Show UTAH SHERIFF i T AH SHERIFF EX-SHERIFF KILLED BY BLAST Victim Hurled in Air as His Drill Sets Off f Charge Loses Leg and Hand as Body Strikes Jagged Rocks at at Bauer Quarry DIES IN H 0 S P I T A 1 Two Companions Escape With Minor Injuries Injuries' TOOELE March larch 7 1 Special Ui ni Bis body ody blasted into the air and against lagged jagged rocks rock frightfully him ilm and cutting off J his s right hand and left le Ie leg former Sheriff Dave M. M Adamson of or Tooele county was rushed to Holy Hoty Cross hospital in Salt Satt Lake at midnight Frida Friday where he be died at 1020 a. a m. m Saturday His companions Warren Droubay and Albert Eckman suffered painful pain ful fuI ful but not serious erious lacerations of the hands and body They are arc expected ex cx- cx to recover quickly The-men The were at work in the Bluestone Bluestone Blue Blue- stone Lime Quarry company's pl plat pits at Bauer a a. short hort distance Irom T Without warning Adamsons Adamson's drill struck a missed hole He caught the full force of oC the explosion He was carried with a hall hail of sharp rock fragments to the side of oC the pit his bod body f falling ailing Inert and bleeding at the feet of his companions Droubay summoned help at once and with slight hope held for his 1115 re recovery re- re covery Ada Adamson on was hurried to Salt Lake Mr Adamson was widely known in Utah and Nevada Ne He lived JIved a life full of ot adventure while serving as sheriff sherif of ot Tooele and had many Important captures to his credit as ns a peace out out- Many times Umes he faced death calm ly while trailing criminals Mr Adamson was born bom in Lincoln Utah in 1872 the son on of oC Annie Martin Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin and Walter G. G Adamson He was wasa a former member of or the bishopric of ot the L. L D. D S. S church at Lincoln He lIe is survived by his widow Annie Droubay and the followIng follow foUm I ing t ten n children Mrs A. A LA AA A. A Gillespie of Tooele Dell Adamson of or Mrs Jack Murdock of or Honolulu M Mrs Floyd Le Lee Mrs Lee Talk Virginia Lavon and Sherill Adamson all of or Tooele and Verna Adamson now on ona a mission for the L L. D. D S S. S chur church h in Virginia |