Show two 0 0 0 youths killed by rocks following blast at manila camp MANILA struck on the head by tumbling boulders bou when hen caught in a rock slide slid e following a blast ed ward bailey 26 of berron and morgan ode 11 thomas 18 of salt lake were killed monday at 1 43 p m the men were ere members of mantia manila camp 13 F P 35 33 bailey struck on the head by a huge sandstone fragment was instantly killed thomas died while shile being demov ed from the scene of the accident to the COO CCO camp albert A smith senior coteman of the camp said bald the crew was working on a forest road project in naming flaming gorge that will ill connect the forest with US 40 highway the accident scene was 60 miles south of Green wyo and 12 nilles miles southeast of manila smith said a blasting crew had fired a round of shots in the hillside about 50 teet feet above the point where bailey thomas thomaa and several other men had been working the explosion loosened a quantity of sandstone which tumbled to the road all the rock loosened by the blast had apparently fallen to the road and the crew had returned to its work when hen a second mw mass of about eight tons of rock guve gave way may bailey and thomas ho vere closer to the point of the blast were unable to escape the shower of rock several other workmen narrowly escaped the flying fragments thomas became a member 0 of the camp last october 26 while bailey had been a COO worker since june 19 1933 memorial services service for the men will be held wednesday at 3 2 p m morgan odell thomas was born bom in salt lake city november 22 1918 a son of ernest ennest roy and ethel morgan thomas surviving besides hla his parents are eight brothers and sisters bisters vernal larue lauen denive lafae laraine raine duana and caleane thornas thomas all of salt lake city |