Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-09 | Page 1 | Boy of 8 is Killed by Cavein

BOY OF 8 IS WILED BY GUI ; : . Youth Smothers . While rrthe Mother' frantically Tries to Rescue Him; Saves Younger Brother BURIED alive benoath ton of and, John Rutloy, 8 years of ape, aon . of John Rutley of Eighth Went and Twenty-flint South street, was smothered to death today-while his mother etrovs frantically to rescue him. II If younger brother waa alio burled under un-der the sand, but wu rescued just In time. The bnyi had' been plsylng under-neath under-neath the hlah bank near their home for kim time. Their mother mleeed their voices, and glancing out of the window saw .that the bank had caved In. At once aha divined what had .happened, and with acraama for help aha commenced digging at the huge maaa of aand and earth with her bare handa. Men la the neighborhood heard her acreains and ran to her aealslsnce. After, much atrenuoua work the younger boy waa readied, atlll breathing, breath-ing, but It was nearly an hour after tha caveln occurred that John's body waa recovered.