The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-18
James Eugene Holiday Fatally
Injured by Falling From
Auto.
MACHINE TURNS TURTLE
DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
Pieces Of Broken Jawbone
Pierce Unfortunate Young
Mans Brain.

James Eugene Holiday lost control
of an automobile in the Studebaker
garage at Second South and Second
East streets yesterday afternoon and
the machine carried him down the
elevator shaft, inJuring him so that he
died about three hours later. The au-
tomobile was demolished. The car
over and throwing Holiday head first
to the bottom of the elevator. He
was clear of the machine, but was
bleeding at the nose, mouth and ears
when those who were near reached him.
He never regained consciousness.
After an examination last evening
by DR.. W. F, Beer it was announced
that in falling. or jumping from the
machine, Mr.. Holladay FELL upon his
chin, the force Of the fall breaking
his jaw in two places and driving the
fragments of bone into his brain.
When efforts TO reach the dying
man IS relatives were made immediately
after the accident, it was found that
every member of the. family was out of
town His father and mother. Mr.. and
Mrs. G. T. Holiday, Sr., and his sister,
Miss Katie HolIaday. all of $40 West
North Temple street, had left for Hoop
er for few days visit, and his broth.
er, George T. Holiday, Jr., Of 216
Navajo street, was working in Garfield.
The brother was the first TO reach the
city arriving here at 7 o'clock last
night. The parents and sister arrived
later.
Cause Of Accident
The accident occurred about 2;20
clock IN the afternoon. The Waiver.
ley Electric automobile owned by Mrs
Joseph L. Rawlins, who lives in che
age for recharging and Holiday was
backing it onto the platform Just south
of the elevator shaft. He was NOT GO
ing fast, but the platform is not very
wide and just as he was where he
wanted to stop the reverse lever ap.
parently refused to work and before
he could extricate himself the machine
carried him over the edge Of the shaft
A number of the employees of the
garage saw the accident, but none was
near enough TO render any assistance.
The police ambulance. was called lm-
mediately and the injured man taken
to the Latter,Day Saints hospital,
where everything possible was done.
DR. Stiegall Of Payson was in the gar
age at the time Of the accident and DR..
W. +, Beer also was summoned. Mr..
Holiday was taken to the L. D. S.
hospital and operated on, but his in
jurics were such that death resulted
shortly after the operation.
Native Of Utah.
MI Holiday was born in ST. George
twenty.sev IN years ago, but had lived
here most of his life. He spent two and
a half years on mission In Sweden,
returning from there about two years
ago, since which time he had been work.
ing for the Studebaker Brothers com
pany. He was an electrician and re
garded as an excellent and reliable
workman. He was an officer and u
teacher in the Sunday school of the
Seventeenth ward. member of the tab
ernacle choir, leader of Swedish choir
in the Twefth-Thirteenth ward and a
member of quartette.
The young man is mourned by a faith
er, mother. one brother and one sister,
all of whom live in this city, The body
was taken to the undertaking parlors
of Joseph w. Taylor and funeral ar
raugements have not been made