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Show Mini ills SUDDENLY STRICKEN Martin Moran, a former Southern Pacific section hand was killed Satur day night through a fall down a flight of concrete stairs at the Empire rooming room-ing house, 204 Twenty-fifth strep-The strep-The accident occurred about 10:45 o'clock and Moran died a few minutes later at the police station So far as Is now known Moran had no home and no relatives in Ogden. His body was removed to the Larkln mortuary. The story of the accident as toid by three roomers at the rooming house is as follows They were sitting in the office at the head of the stairs, when they heard the front door bell ring. A moment later, one of them saw the shadow of a man ascending the stairs, but before he got through the swinging swing-ing doors halfway up the stairs they heard a heay thud and, surmising that the man had fnllen. ran down to inestigate Moran was found 1 Ing at the bottom of the stairs, unconscious, un-conscious, it being apparent that his head had struck the concrete steps with great force. The police were called and the unconscious man was remoed to the station. City Physician Phy-sician Whalen was summoned, but could do nothing. nri |