Show A distressing accident A most distressing accident occurred wednesday evening in pole canyon about ten miles from heber robert barnes was instantly killed by a falling failing tree the particulars are as follows wm win barnes baines accompanied by his son robert started for th the canyon just af after ter dinner to get a load of wood they reached the place where they w were ere to get the wood about 0 clock and started to chop the load they had cut down several trees each and the boy had chopped one off that lodged against a leaning dry tree and altho although it had bad been dropped from the stump it still stood upright when the father came e along he be told the boy he should never leave a tree standing like that as a gust of wind might blow it down upon someone mr barnes barne then cut the leaning tree to let th the other fall the boy was working at some distance from where they supposed the tree would fall but it was caught in the limbs of another tree which caused it to swing around and it tell fell directly towards the boy the father shouted to him lookout look out but the boy must have thought he was out of danger for although he heard his father call to him he did not move the tree came down and the top of it struck the back of the boys head crushing his skull the father rushed to the boy as soon as possible and another young man tan ran for some water but ile he was to badly hurt to be resuscitated A few choit breaths and he died in his fathers arms they immediately hitched up and started home where they arrived about that evening the funeral was held in the stake house friday at 10 am it was largely attended and much sympathy was expressed for the sorrowing parents and members of the family fifty seven vehicles and a great many people followed the remains to the cem tery robert barnes was born in heber sept I 1 alth jtb 1875 died june 1894 he was the second in the family of eleven he was a great help to his father in helping to earn a living for the large family of children ile he was a very dutiful son and highly respected by all who knew him the parents who are almost des with grief have the sympathy of the whole community in their sad bereavement the mother is in delicate health which makes the burden still harder for her to bear wasatch wave |