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Show BISSKUtL CRUSHED IN Searchers Recover . Man- ; gled and Burned Body of Alta Snowslide's Victim. 7 : V . The body -of J. J. Burnswood. who was killed Jn the enowsllde on Patsey Marley hill. .Little Cottonwood canyon, near Alta Thursday afternoon, was recovered re-covered yesterday afternoon within fifteen fif-teen feet of the site of the cabin.' The body, which was found by A. O. Jacobeon. superintendent of the Columbus Colum-bus Consolidated mine,. was lying- underneath un-derneath a cook stove and Its condition Indicated, that a big; fire must have been in the stove at the time of the slide. 1- Burnswood was not burned to death and It Is believed did not suffer from the fire. His) head was so badly crushed that death must have been instantaneous. instantane-ous. - - Mr. Jacobson, In his search, procured a long Iron rod with which he probed the snow, thus locating; the body. Messrs. Oberlander and Stevens of Alta brought the body to Salt Lake In a private conveyance, reaching- here last night. Coroner Clark Is now in charge of the remains. Burnswood's cabin was built In an exposed place and it 1 said that he had frequently been warned of his peril, but took the warning lightly. |