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Show FATAL Att'IOKXTS. Killed by a Fulling Stone. A Boj Cniilicd. George K. Taylor, an employe In the stone yards at the Rio Grande Western depot, was Instantly killed at about 5:30 last evening by the falling on him of a stone weighing about six thousand pound'. His neck was broken and the upper portion por-tion of his body badly crushed. An Inquest was held at the ofilceof Jos. WliiiaraTaylorlast evening. The evidence was to the effect that tlie men In the yards were engaged at work, Mr. Taylor being close to a large, pile of stone. Suddenly the rock sfipped,aud Taylor was caught; assistance was called, and he was released, but lifewas extiuet. About 6000 rounds or rock fell on him. The verdict of the jury w-s that death was the result of an accident. On Tuesday last a sou of Henry and Matilda Smith, of Francklyn, was killed there by a railway train. It Is represented that tho boy's death was due to his disregard of the warnings of the railroad employes. em-ployes. Tlie body was much cut up. |