The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-18
CAR SMASHES AUTO;
YOUTH BADLY HURT
Harold Peck Receives Con-
cussiOn of Brain When the
Collision Occurs.
MACHINE TOTAL WRECK
Victims Brother, Who Was
With Him, Escapes With
Slight Injuries.
TOTAL WRECK

Speeding north on Third East street, an
automobile occupied by Harold nnd IL
Wallace Peck, sons nf George w, Pnck'
s2l West Fourth South street. c"liidcd
with Mt OlIvct car No i22 at the corner
of Second South and Third East streets
last night AT o'clock. resulting it srri-
GUS injury from which he may not recover
TO Harold, slight injury TO Wallace and
tho complete wreckins OF The automobile,
Harold Peck Was picked UP from the
pavement Unconscious and carried into
drug store at the corner OF Second South
and Third East streets where he re-
maincd until The arrival Of I'm ambulance
from the Judcc-Mcr hospital Up 10 az
carly hour this morning he mad not re-
gained consciousness. MI Peck re-
manned at his sons bedside CURING isSi
night.
Condition Is Serious.
The attending physician Was pr. j. 6.
LandenbcrGer. lie said last night maj
as far AS coGld be aseer,ained a. ,hat
conclusion OF the brain and ~ confusion
Of the right lung He said that the pa .
ticnt would bc in a serious condition for
thc next forty-eiCht hours and that II
could not yet nc definitely determined
whether or not there Were fracture of
the skull.
Neither Mir. nor Mrs Peck cared Ia els
night. However. cye witnesses declare
that the machine occupied by the brothers
was coming up Third East street at Il
great speed and that they could not haN@
heard the :,oise incident 10 nm approac ach :
ing car because OF ihc noise made by The
| engine Of their automobile. l.tkewlsc the
| conductor of the eastbound M', oiiNet
car said that he could not hear the ap-
preaching machine on account Of the
| noise the car made.
| The car had no occasion 10 stop at
| the south crossing of Third East stree!
and the motor was turned on 10 fun
| speed.
In this preiictrncnt both au,cists and
motormeD saw tho impending danger and
realized that collision was imminent.
Al this point the machine WAS not more
! than twenty feet from tho speeding cur
Wallace Peck was AT The wheel of the
| automobile. He attempted 90 stop the
heavy five passenger, siX-cNlinder Ford
| touring car bu, it was imDosslhle- II
was likewise impossible to ston the car.
Unable to Prevent Crash.
The automobile shot out In a final at
tempt to cross the car track. The fender
OF the car collidcd with the rear ut the
automobile, At This point Harold started
10 jump and was thrown 10 the pave
| mcnt about twenty feet from the point
Of collision. Wallace remained by the
wheel.
i The car stopped in about thirty feet.
dra ggiuG the automobile as far as the
east crossing OF the street, The entire
left side OF the machine was cavcd in
| The reur gear was disencaGed from the
body Of the machine and the wheels
and cushions were strewn about the
street
Wallace sustained not more than few
superficial injuries.
After Harold had been carried into the
corner drug store the patrol wagon was
summoned. the wrecked machine removed
to the curb and What parts of the auto
mobile had been strewn about the street
We're taken to The police station.
Harold Peck is about "A Years old and
Is an officer of the Fidelity & Casualty
company. 323 Boston building. OF which
his father Is president,