OCR Text |
Show TWD FATAL ACCIDENTS SATURDAY Saturday was an unucky day at the Utah Apex where two fatalities oc curred. George Negonir, Syrian, tim-berman, tim-berman, was electrocuted soon after the day shift started Saturday morn, lng. It seems Negonir made the fatal mistake of turning off the wrong switch before commencing to do some work in the tunnel above the trolley wires. At the station there are two swiches, one controlling the electric current on this elvel and one controlling control-ling the current on all other levels of the mine. It appears Negonir opened the later circuit through mistake and proceeded to do some work with an iron bar over the live trolly. Negonir was instantly electrocuted. Negonir was 45 years of age, had lived in Bingham for the past 2 years. He is survived by one sister. Mrs. Spana Tomts of Highland Boy, Crescendo Medina, Mexican miner, age 29, was the other victim of Saturday's Sat-urday's mishaps. Medina met hid death about noon when a large slab of rock fell from ' the overhanging wall, striking him on the head and fracturing his skull. Medint leaves a wife and three small chidrcn who re-side re-side in Bingham. |