Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-04

of the brakes. and caused the dealh
of Ave of the occupants and injuring
of the two others.
DEAD
Mrs. Thomas a. Mccormick
Miss Clara Mccormick. aged Is
Robert Y O'Brien. infant son Of Mrs
Ire g. O'Brien.
Ira 6. O'Bricn. Jr., aged years
Mrs. Ira @. OBrien.
INJURED.
Miss L. q. McCauley both arms
Miss Ethel Mccormick, shoulder
sprained
The party had been on visit to the
home of Prince Poniatowslti In the nils
near Burlingame ana was returning tu
San Mateo, where both families have
their summer home. Coming down
steep grade near Crystal lake. Miss
Ethel Mccormick, who was at the
wheel endeavored To check the spec
of the car by applying the boot brake.
II failed to hold the automobile. which
was rapidly gaining a dangerous head
way down the hill, and Miss McCor-
mick hastily threw on the emergency
brakes. They snapped almost mme-
diately.
Fearing that she could not guide the
huge ear in safety to the bottom Of
the grade on account of the sharp
turns In the road, the young woman
cndeayored to steer II against the high
bank on the right, believing that yhc
friction on the wheels would bring IT to
a stop The front wheel. however,
struck q large rock, swervcd sharply
TO the left. and the next moment the
car plunged down the steep embank-
ment. striking head-on 80 feet below
against q large tree. SO terrific was
the force with which the automobile
struck the tree thar the occupants
were shot out of the car as from a
catapult, landing on another road 20
feet farther down.
Mrs Mccormick her daughter Clara
and infant son of Mrs. o'Brien, struck
on their heads and were killed Instant
".
Mrs O'Brien and her 3-ycar-old son
IA died three hours later in the Red
'oss hospital nj san Mateo. Miss Nc
Eauley had both arms broken, while
Miss Ethel Mccormick escaped with a
eprained shoulder,
Mrs. Mccormick was the wife .
Thomas A. Mccormick, president of thu
Mccormick Iron works of San Fran
cisco, and Mrs. o'Briens husband l.
the proprietor Of the keystone Mann
featuring works. Both families arr
Saturday afternoon Mrs, Frederick
Marriott, the wife of prominent pub.
fisher of this city, and James ID. Gil
bert We're killed III a similar accident
60 miles south of san Francisco, and
three others injured.
va TWO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.
London, Aug. 3.--The motor racing
at The Brooklands track this afternoon
in the presence of o great crowd NJ
people resulted In two serious accidents
one of which proved fatal
A Mercedes ear containing Driver
Lane and his mechanic. William Burke
slipped sidcwise down the track, mar
rowiy missing another car, and turned
over, throwing It's occupants Into 2
pond. Both men were taken out alive.
but Burke soon died. Lane sustained
broken arm aud other injuries The
ear was burned, All further racing was
stopped.
Previously. heavy car while speed
ing at ratio of nearly 100 miles AN
hour, broke a tire. The driver Of The
machine, Reynolds. and his mechanic
We're thrown several feet. They land.
cd on soft ground, hut we're badly
scratched, and 1t is feared injured in
ternally.
CAR TURNED TURTLE
Wildwood, n, j.. Aug 3 while Rich
ard Sellers Of Philadelphia was making
trial run this afternoon his car turn.
cd turtle and Sellers was seriously
hurt,
STRUCK BY AN AUTO.
81 Louis. Mo. August 4--Willlam
Tomek, f3 years old. was so severely
injured that II is believed he can
not recover and his three year old son
was cut and bruised when they were
run down last night by an automobile.
The accident occurred IN front Of
Tomek's home while he and his son
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