone I Of the accident, but could render no assistance. Detective Edward Butter- field of the police department conduct- I ed an Investigation of the accident. I As soon as tho Injured persons wero j taken from tho river they wero placed in a passing car and taken to the hospital. EXAMINES CAR. I An examination of the steering- j gear of the wrecked ear by Countv Motorcycle Officer George Theobald. (Continued on Pago Two.) 00 . TAXI PLUNGES INTO RIVER AT FLYGARE CAMP (Continued Ffcom Page One) Showed It in good condition even after the crash, it was salcl. When the car was pulled from the river last night and orought to ugden. Morse was able to steer It without any repair to the iter ring-gear, according to the report. re-port. The Injured were attended at the hospital by Dr. J R. MorrUI. Tho Injured victims were reported na recovering re-covering today. A p&CMliar incident about the trip t Ogden canyon was that the party members had once before been on a sight-seeing ride with Morse at the wheel They telephoned to the taxi-cab taxi-cab company yesterday and asked that Morse be sent to drive them. Morae was then out on a rail and they waited wait-ed for his return rather than hire another driver. It was said Mr Kemns was In Ogden visiting, 11 was said He was an uncle of Mrs George |