Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-07-26 | Page 7 | Given Military Burial

GIVEN MILITARY BURIAL FUNERAL OF A B 31 mcarthur AT MT PLEASANT accidental death ot of george coombs coombe u of f fountain green 11 oratio horatio coxs remarkable Ee case mount pleasant utah july 23 special cial to tribu tribune 1 ic the first funeral ot of a deceased in member ember of 0 the third rat cat talton of 0 the national guard of 0 utah occurred here today to day arthur arlhur IJ 13 we me arthur who died last monday bel being ng interred owing to the ficat popularity of the young nian and the funeral a laro large crowd was lane in attendance jt la Is now learned that the person V who h 0 was killed by an all accident in 11 un t ington canyon sunday well was george coombs or of fountain green lie ho and ills wife riding over tho the old coal toll rm road I 1 when by mischance I 1 the lie wheel on one ida elde of 0 the slipped pt ot off the edge of oc a bridge throwing the sea ficat and ld its occupants on to the t a aroun d 51 air r coombs was waa almost instantly killed by his head striking on tho the while mrs coombs was so no 1 badly a adly injured her recovery is not ex p ecleo she managed to get assistance ance s however mid gold her husbands hus bandu body was brought braueht hume tho the husband was wa the father of 0 a large grown U up 1 family and was about bit 10 years of oc age tile tho physician called to attend young horatio cox in the mountains mount alna tuesday for injuries inflicted by a horse reports tile the young roans mans condition very cry serious and somewhat peculiar the horses shoe entered the brain and in dressing dress lne tile the wound it was necessary to lebove a portion ot of the b brain in which the doctor has in his possession posse eKlon de P pite this cox Is in a 9 conscious condl lion and while labile ho he talk can make himself understood by gesture ces 4 the case will be watched with interest