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Show cntSllEI) TO DEATH. rrank Slmp.on llarM Ileneatli an Aralaarlieorrarlhla thellly Url lled. On Haturdiy allernoon th city gratel br.1, altuatcd near th corner of Twelfth l:et anJKIntHoutliHIreetn, waa th ac.no of a terrible and fatal accident. ac-cident. At th Urn and place mentioned a number of city rloneti aud other municipal liboren wer engaged In digging and hauling gravel from lie. nealh a large ao J extremely ilangeroue embankment. Among llw latter claM wnunfiirlumtr Frank Hlmon, who waa employed ai teamaler by 1'ollce. man Itotwrtt. In regular order with the other uTIten, young Hlniaon drorelila team to Ihe place of loading and the prbuner at once commenced to load the wagon with gravel when aome one, aahort dlalance away, noticed the bank begin te tremble, and Immediately Im-mediately warned the men of Ihrlr danger. All euccrulcd In making their eara xcrt Hlmiaun, who while alteni) ling to aate hla team waa burled beneath an aralanthe of illrt aggregating many tone In weight, Uneofth7iorr waiburlnl wllhhlni and killed outright. Th work oleilium. lag th unfortuuat man waa begun without moment' delay and proeo-cuted proeo-cuted with unrelenting vigor by upward up-ward of a ecorvof men for nearly an hour before th body waa extricated from the terrible prewure of adamant like earth In which It waa entombed. The body waa allll warm, but lner.ll. gallon proved life waa extinct. Death waa evidently Initantaneoua. Coroner llarrla waa nutllled. and by hla direction the body waa taken tu Hlawei' undertaking ettablbhment, where It remained until ten o'clock yeaterday morning, when It wm removed re-moved to tha family realdence. The decaaaed waa nineteen year of age and an only aou of Frank Hlrnp-auu, Hlrnp-auu, llie welt known building contractor contrac-tor of the Firth Ward of Ihll city, and waa honored and reiiected by all who knew him for hli quiet, Induitrloui and temperate bablla. A Jury aa empanneled by Coroner llarrla rlabirday evening. They In-apectodtheremaina In-apectodtheremaina at Hkewea' under taking parlora ahortly afterwarda and an Inqueat waa lielng held thla afternoon after-noon In th Coroncr'a cilice. The reeultruuld not lie obtained In tlm for publication. |
