Show MINE ACCIDENT KILLS UTAHN UT AHN EUREKA EUREKA OlIver Oliver W. W Nelson 45 of ot Spanish Fork was dead Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- victim of the collapse of an ore chute 1450 feet underground underground underground under under- ground in the the Tintic Standard m mine ne in Eureka I The collapse occurred Tuesday and buried Mr Nelson under under- undera a ah h huge ge pile of ore that poured from the chute Mr Mr- Nelson a motorman In the mine had pulled a string of ore cars up to the chute and was starting starting start start- ing to load them when the ore pile tumbled down upon him Fred Hansen superintendent said the chute collapsed from excessive ex cx- x- x weight A rescue crew worked for two I hours before reaching the vi victims victim's body it w was s reported He had been an of the mine fo for several years and had been a miner most of his life He was a n native tive of Spanish Fork and traveled daily between his home and arid the mine He Be w was vas s born in Spanish Fork ork May 28 1897 a son of Oliver and Eliz Elizabeth Taylor Nelson and was was was' educated in the public schools there V V He married Ferrel BI Blackett June une 18 1 1917 17 in Spanish Fork One ne of Mr and Mrs s Leon W W. Nelson was a seaman in the navy and was listed as s missing Inaction in inaction inaction action after after the fall of Corregidor in in April 1942 Surviving Mr Nelson are his widow three daughters Mrs Louise N. N Atwood Miss Helen Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son son son and and Miss Hazel Marie Nelson all of Spanish Fork two sons Wendell Nelson of Spanish Fork and William James Nelson stationed stationed stationed sta sta- sta- sta at an m army camp in Mississippi Mis two brothers Gordon and Paul Nelson of Salt Lake City and anti four sisters Mrs Irene Ackerman Ackerman Acker Acker- man Mrs Melba Crowther and Mrs Sylvia Stratus of Salt Lake City and Mrs Violet Antone of Springfield Ore The body is at the Claudin funeral fu funeral funeral fu- fu home in Spanish Fork |