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Show I TRAGIC DEATH. I OF YOUNG MAN I Alma Frank Puner Killed In Accl- H dtnt Near Pretton Funeral Held H In Benton Ward B The sudden and tragic death of Al- B ttt Frank Purser of Benson ward has H cast a gloom over the cntlro commun- ty, Tho deceased was tho son of H jr. and Mrs. Phillip Purser, aged H 2S years. Ho leaves a wife and three H children. Funeral services were H held yesterday at tho Hanson ward H meeting bouso at 11 a. m. Interment H was In tho Hyde Park cemetery. m The deceased rthrted to homestead H irnd in Idaho. He left his present H homo In Benson last Wednesday B morning with hl3 tea,m and wagon. H He Ailed his wagon bed with hay H When reaching Preston he purchased H gome lumber and grata which ho H placed on top of the hay. When go- I Ing down the long dugway north of H Preston Into IUvcrdorte there was a I bad gulloy. In the road. When the H front wheels dropped Into tho ditch I the lumber and, grain with tho driver I slipped to tho front, dropping bo- I tween tho horses which run away. I Men working on the road nearby came H to the rescue Somo of tho young I man's limbs wore found broken nnd I Internal Injuries wero sustained. H Medical old whs secured nnd rela- I tlves wero notified by phono. Unfor- I tunately the young man's wife was I In Colorado visiting her re'atlves. I The deceased lived about ten hours I after tho accident. I Tho funeral services wero conduct- I ed by Bishop Reese. Appropriate mil- I sic was rendered. Tho largo congrega I Hon assembled was addressed by tho I following speakers: Paul Cardon, ox- Bishop H. W.. Dallard, President S. r. Balllf, Fred Turner, Bishop DenJ. I Uymas and T. H. ncese. Lorenzo I Peterson of Hydo Park pronounced the benediction. Tho remarks made were prompted with ft spirit of, lovo and sympathy for tho bereaved. Benson Ben-son ward hns lost a young man of sterling worth and exemplary character. charac-ter. Tho Republican sympathizes with tho numerous friends of the Purser fnrally In this their hour of bereavement. |