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Show A FATAL MOT. The Injures Sustained by Lester Laverdo, the Driver for Grant Bros,, Takd Him Off. AN INQUEST IS ORDERED. Hurled a Distance of Forty Feet, Ho New Rega ns Consciousness A Bad A flair. The sequel to an accident in which Lester J. Laverdo was thrown from a wagon driven by him for (irant Bros, on Kriil ay night last is to be found at Taylor's undertaking establishment, where the remains lie cold ami speechless speech-less in the relentless embrace of death. The accident, was as sudden and singular singu-lar as it is profoundly sad. 'Thoroughly responsible, his employers had given him full cbargo of the route that operates oper-ates in connection with the various trains. On Friday evening even-ing a call was wired in for a conveyance at the Utah Central depot and Laverde responded to it. Going from tho Utah Central to tho Union Pacific he received a trunk from from tho wagon and at once began to retrace his route. While going back over it ho drove into a telegraph pole ami in making the sudden angle was thrown from his seat while the horses went on at a terrific gait. A few minutes later a pedestrian discovered him lying unconscious in tho street, and ho was removed to his lodgings. From the comotose condition ho never recovered but last night he passed away into tho silent domains of death. In the terrible ter-rible tall front the seat the occipital bono had been eh site red and deatn is traced to this. During tho spell that followed everything was done for the relief of tho unfortunate man but death nad issued its decree. An inquest in-quest was ordered this morning morn-ing and an adjournment taken until fiveo'clock this afternoon. Tho Messrs. (irant Bros, are making diligent effort to ascertain the whereabouts of the luckless driver's relatives and have succeeded suc-ceeded in tracing a his tor to Ogden whose desires with reference to the funeral they are anxious to consult. They rofer to tho deceased in most eulogistic terms and will spare nothing that tho tribute to the remains of a faithful employe may be iu keeping with what ho deserves. |