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Draak, of Greenwood Lake, whosaid that while eitting on theporch, he saw a car, which he believes to ’five been Miller's, traveling along the highway at acomparatively slow speed.He says he then heard a noise and the screeching of brakes. Running down the road, he found Utter prostrate, and the Milter car stopped only a few feet away. Miller was accompanied in the car by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Decker of Warwick, and to add to the excitement, Mrs. Decker fainted. She was carried to a restaurant where she recovered after Miller had helped Draak lift Utter Into a nearby automobile, in which he was taken to Warwick.Utter was married, but had been separated from his wife for several |irs, It Is said.TRACTOR SETS LIBERTY GOLF CLUB ON FIREBackfire in Basement Starts Blaze Which Causes Loss of More Than $20,000 EMPLOYE IN HOSPITAL WITH BURNS ABOUT FACEClubs and Playing Equipment Of Nearly Every Member Destroyed By FlamesLIBERTY — The temporary clubhouse of the Sullivan County Golf club was wrecked by fire which started ehortly after eight o'clock Tuesday morning. Frank Hyzer, twenty-five, a club employee was burned about the face and arms. Loss Is estimated at $10,000.Fellow employes who were Just outside the building took Hyzer to the Liberty hospital, where hewas given first aid treatment, ft was reported at noon that hks injuries were not serious, though he was still at the hospital.According to Fire Chief Walter Travis, who directed the fighting of the fire for nearly two hours, a gasoline tract frowned by the club and housed in the basement, exploded while Hyzer was trying to start it. J. H. Gerow, president of the club, eaid that according to information he had been able to gain, the blaze originated In a backfire.The building was a mile west of the village. It was used as a temporary clubhouse, pending erection of a modern building, Mr. Gerow said. It had been converted from a large barn and an addition had been added for club-rooms.The loss includes clubs and other playing equipment of nearly every member of the club. The membership was made up largely of Liberty residents.*CALLS HIS BRIDE DEADGeorge II. Weaver, of Atlantic City, N. J., has applied to have his wife declared legally dead. He states In his application that she was Miss Louise Bauman and that they were married in September, 1904. She left him a half hour later, he asserts, and he has not seen or heard from her since.OCEAN FLIGHT OFFThe latest attempt at a transpacific lght came to a disastrous end at Tacoma. Washington, Sunday morning when the monoplane City of Tacoma was wrecked as Lieutenant Harold Bromley started on his scheduled non-stop glght to Tokio, Japan. Bromley was not Injured. The plane had traveled about 150 feet down the runway when it swerved Into soft dirt and what had been a $25,000 airplane became a twisted mass of wood and steel.TO SEE LONGER SEE SHORTERII. 8. SHORTER Optometrist ExclusivelyNew address, 38 West Main St.
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Middletown Orange County Independent
Middletown, New York, US
Thu, Aug 01, 1929
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