Show fell to his death george hayes killed in beck tunnel shaft george hayes a former of spanish fork lost hia his life in the beck tun nel shaft at about ten on tuesday morning hayes was cm em aloyed as a nipper it being his duty to gather up the tools and take them to the surface for sharpening he ile was bringing up a bunch of tools when he lost his life the cage upon which hayes was rid ing was being hoisted slowly ly by e en n gincer thomas massey but in some manner some of the tools must have slipped into the shaft timbers mr air massey felt the jar and immediately brought the cage M to a stop realizing that something had gone wrong when the tools struck the shaft tim bers hayes lost his footing upon the cage and was immediately imme plunged to the bottom of the shaft a distance of about feet the accident taking place at a depth of about feet and the shaft being 1 1100 feet deep his ills body was horribly mangled an ac aident of the same nature occurred in the snowflake mine a few years ago resulting in the death of boneman one man and the serious injury of james chinn ho would also have been killed had it not been for his wonderful nerve and presence of mind midd mr hayes was 25 years of age and has been a resident of this city for se sev eral v ears he had been employed as nipper I 1 at the beck tunnel for over two years he married miss davis of provo a little less than two years a ago go and leanes besides hia his wife one small child as well N ell as many other relatives the unfortunate man s parents reside at spanish fork and beneral eral of his brothers and sisters numbering thirteen in all are resi dents of this city cit among the broth ers and sisters of the de deceased cased are mrs jacob brandt mrs hyrum brsdley william isaac wilford and john hayes all residents of eureka the death is an exceptionally s ead ad one and the members of the family have the sympathy of the entire community the body was shipped to spanish fork on thursday by undertaker wallace the funeral being held in that city the same day |