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Show j One Killed; 7 Injured In Automobile Mishaps Melvin Morgan Dies As Result Of Auto Crash Melvin Morgan, 31, known as "Ike" Morgan, died at Dice hospital in Moroni Mor-oni Wednesday morning from injuries suffered in an automobile accident a short time before midnight. Morgan and Stanley Ivory, 24, accompanied by Miss Fay Blain and Miss Eva Brough of Spring City, had been attending at-tending a dance at Fountain Green and decided to come to Mt. Pleasant and join the crowd at Moon Winks. Just before, reaching Moroni, near the cemetery, their car crashed into the rear of a wagon driven by Yancy Mikkelsen of Moroni. Ivory who was driving, and the young women suffered minor cuts and bruises, but Morgan never regained consciousness. He is survived by his father, Andrew Morgan, and the following brothers and sisters: Orland of Topanlsh, Washington, Delbert, Vurl, Fay and Joy Morgan, all of Fountain Green. His motner, Mrs. Harriet Emily Coombs Morgan died seven years ago on Christmas day. Two otheu automobile accidents happened just before this fatal crash, and Thayne Accord of Spring City is in a critical condition after suffering a fractured skull in an automobile collision. Acord, Willard Hansen, Geniel and Bernice Baxter were driving to Fair-view Fair-view to attend a dance. On the highway high-way between Mt. Pleasant and Fair-view, Fair-view, Hansen claims he lost control of the steering wheel and crashed head-on into a car driven by Joseph Scsly, former mayor of Mount Pleasant, Pleas-ant, who was returning with Mrs. Seely See-ly from Fairview. The Hansen car was demolished, but with the exception of Acord, no one sufered serious injury. Acord, who is about 17 years of age, is a sen of Mrs. Orson Acord of Spring City. At Fairview an automobile driven by Andy Allred collided with a load of hay, on which Otto Peterson was riding. rid-ing. One horse was killed and the car was wrecked but no one suffered any serious ser-ious injuries. Vern Draper of this city while en-route en-route to Salt Lake Wednesday morning morn-ing had the misfortune to collide with a Tribune truck near Spanish Fork. The Draper truck was turned over, and his son Earl who was riding with his father, was pinned underneath. Little Vernon was thrown through the windshield and fell about 8 feet away. The load of furniture he was hauling was smashed and his car was almost demolished. Draper and his sons were badly shale on up and bruised. The driver of th Tribune truck escaped without iniury, but the truck was badly damaged. |