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Show 0 McArthur Dies From Injuries I jjyed When Truck Backs Over Him . Rising Work When V Accident Occurs; (i -iernal Injuries -0 Of Death M boneath a truck, backed d follow worker, Duncan S .'.iir was almost instantly "Wednesday morning at ap-j ap-j '...,eiy 10:15. The accident in front of the Utah oil ' ".. on the corner of Main nt North. He was rushed If hospital, but lived only 'five minutes after he reach--sical aid, never regaining ...:noss. accident occured when the ."crew was at work placing ) coat of gravel and oil on ' lav 91. Mr. McArthur was ri i'se of operations and had fjed Andrew Sorenson over j id him if he wanted work. h x explaining the work to Sorenson at the time that the J i tacked by LaMar Soren- oacked into him, knocking j ioim and passing over his (j who were watching the .; t the time report that there 4 three trucks close by. with fc motors running. One truck a left the gravel distributor ) Sir. Sorenson was backing! j to make the connection. J McArthur was at the rear end of the truck while Mr. jj sin could only see on the left aid was depending on Mr. -ihur to keep the road clear. :.ie seemed to have a clear x of just what happened :gh there were many watch-ie watch-ie work, states Patrolman n Snow, who with Sheriff -. Prince and Deputy Paul Tiller made on investigation, -.dividual was held to blame by smer's jury or the officers. a To Hospital : McArthur was immediately d to the hospital but died : after he arrived there. He r heard to cry out when the ; struck him, but never re- consiousness. -ican McArthur was born in ge August 10, 1875, a son aiel and Mary Callaway Mc- 10 -'J, Dixie pioneers. He gained looting here and was married '? St. George Temple to Mame Jf -an, daughter of John and " Ann Sullivan also Dixie Pio- " : followed the occupation of i Continued on page eight) n - Duncan McArthur (Continued from first page) cattle raising and farming for a number of years and then entered the employ of the Utah State Road commission which position he has held for a great many years. Following the death of his wife he was married in the St. George Temple to Miss Estella Jacobson of Pine Valley who with four sons survive him. H. Val, Arnold, Walter Wal-ter of St. George and Horace of Los Angeles. Funeral services are to be held tomorrow in the St. George Stake Tabernacle. A complete obituary-will obituary-will be published in the next week's issue of the News. |