Icy Highways Cause Three Auto Mishaps
Woman Hurt in Accident
This Afternoon West of
Wolf Lodge Bridge; 2
Other Cars Off Bank
Ice-coated and slippery highway;
made driving extien h . 1.1
in the Panhandle distru:i oda u
were the cause of three accidents
on the Coeur d'Alene -Wallace highway between Shady Rest and Fish.
Inn within the last 24 hours.
Two automobiles collided this afternoon on the highway near the
Wolf Lodge bridge and one woman
! < A' ery suf
fered minor injuries. After bevn,;'
taken to the Lakeside hospital the
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wards. The sheriff's office investi-
A Chevrolet sedan slid backwards
off the same highway at 2 o'clock
lay afternoon and name to
some bushes 60 fee" below.
Four occupants, all from SI
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to safety. Only a front door of the
car was damaged. A crew and
wrecker of the Preeland & Wyman
garage, with blocks and tackles,
worked six hours to return the car
to the highway. Another Chevrolet
sedan contained two young men
from Shoshone county also went off
the grade, but they were unhurt.
Plows Being Used
A fleet of 14 snowplows was
pressed into service yesterday and
today by the district bureau of high-,
ays, following snowfalls of the past
three days.
Three plow units are working out
of Coeur d'Alene and three out of
Sandpoint, with two each plowing
snow on highways in the Bonners
Ferry, Plummer, Wallace and St.
Maries districts. The snowfall measured six inches at Bonners Ferry.^
At Coeur d'Alene the measurement!
was about three inches.
Snow Fences Up
The district highway office has
approximately 30 plow units available for use this winter, including a
large Rotary at lookout summit.
Thirty miles of snow fences have
been erected, the worst places for
highways are s
ous for travel and all motorists
should drive slowly and use- chains
where needed. Motorists were also
advised to postpone any weekend
travel unless their trips are of importance.
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most slippery stretches.of the highways.
