Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-14
HER SCALP Torn
FROM Her HEAD lei!
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Disaster 0yertakes Automobile
Party Near Lehi Sunday
Afternoon.
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TWO WOMEN BADLY HURT.
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TWO WOMEN BADLY HURT.
Mrs. Eugene Willie Nearly Loses Her
Life and Miss lillian Hines sus-
lains Internal Injuries.

AS the disastrous end 10 4 Dleasuraple}
afternoon visit and outing. Mrs. Eugene,
| L. Willie Of Salt Lake is lying at the.
| home OF Senator John y. Smith at Lehi,5
| in "A precarious condition. her scalp
only held in place by IS stitches from.
a surgeons needle. While her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. William 6. Hines and
Their 11-ycar-old daughter, Lillian, are
| all sufferers from more or less serious
bruises and sprains.
| The accident, miraculous in the fact
| that no fatality resulted, occurred yes
Iterday afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock
| on the highway near the residence OF
George Beck at Lehi Junction, when the
live occupants Of MI. Wille's automobile
were hurled with crushing force OH to
! a rocky bottom when the machine
turned turtle over an embanknlcnt. The,
| direct cause Of the accident was the
attempt OF MI Willie to circle around
| a gon driven by q farmer who re-
fused to give roadway.
MI. and Mrs. Willie, with Mr.. anu
)FNIrs Hines and their daughter left
Salt lake yesterday afternoon ri n IN Mr.,
fiyyille's auto to visit the home OF Sena-
ltor Smith,. The afternoon was spent
tthere and the. start homeward made
about 4 O'clock When about five
lmiles this side OF Lehi the auto came.
isup with q farmers wagon and despite
| the call of the horn, the farmer re-
fused to bulge from his position In
the middle of the road. Mr. Willie,
driving the machine had slowed
down to a speed OF about miles an
hour and thought he could safely
| swing around the wagon. At that
\ point the roadway is narrow and on
the outer edge, that chosen by MI
Willie for the passage, has an. en-
4 bankenlent OF between four and i've
| feet, the gully bottom being llnea WITH
4 rocks and boulders. 5. K
THROWN UPON THE ROCKS.
/ Just as the machine breasted the
/ wa eon the wheels slid over the em-
bankement and the auto toppled# over,
| turning twice In its fall. The occu-
! pants Of the cal We're first ia rred n
tlnen hurled from heir seats !, MS MIS-.
.liNVille. Occupying front seat peside
4 her husband Was thrown with head
Il foremost against the rocks and VIII
i such force that she slid along the bot
tom for distance Of several re ~ ! ne
4 force of the impact was such mat hei
scalp was almost tterally torn Oh ms
i number of other serious wounds anc
4 INJURIES inflicted about the head and
4 body. 4 &. &,
i the steering wheel, and then thrown
i out Of the car, receiving a bad prulse
/ in the chest and a badly wreched Knee.
Il tlrhe injuries Of Mrs. Hines and the
little girl consisted mainly OF severe
4 hrnises about the face and head, al
Through the condition of the girl To-
i nav has aroused the fear that she may
i have suffered an internal injury Both
1.-the mother and daughter nave peeii
/ on1ined to their beds since last nlgnt,
l. ,x-s,, 81, no
i this forenoon the girl has been sub
i iect to recurring vomiting spells AS
j Mr. Hines was thrown from the car
his coat was literally torn into snreds
and he fell upon his back, the Jagged
rocks stripping and tearing the hesll;
The machine still lies Dy inc inc si ioau'-
i side a total wreck.
MEDICAL AID CALLED.
4 Immediately after the accident help
was received and Mrs. Willie was re-
moved to the residence Of George
! Recl1 to where DR.. II. G. Hoiprooi'
was summoned and attended the ~.
jured woman, Alter .L p. ne &c
,lnight there, the condition OF MI
WilIe was sufficiently favorable tc
| nerInit heraremoval to the nome OF
i Senator Smith. Il a. /,
1 MI. and Mrs. Hines and theii
4 daughter were brought TO SAT- l-ahS
last night IN iii
! nv AR. Willie. and received physician
4 attention All at their apartments at th h'5
4 Tourraine hotel. Mr.. Willie remainee
A with his wife during the he. nl y mt any ~
4 The noon NJ, train today for the purpose
of securing needed supplies, r,,,,a
Nj. Himes.itne guest Of Of Mr. na Ma,e
is the representative OF the lndepe 81
dent Oil company. II ~, -, !,
Mi. Willie this afternoon stated INA
tba condition of his Wife was serious
and it win be impossible to to m move s n1'
I,ai,a poI,te this afternoon offered u
place a special ear at the dispose, q, Q
the the injured woman, but under eir ,s IN
circumstances Mr. Willie vas co q ~; y,
4 Cd To thank the company and dec sili,
the Offer. DR.. PinlSerton left this AFTER
), Am for Lehii to make an eSnmina
ton; in the meantime re- inc ,v iTes
,,l,onces for recovery are fairly good.
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