Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-12-09 | Page 2 | 2 Smelter Men Die When Weak Roof Collapses

2 Smelter Men MenDie Die When Weak Ro f Collapses P s Two I men were killed at Lt the th American l Smelting anti and Refining ln c company plant at Garfield Sunday Sunda When hen a concrete tunnel root roof weakened weakened weak weak- k ened b a blast con collapsed Js J's d while th they y were were standing staMing on it Tho victims ero William Johnson John John- sop sop son 28 who who- rc recently caine came to V Utah h from Minneapolis oUs arid and D Don n Bywater wa By-wa ten ter 21 of at Garfield Both men mer 1 were single le According to reports the two workmen walked out on the tunnel roof root after a a charge of oe dyn dynamite failed to wr wreck it While they tiley y were wen investigating In tho the walls crumbled plunging them fifteen en le feet t and crushing them beneath concrete te slabs J bs Company officials W said the workmen workmen work work- rk men violated the orders ot of the fore foreman man when they e ventured out on the th dynamited d