The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-23

picked up, uTONe lleIn 10 tIle
hospital where he found the
place too crowded and so went
on to the office to sew up the
wound in the back of Mrs. Bak-
er's head.
REPORT MADE
According to reports made to
Coast Guard authorities the
Bakers were returning from an
afternoon sail when the mis-
hap occurred. They had reach
ed the mouth Of the river and
were proceeding upstream with
sail lowered and powered by an
cupboard m tor. They we're
about opposite the rock pile and
CrOsScut between the two range
lights and at the starboard, or
right-hand, side Of the channel
when DR.. Ullrichs craft, appar-
emily proceeding at rapid rate,
shot around to the right Of the
35-foot cruiser Of Howard Groes-
beck, waved as ii hit the Gtoes-
beck wake, and. with its PROV
riding we'll out of water, hit the
small sail craft ahead of it about
four inches TO the left of the
center Of the stern, running the
vessel under and pitching its
two occupants into the stream.
With numerous craft in the
river, the couple was quickly
picked up and Mrs. Baker was
rushed TO st. Joseph hospital
and then TO his office by DR..
Ullrich who rendered surgical
attention when the emergency
operating room at the hospital
was TANNED with accident cases.
Baker himself was brought up
town by Richard Sarns.
Questioned in regard to the
crash by a reporter yesterday
afternoon, Baker said that he
had seen the approaching craft
of DR.. Ullrich and Groesbeck
coming upstream behind him
and had taken the tiller away
from Mrs. Baker, saying that at
the speed the two boats were
travelling they we're going to get
tossed around a lot and perhaps
wet in the heavy swell thrown
by them.
SECOND ACCIDENT
The second crash, in regard to
the time of which there is a dis
crepanCy Of nearly two hours,
occurred at the Selfridge Field
bend Of the Clinton river when
a II = foot cupboard motorboat
operated by T d d y DeGroot,
teCn-aged son Of Theodore De
Groot, 1922 Grandview avenue,
was hit and damaged and its oc-
Cupant pitched into the water
by a "a foot cruiser owned by
Irving Peters, of 83 Avery street.
Agreeing to pay for the dam
ages TO the smaller craft, Peters
revealed that his craft was be-
ing operated by Frank Tous-
Cany, Of 3 Don street, and said
that the two craft were running
parallel a moment before the
crash occurred. DcGroot said the
crash occurred at 8.O5 .. m. and
Peters said it occurred at $50
y. m.
BOAT RAISED
Following the earlier crash
the Baker sailboat, Of which only
the tip Of the mast was visible
when resCuers arrived, was rails
cd and towed TO the Al Gasow
boat livery A transom had been
knocked out Of its cabin and its
motor and some of its contents
were lost.
The DeGroot craft had two
plankS broken in the collision.
Another scare Sunday was re-
ported originally by Tom Bar
ncy, 1891 s. River road, who
saw flames and smoke burst
the river just above the Gasow
boat livery at $685. S River road.
The incident occurred about 8 p.
m. Sunday, Barney said, and it
was readily explained this morn
ing by Al Gasow who stated that
a man in an cupboard motorboat
had ignited an open can Of gas
olinc in some way, had pitched
the blazing can overheard and
proceeded on his way without
stopping.