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Show ALEXANDER S. CAMPBELL. CAMP-BELL. Salt Lake min- ing man, who met sudden j death yesterday. , ' r SALT LAKE MAR IS KILLEDJNEXPLOSldN Alexander S. Campbell, Well Known Resident, Dies in Accident. Alexander S. Campbell, a native of Salt Lake, 46 years of age, was terribly mutilated mu-tilated and Instantly killed in an explosion ex-plosion about a mile east of Kenilworth at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Campbell, who was manager of the Milburn mine, which is situated nine miles northeast of Price and owned by George M. Cannon and associates of this city, toad been engaged for some time in the construction of a wagon road, later to be used as a railroad bed, between Kenilworth and the mine. In a number of places immense quantities quan-tities of rock have had to be blasted, and It was in one of these that Mr. Campbell lost his life. According to the advices received in Salt Lake. Mr. Campbell Camp-bell was in charge of the blasting operations opera-tions and had set off a big charge of explosives. ex-plosives. He then entered the blasted area to place a still larger shot, when a deafening explosion occuired and his mangled body was burled "nder a mass of rock and dirt. It is presumed that the explosive which Mr. Campbell was carrying was set off by the intense heat from the preceding shot George Shirts, a laborer, who was closer to Mr. Campbell than any of the other m embers of the road force, was severely, but not fatally, injured. The killing of Mr. Campbell was oiie of a chapter of accidents In his family yesterday. J'. S. Campbell, a brother, was thrown from his automobile near Smithfield and suffered a broken collarbone. collar-bone. He is in the hospital at Logan. n. Leo Campbell, a nephew, son of R. S. Campbell, was severely injured while unloading trucks at Idaho Falls, and will arrive In Salt Lake today for medical attention. Mrs. Alexander Campbell is quarantined quaran-tined at her home, 1275 Browning avenue, because of the fact that one of her children chil-dren Is suffering from scarlet fever. Alexander S. Campbell is the third member of his family to meet with accidental acci-dental death. James M. Campbell, a brother, was killed by a Bamberger train about seven years ago. and Arthur M. Campbell, anpther brother, one of the oldest engineers on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, met death in a wreck two years ago. Mr. Campbell was born In Salt Lake March 4. 1S72. He was the youngest son of Robert Lang Campbell, who came to Utah in IS 48 and was superintendent Of public schools for the territory of Utah at the time of his death. He was always In demand in the days of the Salt Lake Musical Comedy company, headed by John D. Spencer, and played comedy roles. Prior to taking charge of the Milburn mine, Mr. Campbell was engaged in the brokerage business in this city, and previous pre-vious to that was representative of the J. S. Campbell Wholesale Grocery company com-pany of Ogden. Mr. Campbell is survived by a widow, 1275 Browning avenue, and six children. The family is under quarantine owing to the illness of one of the children. The names of the children are Virginia, Robert, Rob-ert, Alice, Mary. Kate and John. He also is survived by the following brothers and sisters: R. S. Campbell. George A. Campbell. B. M. Campbell and .John Campbell of Salt Lake, and Joseph S. Campbell of Ogden; Mrs. J. H. Cllve, Mrs. Frank Taylor, Mrs. William C. Cllve. Joan M. Campbell, Miss Aggie Campbell and Miss Annie Camobell of Salt Lake, and Mrs. Moses W. Taylor of Coalville. Utah. R. S. Campbell, 149 North Main street, will leave for Price this morning to bring the body to Salt Lake. Funeral arrangements arrange-ments will be announced later. |