| Show h Carries L. L E. E Mayfield layfield To T His Death in Canyon J Tuesday v n. n theA the fad ad word went forth forth that Leo E. E Mayfield 26 technician at It Farm ington for the For Forest est cst and Range experiment station t I 1 had been Swept to his death by b a in Farmington F canyon canon it brought tt of the t big ig that occurred in Mill lill Creek canyon east of Bountiful more mor than a half century ago t. t when jjohn lohn Duncan a very popular Bountiful man and team were 1 buried to a great depth d by a big as he h was as driving down dOWl the canyon a of logs on onI his hii sleigh lly the whole of Bountiful went up to help to dig I him out which took way into the night as he was down under some 20 feet of snow and while nib was as being dolf there here was impend ing ang of other slides coming coining down and burying those who were working As far ar as we know these are arc the only two slides in our county that have taken lives although numer numer- oU otis slides slid s occur OCCUr in some of our canyons but as s' s swe vve we no longer haul wood out of our canyons we do dodo do 10 not have to worry Mr Mayfield with ith two compan ions Ions were returning to the station following a trip to Hell Hole can canyon yon on tight eight miles of k cast el t Farming Farming- Farmington ton to make a n snow survey sur Tues Tues- Tuesday Tu s. s day Riggs Murdock son of Congress Congressman man Abe Murdock one of May May- Mayfield's fields field's companions braced himself between b tween two pine trees and saved himself from the wrath of the a while Merrill Woolley the second companion of Mayfield rode the avalanche down the t canyon anyon and escaped injury The three men had been warned to look out for slides before they Mi left the station it was stated by Harry Pledger law brother of the dead man They had been vis weirs weir and gauges and had decided to return to the station There re had been other slides the reported but they were u of the Then came cameT T IUA i e which h V fhi lr the th three i r wet VOI e. e r h elaY jr Mayfield M was was swept front from r h f et nd covered ve wit d with several IV feet new which was packed over ver him as as solid as' as See ice v The body wag was dis discovered about 5 pi IP i t by y Leo Triplett and Woolley It was not until about I. 30 1 30 Wednesday morning however that the men men together l with others recruited from a a. 7 by b camp were able to to bring t body down the canyon Rescuers reported that the body had llad no broken bones and that I de hath th evidently was was' due to cation For nearly two hours h urs ef efforts ef t forts lorts were made to resuscitate the he lead ead man and hope of restoring rest lii life liCe was not abandoned until all efforts Horts failed to revive him The t skies on his feet were unbroken Darn Born April 22 21 1912 in In Salt Lake City the deceased was was i n ol of I W W. O O. and Florence Floren e Wilkinson Mayfield The family moved to Farmington in 1924 and lie he mar mar- marl l' l tied Miss Irene Irene-Barkdull Irene Barkdull Oct 31 r 1932 in Salt Lake City L Surviving are his widow two children hildren Donald Lee 5 and La- La LaRene LaRene Rene Mayfield 3 three thre rathers Arthur Kenneth and William Wilham Mar Marion jon ion Mayfield M Salt Lake and one t sister Mrs Beth Mayfield Pledger of Farmington 7 Funeral be held this Friday in the Farmington meeting meetinghouse I house at 1 p p. p m. m m. m under the direction d rec P tion of Bishop Dish p John R. R Walsh |
