| Show HUGE LINCOLN CAR STRANDED IN RIVER A new lincoln car ot of specially designed body at waz was almost totally submerged in tuc the water of strawberry river four our mlle mile from duchesne Du chesno on last thursday the party consisted ot of ed strangled Stran glei lewis of 0 san jose cal worlds champion wrestler A al stewart 0 salt lake city and elgin cole of f kansas city after spending me night a ai roosevelt the party had got an ear ly start st artan and arrived at ac me kempor ary bridge over the strawberry to find fand it blocked by a load of wood after waiting some time for load to move off ob the bridge the men decided to ford the river with the car thinking the river to 10 nave a solid bottom the water was meas ared and found to be about four our or uve five feet deep and Ellig out the shallowest lowest place attempted to cross the powerful car dropped into the the stream and proceeded p roce eded to cross until halt half way over the river was so deep that water got into tae carburetor and the ignition system lulling killing the engine the car acted as a dam across the river ilver and tho the water above the he car was raised some seven or eight inches immediately the car settled in the soft bed of bf the river and only a few inches of the top of the body was visible above the water one of the party attached a chain to the front bumper watch readily pulled off when a team was hooked to it after several attempts with teams to remove the car from the river a truck was procured from duchesne and io together gether with the tellas removed the c car r tho the car hall had roen been li it the river for several houri and it was necessary to take the engine down to remove the sand and water which it had ad been collected by early darly evening the car was in snape shape for the party to proceed on on their way |
