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Show CHIEF ENGINEER IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT Alex N. Penny Meets Death at Bingham Bing-ham Mine Because Hoist Signal Is Misunderstood. i. Special to The Tribune. BINGHAM, July 27. Chief Engineer Engi-neer Alex N. Penny of the Utah Consolidated Con-solidated company's Highland Boy mine was instantly killed at 9 o'clock this morning through a mistake in un- derstanding hoisting signals. His neck i was broken and a Greek named Sam "Iihas, who was in the cage with the i chief engineer, was so badly injured j that he may die. I There is some uncertainty as to the manner in which the accident occurred. According to the story told by Anastalis . Grergeon, a Greek, who was also in ; the cage, the chief engineer asked him to signal for -one of the lower levels, which he did. Instead the hoist man started to lift the cage. Grergeon says he jumped to save himself, but that the other two men were pulled up : to the 700 level and there the cage was automatically dumped, resulting in Penny's death and the severe injury of the other Greek. Penny was over .33 years of age and was born in England. His parents are now residents of Philadelphia. He was educated at the Boston Technical insti- tute. About a year ago two of his cb.il- : dren died from diphtheria. Surviving him are bis widow and two children. |