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Show Mine Accident Kills 11 Men One nf '(Iiiiti. Km I ZoliroM, n Turin-er Turin-er lleslilenl nf incrlcnn I'nrl., l Drought Here Tor llurlal. I.nst week a cave-In lu Hie Centennial Cen-tennial Kureka mine In Kureka. caught tlilrtecn men who were working work-ing in the slope and only two or them escaped. One of the iiiifiiriunale was Iturt elrrolil, a German who lived lu American Folk for a number of years and moved to Kureka two years ago. It was live days after the accident ac-cident happened before the body of Mr. XcliTotd was gotten out from t lit rock and debris In which It was entombed. en-tombed. Dm lug (his time the men worked with almost superhuman effort, ef-fort, and y.elrrold's wife was almost trautle, sleeping but a few minuted nt a time and spending most of her time at the mouth or the tunnel wheie tho accident happened. Currying out the expressed wishes of the deceased, the body was brought to American Fork Tuesday morning for burial, and was aceompnulotl by Mrs. Zelrrold, the children and V. F llromley. Funeral services wero held at Anderson's rndertaklng Parlors, and wore presided over by Mr. John Davis, who also inndo Homo remarks. W. F. llroinloy also made some remarks re-marks and James Martin sang a solo. so-lo. The Zelrrolds camo from Germany to American Fork uud lived lu tho First Ward. Part of the time Mr. Zclrrold worked at the mines lu American Am-erican Fork ennyon and part of the time drove a team for one of tho local lo-cal merchants. Zelrrol apparently had a premonition premon-ition that he would be killed In the mine. Within the last two weeks ho spoko to his wife about It and was chlded by her ror suggesting such a thing. At that time, however, ho remarked re-marked to her: "When I nm killed in the mine whatever you do don't bury mo here, but have mo hurried In American Fork." When his wife chlded lilm for talking talk-ing of such a thing he Jokingly re. plied that when he was dead he couldn't talk. Circumstances surrounding the death of Zelrrold are particularly distressing, dis-tressing, About a year ago, when his wife was ill ho took out an Insurance policy, a Joint policy covorlng the 'Ives of himself and wife, rnfortuu-ately rnfortuu-ately ho was unable to meet the pay-neiits, pay-neiits, and only a short tome ago hl policy lapsed. Thus the widow am even little children, ranging In age from lfi mouths to 14 years tire deprived de-prived from any llnnuclnl succor rrom 'his source. Mrs. Zelrrold's father, who died In Germany more limn a year ago, was wealthy and left an estate valued at thousands of dollars. In his will In 'eft about $10,1100 to his daughter am her children, it is reported. Koch oi the 11 vo girls was to receive Jl.OOt and the two boys $2,000 each. She was to receive $7,ooo. Zlerrold bor rowed money to send his wife to Germany, Ger-many, after the death of her father o secure her share of the estute When she arrived she discovered that a second wire of her father had all 'he oHtotc, which Is reported to con-'1st con-'1st of property so tied up that Mrs Zelrrol and her children connot gel I cent of it during the step-mother' life. Now that Germany h:g bccom Involved lu a war It Is feared that tie -ntlre estate may be confiscated or o tax burdened Hint there will b-nothing b-nothing loft of It when the war I over. Mrs. Zlerrold 1ms wvon children ranging from fourteen months te fourteen years of age, who are left destitute by the fr.llier's death. Aftei he burial, Neighbor lirown did : charitable act by ntcriliifr a subscription subscrip-tion Ht for the widow ami orphans Many names w.-re signed to It am' bore pot mUm1 m.-.y nil ,.( .r llrown's Storo. - ' |