The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-15
HER SCALP TORN
FROM HER HEAD

Salt Lake, June 1f.-AS the diseas
trous end TO pleasurable afternoon
visit and outing, Mrs. Eugene l.. Willie
of Salt Lake is lying at>the home OF
Senator John Y. Smith at Lehi In
precarious condition, her scalp only
held in place by seventy-five stitches
Of surgeons needle, while her hus-
band, MI, and Mrs. William G. Hines
and their eleven -year-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
terday afternoon shortly after o'clock
on the highway near the residence OF
George Beck at Lehi Junction, when
the five occupants of Mr.. Wille's auto.
mobile were hurled with crushing
force onto a rocky bottom when the
machine turned turtle over an en-
bankment. The direct cause OF the
accident was the attempt of Mr.. Willie
10 circle around a wagon driven by a
farmer who refused to give roadway.
MIR. and Mrs. Willie. with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hines and their daughter left
Salt Lake Yesterday afternoon in Mr..
ator Smith The afternoon was spent
there and the start homeward made
about O'Clock. When about five
miles this side of Lehi the auto came
up with 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
speed OF about seven miles an hour
and thought he could safely swing
around the wagon AT that point the
roadway is narrow, anG on the outer
edge, that chosen bv Mr.. Willie for the
passage, has an embankment of be
tween four and five feet, the gully
bottom being lined with rocks and
boulders.
Just as the machine breasted the
wagon the wheels Slid over the en-
bankment and the auto toppled over,
turning twice in its fall The occu-
pants of the car were first Jared and
then hurled from their seats. Mrs
Willie. occupying a front scat beside
her husband, was thrown with head
foremost against the rocks. and with
such force that she slid along the bot
tom for distance of several feet The
force OF the impact was such that her
scalp was almost literally torn off and
number of other serious wounds and
injuries inflicted about the head and
body.
Mr.. Willie was first jammed against
the steering wheel, and then thrown
out OF the car, receiving a bad bruisc |
in the chest and a badly wrenched !
knee. The injuries of Mrs. Hines and |
the little girl consisted mainly of Sc
we're bruises about the face and head, !
although the condition of the girl to-
day has aroused the fear that she may |
have suffered an internal injury. Both
the mother and daughter have been
confined to their beds since last night.
under a physicians care, and during
this forenoon the girl has been subject
to recurring vomiting spells AS Mr.
Hines was thrown from the car his
coat was literally torn 10 sbreds and |
he fell upon his back. the Jagged rocks
stripping and tearing the flesh.
The machine lies a total wreck by
the roadside.
Immediately after the accident help
was received and Mrs Willie was re-
moved to the residence of George
Beck, TO where Dr. H, c. Holbrook
was summoned and attended the in
jured woman. After spending the
night there, tho condition of Mrs Willie
was sufficiently favorable TO permit