Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-03-13 | Page 13 | Death Takes Cave-in Victim

DEATH TAKES CAVE CAVE IN VICTIM Salt Laker Dies After Accident Accident Acci Acci- dent Attributed to Quake Charles BIthell 55 55 of 1345 Roberta avenue a city water ater department em em- died in a local h hospital at 7 CI a. m. m Tuesday of f Internal injuries Monday Monday V when v h hen e n he was 4 t trapped rapped rap p e d in an earthquake weak weak- weaken d trench at en n e 1 Sixtieth Sou South t h t street treet and High High- r I 4 v land and drive y Mr Bithell suffered suf- suf J f stomach and c host chest h cst injuries when the wall ata of at a foot 10 deep l trench r e n c h suddenly collapsed He had ent entered red the he digging after Mr lr Bithell RUbell the he first shock at a. a m rn and fe fel low ow workers believed the quake had hac weakened the trench wall He was buried to the hips Mr ll's Bithell's death was the second In n Utah for which the earthquake was held indirectly responsible Mrs Ida Venable Atkinson 21 21 o of Ogden died Monday of heart failure during a strong temblor that struck Ogden at a a. a m m. m Mr Bithell born in Salt Salt Lake Lake Cit City July 26 1878 had been been an o othe of the city water department for 2 23 years Surviving are three daugh daugh- I lers tess Mrs Loot Ewing Mrs Robert Rober K Duffy and Mrs Douglas D. D Canwell Cant Can Cantwell well all of Salt Lake City also three sons Charles Claude and LeRoy Bithell of Salt Lake City one sister Mrs Bert McIntyre of San Francisco I Cal and six grandchildren