, 1921-09-01
AUTO ACCIDENT
One Man Killed and Two
Others Badly Injured
When Auto Truck
Turns Over Sunday
Afternoon Last,

John L. Birnie OF Laramie. was
killed. John Hill and "Scotty"
Spowart Of this city were badly in
jured as the result of an accident
last Sunday afternoon caused by
speeding.
Last Sunday afternoon about $3.50
John Birnie, Scotty Spowart and John
Hill. stone masons. and Don McKen-
zie. superintendent of construction OF
the penitentiary building, started for
Fort Steele in Mr.. Birnie's Pope
Hartford truck to spend the after
noon hunting rabbits.
With Mr.. Birnie driving and trav-
cling at a rate of speed around 40.
miles an hour the car was turned out
to the left side of the road when
about two miles east Of the city. The
left front wheel hit in some soft
dirt along the edge of the road and
skidded, the a turning completely
over once and remaining on it's side.
Mckenzie was thrown from the car
clear over a barbed wire fence,
landing in a field. He was not in
jured by his fall and was able to get
up and go to the rescue Of his com
panions Immediately. He found
Birnie pinned under the steering
wheel with life already extinct:
Spowart and Hill were also caught
under the overturned car. With the
assistance of autoists who arrived on
the scene Of the accident within a
few moments. the car was lifted and
the two injured men released. Both
were found to be quite badly injured
although their injuries were not par
ticularly dangerous, mainly consist
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rushed to the hospital where they are
recovering nicely.
Coroner jeffrey on Monday after
noon held an inquest over the re-
mains OF Birnie, the findings being
as follows:
STATE OF WYOMING)
County of Carbon
At An Inquis:tiOn.
Holden at Rawlins. in Carbon
County. on the 18th day of August,
A. D. 1921, before me. c. w. jeffrey.
M. D.. Coroner of said county. upon
the body OF John Brine, lying dead,
by the Jurors, whose names are here
to subscribed. the said Jurors upon
their oath do say: That the deceased
came to his death about 2A or 3 /
miles east Of the city of Rawlins, in
an automobile accident. while driv-
ing at a high rate Of speed and run
ming into the soft dirt in the road,
causing the a to turn over. Ac-
cording to the evidence submitted.
In Testimony Whereof. The said
Jurors have hereunto set their hands
the day and year Aforesaid.
JAS. A. SHEAHAN,
]. P. SHEAHAN,
W. L. ALCORN.
c. ". JEFFREY, M. D..
Coroner.
Attest: H. RASMUSSEN.
Mr.. Lester Of Laramie, q brother
fn-law Of the deceased, came to Raw
Inns ON Monday morning and made
arrangements to have the body
shipped. to Laramie where the fun
era& was held from the Episcopal
Church on Wednesday.
JOAN Nirnie WIS born In Chester
2ya etfeD4. County Durham, Enkiand
An had KaSssd hts Athlrty-fifth birth
eAEoaa Jane B.. When but two or,
tAfoesy6Afs old his parents moved to
Inn ie0Nntry ,sApending . year In New
York and then coming west to Lara
mis. Mr.. Birnle grew M there and
After. occurring his education In the
pabfc schools. followed Ills fathers
trade a. q. ATONE cutter !$einG asso-
caated with him for . time In his
bebiness there. At the Immediate
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