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Show siiiiyMii Henry Italkh Crushed Into a Shapeless Mass in tho Niagara Tunnel. The Awful Oave-iu in the Great Aisle Without a Moment's Warning. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BINGHAM, The Record of the Accidents that Mark the Course of the Day. Eifteen Miners Blown Into Eternity by on Explosion of Giant Powder, DISASTER IN A MINE IN CERMANY. M.nf Lives Let In all Farts of th World Through Carelessness or Chance. Binoham, Jan. 3. Special to The Times. Henry Ralkh, a miner employed em-ployed in the Niagara, was entombed by the caving in of the great aihle by which the silver-laden hill is being punctured, at 4 o'clock this morning, and the dead body was taken out a , few minutes later, a pulpy and contorted con-torted mass of human bone and flesh. The accident is one of the most deplorable de-plorable that have obtruded themselves upon the annals of Utah mining. It is another of those uoforscen tragedies that are brought about through the treachiries of an apparently solid formation, for-mation, but to which so many lives pay annual tribute. One of the most iu-dustrious iu-dustrious of the roster that work by day and night on the property, poor Ilalkh'a Taking Off is the occosion for universal grief. He went to work as usual with the night shift, and engaged at his labors iu the tunnel when suddenly the earth above began to tumble, and then came down like an avalanche, entombing entomb-ing him. His companions hastened to tho scene, and with unrelenting stroke proceeded to exhume the body of the unfortunate miner. Deceased is an old timer among the mines of this locality, having resided here for ten years, and experienced all the vicissitudes, the tips and downs of frontier life. His more than generous disposition, his uniform kindness and genial nature made every one his friend, and the last act will doubtless be one imposing tribute to 4 A I'.eful Career. The Independent Order of Odd Pel-lows Pel-lows of which he was a momber in high i Minding, have taken charge of his re mains and will direct the funeral which i", V will take place tomorrow. But little can be learned at this hour as to the antecedents of deceased. He was wedded to the frontier and kept but little record of the past. Ho was 45 years of age and a single man. Thero is no definite cause to which to ascribe the accident. The workings were apparently secure se-cure until the fatal collapse arrived ar-rived and without warning snatched a lifo away. Ralkh was well known to a large number of persons in Salt Lake where in tho past he has spent considerable consid-erable time. |