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Show I Tragic Death. ! Mr. O. Henry Young of 4457 Quit man street met with a sudden and tragic death on Thursday, Aug 2' at i the Denver Gas & Electric company's ; ards, Seventh and Wewatta streets where for three years he was known , as one ofthe most efficient and indus- : trious workers in the company's em- : ploy. Mr. Young, who was foreman of the mechanical department, was en-: en-: gaged in replacing a heavy cast iron pear on the freight elevator, when he . : lest his balance and fell a distance of : ' "bout twenty feet. The large wheel ; ' u'u on toP r'f him, splintering his left t , , hip and crushing his leg to a pulp. He was taken immediately to Mercy hospital, hos-pital, hut it was impossible to save his life, as he had sustained severe inter-: inter-: nal injuries. Two hours later he passed awav with his hand clasped in that of his "loving and broken-hearted wife. Two little children, Catherine, 2 years old and Lawrence, an infant, are left without ' j a father's care. His funeral took place Sunday after noon, Aug. 25, from Sacred Heart i church, and was under the auspices of " the Woodmen of the World. Interment ; was in Mount Calvary cemetery |