Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-04-22 | Page 13 | Fellow Workers Rescue S. L. Streets Employe 'Buried Alive' by Slide at City Gravel Pit

l Tells of Lon Longest est Five Five Minutes in Life e f d dh h Ii d 4 i j i i 1 r 1 i ir bi j J r K e j j I WAS BURIED UP TO HERE IT SEE SEEMED nn U LIKE E HOURS HOURS' John Peterson shows how gravel covered him after in cave-in Fellow Workers Rescue S. S L. L Streets Str ts J Buried Alive by Slide at City Gravel Pit 1 They tell me it took only five minutes to get me out but 1 boy it seemed like five hours That was how John Peterson 22 Third East street felt after alter being buried alive at city gravel pits in North Salt Lake Tuesday afternoon Young Peterson of l the city streets department is recovering at at his home from strained ligaments in his back and expects to return to work in a day or two I I was shoveling gravel to be used for street repairs when the grav gravel l bank gave way he said saidI saidI saidI I was knocked flat and com completely covered There wasn't so much gravel grav l over my head luckily luck luck- fly ily and I managed to poke my head out and breathe Other workers dug me out Believe me me it was lucky there were were other other workers there There must have been at least lease a ton of gravel in the slide and I never could have worked free without help