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Show WORKER DIES IN ACCIDENT AT CANNERY O d i s Yancey Suffers Fatal Injuries At P. G. Plant PLEASANT GROVE Caught in revolving machinery machin-ery and whirled in the air at terrific speed, Oriis Yancey," 63, employe of the" Pleasant Grove Canning company for 20 years, was fatally injured at 8:15 a. m. today. Mr. Yancey was attempting to replace a beh on iLs pulley 12 feet above the floor of the company com-pany plant when the accident occurred. oc-curred. Standing with one foot on a ladder and the other on a pipe, he .suddenly slipped, falling against the collar of the revolving shaft. The machinery caught onto his clothing, and whirled him at a dizzy rute of speed. His left arm became entangled in the machinery, machin-ery, and was severed from his body between the elbow and shoulder. A fellow worker, Harold Walker, Walk-er, who witnessed the accident, ' called Foreman Thomas Fenton and Joseph L. Mills, engineer. As the latter turned off the power, Yancey fell to the floor. He was still alive, and when Fenton reached his side, he said: "Take me inside, Tom." Doctors Grant Y. Anderson and B. C. Linebangh were summoned, but Yancey died within a lew minutes from loss of blood and shock. In addition to his left arm being severed, one of his legs was broken, and his body was bruised and lacerated in several places. City Marshall Golden Peay and Sheriff John S. . Evans were called call-ed to make the investigation. Mr .Yancey was well known in Utah county, and was one of the Pleasant Grove Canning company's oldest employes from a standpoint stand-point of service. He was a member of the L.D-S. church. He is survived by his wife, Mae Tomlinscn Yancey, a son and four ; daughters, Daral Yancey, Bing-j Bing-j ham; Mrs. Laura Martin Kimber, and Mrs Gene Nelson, Provo; Mrs. Eva Williams, Emery, and Mrs Grace Olsen, Bingham; twe brothers, Thomas, Taylorsville, and Albert, American Fork; a sister, Mrs. Flora Cornier, American Ameri-can Fork and 15 grandchildren Funeral services will be announced , by the Olpin mortuary. |