Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-16
ACCIDENT
nEAR virginia CITY

pital recovering from the effects OF
bruises and exposure is the fate Of a
party which left Reno Monday In an
auto for Carson and through mistake
missed the road and took the Geiger
grade for Virginia City. Both Mr..
o,Brien and Mr. Salmonde are well
known here. They were here for two
weeks just a short time ago and made
many friends. They drove from here
TO Reno in the same car. In which they
met their death.
The story OF the fatal mishap, as
told by the Reno Journal, is as fol.
lows: = =
d, F. Salmonde, district manager
for the M. Friedman company of San
Francisco. and j. H. o,Brien, an
agent for the same company, left
Mack's garage about IL O'Clock yes
terday morning. saying they were go-
ing to Carson City and then to Gold.
field. They drove their own car In
leaving Reno they picked up John F.
Cassiday of Seattle. who wanted to
come to Carson. Salmonde was at
the wheel.
In some manner the inexperienced
travellers took the wrong road and
drove up the Geiger grade until they
came to the double s" where the
snow was two feet deep. They be-
came panic-stricken and turned
around, coming back to about mile
and half above the Savery house.
Here, at place called Rocky Point,
the machine began to slip and skid,
when o'Brien seized the steering
wheel, causing the machine to over
turn, fore and aft and crosswise of
the road.
Salmonde cannot say whether the
two men were instantly killed but it
is believed o'Brien died instantly
from a deep cut on the head, while
Cassiday probably froze to death. Sal
monde was pinned under the steering
wheel and front of the machine, but
was unable to extricate himself. He
lay there about two hours when the
children of ]. Seyery came by on
their way from Virginia City, where
they had been attending school. He
managed to reach the horn and at
tracted the attention of Minnie and
Adelaide Sayery. One of the girls
unhitched the horse from the cart
they were driving and led him around
the wreck, riding down to her fathers
house, where she gave the alarm. The
other girl stayed and encouraged Sal
monde. Mr.. Savery and his hired
man both aged men, hurried up the
hill with jack. Meantime the Saw
cry girl rode on down to Steamboat
where she telephoned to Reno.
= E., Mack, DR.. w. l.. Samuels and
w, Ienning went out Immediately in
one car, followed by ]. S. Clark, Jack
Cunningham and ]. Kienapple in an
other with block and tackle. When
they arrived 1t was 4:30 o'clock and
Salmonde had been extricated by the
elder sayery. They then righted the
machine and removed the bodies of
Cassidy and o'Brien to Steamboat
and they were later removed to Reno
by Grosbeck & O'Brient company on
order OF Coroner Davis.
From the time of the accident un-
til the bodies were removed is esti-
mated to be about four and half
hours and It Is possible Cassidy may
have frozen to death. Salmonde was
bruised and badly chilled by the ex-
posure and had he been left alone a
little longer undoubtedly would have
perished.
The discovery OF the accident MAS
fortunate because there is lite travel
on the Geiger grade now. Owing to
scarlet fever in Virginia City the
schools were closed and the savery
girls we're coming home.