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Show THORNBERG RITES SET FOR TODAY Crushed in the cab of a power shovel when a bank of rock on L level, east side, caved onto the machine, Neils John Thornberg, 47, shovel operator for the Utah Copper company, was instantly killed while at work in the open-pit open-pit Bingham mine Tuesday at 3:10 p.m. Eyewitnesses reported the force of the rock slide was so powerful it caved the sides of the cab together. Workers had to use crow-bars to remove Mr. Thornberg's body. Mr. Thornberg was born May 12, 1896, in Stockholm, Sweden, a son of Nels and Hanna Olsen Thornberg. He came to the United States in 1913 and lived for a short time in New Mexico, later moving to Salt Lake City. In 1923 he moved to Bingham as an employe of the Utah Copper Cop-per company. He married Edna Thompson at Roy in 1917. Survivors include the widow; one son and three daughters, Merle and June Thornberg of Murray, Mrs. Jean Mangum of Midvale and Ross Thornberg of Bingham; one brother and three sisters, Fred Thornberg of Granger, Gran-ger, Wyo., and Sigred, Olga and Eva Thornberg of Sweden. Funeral services for Mr. Thornberg Thorn-berg will be held today (Friday) at 1 p.m. in the Rose room, 36 East Seventh street, Salt Lake City, with Bishop George M. Nix officiating. Friends may call at the reception room in the mortuary until time of service. |