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Show FORTUNE FAVORS MEN ESCAPING (DEATHJN SLIDE With one exception, former U. S. Klines employes or residents of Bingham Canyon now work-inglat work-inglat the Hidden Treasure mine in pphir district, Tooele county, were fortunate in escaping death in the snow slide Sunday afternoon. after-noon. The most spectacular escape I wai that of Dormus N. Larsen, shift boss whose family lives at 13 Markham here. He was changing chang-ing his clothing when the slide struck the bunkhouse and covered cover-ed It in ten feet of snow. He cut his fway through a two-by-four and! the bunkhouse wall with a pociet knife and, naked, tunneled tunnel-ed is way through the snow to safety. He is recovering at his home from a slight cold. ?Jjick Melton, now reported in -oo condition at the Bingham hospital, suffered severe injuries in the slide. Mr. Melton worked it tl. S. Mines in 1935-36 and quit work to go to California just! before the strike in 1936. lis residence is at 574 Downing- Another victim of the slide whais recovering at the Bingham iHKjiital, Alton Johnson, was rjevfir employed at the U. S. Mint here-, Carton F. Harris of 83 H street dt( Lake City, who was one if die three killed outright in he slide, was a blacksmith here Q 127-28-29. Dan Delaney and Wesley Mad-e.v Mad-e.v both former Bingham Can-enlresidents Can-enlresidents and employed at "doen Treasure, were away the mine enjoying their C. off". CJher former Bingham work-rs work-rs -hose homes are at Murray ndjwho work at Hidden Treaties Trea-ties away at the time of the Iij4 were Berneil Webb, Pete i'cEjp. and Frank Saylor. Clarence M- Yates of Salt Lake 3and Edward E. Roberts of uleim were the two others meet-ig meet-ig tragic deaths in the huge valftnche. i |