Show SHOCKING DRATH w CHILDREN 0 dirt roof caves in killing two boys and injuring the mother little did mrs airs Chau chauncy ticy shiner or her children think that death NN esaa as hovering so near bilea they sat together monday night in their home on oil the east side of the valley and listened to the wind whid blow and the rain pouring down in the darkness at ID 10 they went to bed clifford and aind lloyd had been sl sleeping with robert in one corner of tho the room but the mother made them a led on oil the floor in the middle of I 1 the room that evening as the warm ac isi Is s recently made it uncomfortable to sleep thi ee in a bed all mis s shiner and her two cearold child oc aupied a bed in one corner and nellie the oldest kirl bleat li ii another corner with a little sibbe mr shiner and the oldest son were at the shearing pens on an oreen green river at about 11 30 without any warning sufficiently to ivald wak t 9 ale pers I 1 the whole roof caved in the ige logs breaking and the end of a 0 main log falling between the two boys on the floor the tons of wet dirt rt plunged down into the room the slabs making a chute for tho the dirt so most of it piled up la in the middle the mother was pinned down with dirt and slabs the bedstead legs were driven through the floor robert the 16 year old boy was uninjured and he climbed up the wall and cr crawled aled out aboe onto the leanto lean to it was vas his only means of escape in the darkness and excitement he stepped oft off the house and alid fell to tho the ground but unhurt ills mothers cries brought him soon to her assistance and with tho cho help 0 on miss nellie who had escaped the mother and little babe were taken out mrs shiner was consider considerable considerably abl brill bruised sed on the lower limbs but the baby was waa lying up close to the mothers breast and escaped un ua harmed it took about ten minutes to ex the mother and babe then when they saw how much dirt was waa on tile the boys robert was waa sent to hla his uncles a halt mile way away a for or help frank brank peters the uncle hurried back to the rescue but in the meantime time airs shiner and nellie had beann working in the darkness to rescue the evv 0 boys from whom no sound bound came and the sus suspense and anguish ran can bettor better be imagined than expressed they had no shovel so they did all they could with their hands with only their night clothes on they worked in tho the rain nod aud NN vet et dirt but they found the two loved lovea ones just as they were last seen been by the mother when she alio went to bed only a short ume time before their faces were cleard from the earth but too late ife had fled they were no doubt suffocated by tho the dirt which lay so heavily upon them they had never moved aiom theli sleeping positions one little fellow had his hands up to the side of his face as he had gone to sleep when mr peters came the bodies were dus du 1 out and carefully removed KJ his hid homo home where the family went for shelter As AB soon as lt could be done word was sent to alliandra alhandra to got mr shiner aiom tile shearing corral across the river mr shiner recia ed word that the roof had caved in uld aid that his wife and two bos were nere In juried but he did not know urail lie he got home that two of his children had met death the meeting of father and family under such sad ead circumstances was pitiful indeed friends and net neighbors ebors did everything in their power to help the stricken family the word came to vernal and many sympathizers showed a willingness to help all they could A subscription was taken up and the paper taken around by meeks ife he soon raised about theo the county promised 25 to assist the family clifford melton shiner was as born september 13 1895 lloyd lester shiner was born december 25 1897 they were the sons of chauncey hughes shiner and aalice ann peters mr air and mrs airs shiner were married in park city then moved to rabbit valley and fifteen years ago came to the ashley valley where the two boys wei a born the cause of the continued on page 3 OF TWO CHUBB logs giving a away ay was dry rot and cia ci eting had been heard occasionally diring the winter but it was sup eup posed to be the mt frost A factory lin lug lag hid the logs from froan view bishop davis arra arranged ned for or the funeral 8 F trim got the coffins ready reada and on wednesday at 2 th the funeral service was held at union school house bishop davis presided members of the vernal ward choir furnished the sin singing aag the house was crowded to its limit the floral offerings many and beautiful the two little coffins told the story of an unusual occurrence thel opening prayer was offered by elder 3 D massey and the benediction by elder urlah uriah mowrey elder J D massey superintendent of the union sunday school where the boba have haie ha ve been regular attendants was the first speaker lie he offered many cona consoling oling thoughts to the bere bereaved aed bishop john N davis of the resurrection and the privilege of meeting the loved ones again and paid loving tribute to the jouthas who had been called so early twelve little boys school mates 0 of the deceased acted as the pall bearers the internment was in the vernal cemetery |