Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-27
AMERICAN AUTO
BADLY WRECKED
Political Workers Narrowly Es-
cape Death in Sensational
Smashup on First South.
MEN AND WOMEN BADLY HURT
Attempt TO Hush Up Accident Rcspon-
slblc for Several Versions OF
How Il Occurred.

Three American party political work
ers were badly shaken up. and three
women whom they were taking to
gisterlng booth were injured, when an
automobile belonging to william S.
Bing vice president OF the salt Lake
stamp company. OF so west Third South
street, smashed into the curblng on the
north side of east First South street
between Third and Fourth East streets,
striking an iron pole, az 4.45 O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon
IN t1f machine We're Mccormack. the
chaurcur. well known professional
bicycle rider. Bert Hay and Thomas
lNofreil. two political workers from
American headquarters and three
Women whose names Bling. Hay and
Norrei refuse To- divulge
ine versions as to how tine accident
occurred differ materially. Mccormack.
HAY and Norrcn were sitting I'm the
'front.' seats, while the three women
were IN the rear. Mccormack AYERS
that tire on the right side Of the
machine exploded. as be- WAS trying TO
gtlDc the auto around carriage. and
thdt although he had tho steering
wheel turned properly, the machine
sktdded and ran straight into the curb
ing IL is miracle that no one was
thrown go feet through the air. struck
she pavement on his head, and was
knocked unconscious Al thar he re-
members Dr. that the automobile struck
the curbIng md an iron post at the
same time ana that when he recovered
consciousnesr. "a woman was holding
his head in her lap. Mcrorlnack's legs
were badly hurt ono 90 the women
Was thrown against The hack Of the
front seats. and lost several OF her
teeth. Another woman Sustained bruises
about the face and q lacerated scalp
The third woman, who Is said TO have
been quite old. was severely injured,
and q hack was summoned 20 take her
away.
The American" party workers en-
phatically dcnied that they were in
toxicated. when asked about the
accident Bng said. Il don't want
anything said about 3D."
WERE WATCHING EIRE.
Witnesses 70 the AFFAIR however say
! that the automobile had Just passed
s52 east First south street, where a
Ore was burning, and that an Of the
occupants of the machine had turned
/ IN their seats dfNNAfd' W. lfiue tffe
| fire department fight the fiaaaes, when
the machine got beyond control of the
| chauffeur and ran into the curbing A
| number Of American" party politicians
were quite busy trying to suppress de-
tails Of the affair
The automobile was still standing at
( the place where II ran into the curb
this morning II Is registered ass455
! on the state license book, and Is the
property OF William S. Bling 1t is "a
fine Pope Hartford. and Is "a s-cylinder.
! 30-horse power machine II struck the
| curbing and the lamp post with terrific
force and both wheels on the .ight side
were torn completely of The front
part and the hood OF the machine were
demolished. The machine was a COM
plete wreck
After the accident. the American
party workers and the three injured
women were taken away by hacks and
another automobile, which was rushed
10 the scene OF the trouble.
FIRE AT RESIDENCE.
The automobile accident meanwhile
shared the excited curiosity Of a big
crowd with the fire az 1852 east Firht
South street, where sparks from a
chimney set the roof adre. The house
was a two-story adobe and plaster
building. occupied by Fred Darras ana
his family ON one side and BIZ Mrs
a. NJ. Stallings and her family on the
other side. The building was values az
S2so0. while the furniture and personal
belongings % both families were value
az $1,000 The hose wagon from dIa
station No /. under command oi tho
chief responded. and soon got tha
flames under control and small damage
was Done. Tho house has been occu-
pied. until recently by private hos
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