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Show W. H. STEVENS. BURIED ALIVE. IS RESCUED BY QUICK WORK William H Stevens, eldest son of Mrs. Ellen Stevens and a well known resident of Ogden had the harrowing experience of being completely burled under several tons of earth and heavy timbers yesterday afternoon, escaping suffocation only by the quick work of fellow workmen and the fact that one of Ihe timbers fell in front of his face and made breathing possible He is now at the Dee hospital suffering of minor injuries, consisting mainly of a badly bruised and strained shoulder and hip The accident occurred at the rear of the terrace opposite the Sacred Heart academ, which is being renodeled by the owner. Dr. E. I Rich, for an apart raent house. Stevens and several other workmen were In an excavation that had been made for the installation installa-tion of a furnace and boiler and which was nearly in readiness for the placing plac-ing of the concrete walls. In making mak-ing the excavation, the workmen 6truck water several days ago and a i ' i -' ; ao lupiauuu, in? pi iiuiiun di- so being taken to timber tho four sides of the hole to prevent a cave-in. Yesterday afternoon. Stevens was manning the pump, standing in a mass of stickv clay and sand when a cave-in suddenly occurred. The other workmen managed to get out of the hole, but Stevens, being hampered by the clay and his heavy rubber boots, was caught He threw up one hand in instinctive effort to catch one of the nearby beams and when his startled star-tled fellow workmen turned to see what had become of him the upraised hand was all that was in sight, his head being buried about a foot under the mass of wood and earth, accord Ing to Contractor George S. Burn -ham Mr Burnham. George James and as manv of the other workmen as could get Into the hole, quickly dug the buried man out and were greatly astonished as-tonished to find him still breathing. Dr. E. I Rich reached the scene about five minutes after the accident occurred and rushed Stevens to the hospital where, for a number of hours, the extent of his injuries could not be definitely ascertained. Today, however, it was reported that the man would be out within a few days In talking of the accident, Mr. Stevens Ste-vens Bald that he owes his life to the fact that the timber he tried to reach fell close In front of him. He said the experience will be remembered for a long time. Contractor Burnham explained that the cave-in was caused by the fact that an old cesspool was located on the adjoining property and that tho workmen were not aware of its existence exist-ence when they timbered the excavation. exca-vation. oo |