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Show John Pilling Instantly Killed When Truck Goes Over Bank At 3 o'clock 1 nthe afternoon of October Oc-tober 2nd, John Pilling was instantly killed when his truck went over a C5 foot embankment in front of the Ilan-na Ilan-na school house. Mr. Pilling had taken tak-en a load of coal to the Hanna school and had gone to the saw mill to get a load of lumber. He loaded on a load of lumber to bring to town and after .ward unloaded it before leaving the mill. It Is not known why he did this unless he discovered something wrong with his truck. He was returning empty and in front of the Hanna school house something some-thing went wrong with his truck. The school children state that in striking p slight curve at this point the truck went straight ahead and they saw-Mr. saw-Mr. Pilling raise up on the steering wheel in an effort to make the turn. Evidently the front wheels locked and the rear wheels forced It ahead. When at the edge of the bank the driver was seen to make an effort to jump, but too late. His cap was found on the edge of the bank and the body was found at the foot of the embankment some feet from the truck which would indicate that Mr. Pilling got out of the trucla just at It was turning over the edge and followed it down. The truck has not been hoisted from where it landed yet and until that time it will not be known what really caused the accident. The cab of the truck was demolished but no other serious damage. The body of the deceased was badly bruised on the head and left shoulder, but no deep cuts. The body was brought to the Schonian Schon-ian Undertaking Parlors at Duchesne In the evening. (Mr. Pilling was born on the 21th of July, 1804. in 'Salt Lake. His father and mother, Ufr. and Mrs. John Pilling originally came over from England and settled In Salt Lake in the early days. Mr. Pilling, while a young man, went to Emery county where he lived several years, later going to Idaho, where he engaged In mining. During the fall of 1005 he lauded in Vernal and on November 27, was united In marriage to Mrs. Rachel Powell. Just previous to the marriage Mlrs. Powell had filed on a homestead near Tabionn. Tab-ionn. In 1900 they moved onto this homestead and lived there until 1916, when they moved to Duchesne, where they continuously lived since. Mr. Pilling Pil-ling had the mall contract from Duchesne Du-chesne to Hanna, 1912 to 1916 and in 1910 was awarded the contract Duchesne Du-chesne toy Boneta and continued the same route for several years. The people of this section of the country can testify that the death of Mr. Pilling is u great loss to the entire en-tire community. Mx. Pilling wus absolutely ab-solutely honest and upright In all his dealings and If he ever had an enemy in the world we do not know bf it. His Integrity was beyond question, ques-tion, and his standing iu the community commun-ity In which he has lived has always been of the very best. The deceased is survived by his widow, wid-ow, one son, Boy, and four step-children, Dean and Albert Powell, Mrs. Earl Jensen and Mrs. Claude Davis; all of Duchesne. He is survived by a brother, William Pilling of Helper, a sister, Mrs. Ellen Winders ' of Deser-et Deser-et Lake, Emery county, and a half sister, sis-ter, Mrs. M. L. Snow of Wellington. |