Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-02 | Page 1 | One Body Remains Buried in Slide at Moffat Tunnel

One Body Remains Buried in Slide at Moffat t Tunnel WEST PORTAL Cob Colo Aug 2 United Unite i Pr Press One body remained buried bui in the slide sUde at athe the w west v st portal lortal of the Moffat tunnel Monday londay mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing log and five fhe had been recovered from the debris which claimed half halfa a dozen lives Friday morning John jjohn Adams shift boss was still burl buried d. d and and there was no hope of ot recovering recovering- him him- alive One body was recovered Saturday from the workings and three others were yielded during the work ork of rescue crews Sunday Those reCovered recovered recovered ered were V W. E. E Pierson 38 38 Dener Den Denser ser per er John 48 48 Denver Henry Henry Henry Hen Hen- ry Ferguson 48 Vivian La and Patrick Gasow Gasoway y y 43 Denver The sixth victim H. H T. T Thompson 23 23 Ft Collins Colo Cob died shortly after being rescued Friday Without warning hundreds of tons of loose rock and dirt caved ed In Inon Inon inon on the workmen Friday rl d a The position position position tion of the bodies recovered shows that the slide c came me without warning warning warn warn- ing and that death in each case was virtually instantaneous A coroners coroner's jury 1 vi I conduct an inquest a as soon as the last body has b been en removed The Jury was im- im panelled Sunday