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Show CRUSHED BY A TREE. Another Frightful and Fatal Accident in Logan Canyon. One of the saddest occurrences which it has been necessary to record for some time, transpired in Logan canyon, last Saturday morning. At the wood camp of Nels Hanson, Esq., about 10 miles from Logan, a party of men were engaged in felling timber, many of them being at work from one to two miles up the mountain side. Among them was a young Scotchman named William Brown from Randolph, Rich county, who had been with the force only a short time and was not an experienced logger. Immediately after going to work on the morning mentioned he had two narrow escapes from injury by falling logs; and finally was induced to obey the instruction given the men by their employer, which was to avoid working in close quarters. He took his station some distance below his companions, apparently where he was entirely out of danger; but it seemed that he was fated. One of the choppers had cut a huge tree, which in falling caught with its branches in another tree lower down the mountain. The second giant was felled-when the great weight of the two caused them to fall forward with a terrible impetus. A dry balsam was in their way; but this was snapped off at the roots and sent flying. In its descent it struck young Brown in the back and crushed him to the earth. He had been chopping a log and standing with his back to the other men; and therefore could not see the danger, while the noise made by his axe prevented his hearing the crash. His companions rushed to him and found him injured so seriously that he could not move himself; so they placed him on a litter of boughs, and started for the camp-one mile and a half distant, down a path so precipitous that without their burden descent would have been difficult. On reaching the road, a vehicle was secured and in it he was brought to the house of his employer in Logan, where he arrived at 4 o'clock p. m.-seven hours after the accident. Doctor Ormsby was called in, and found the poor fellow in a deplorable condition. The intense cold had entirely overcome him, and it seemed impossible to warm his system. A partial examination was made, and the surgeon found the right thigh bone and several ribs broken; while internal injuries of a serious nature were apparent. Before the investigation was completed it became evident that death must speedily ensue; and the doctor informed the injured man that he had but a few minutes to live. For a moment young Brown was silent; and then in a pleading tone he asked if nothing could be done to save him. Soon he cried, "Doctor, oh what's the matter-everything is growing dark-I can't see!" The physician replied, "Poor fellow, it will soon be light." And it was so, for almost as the words were uttered, his mangled body grew colder still, and his spirit passed out of earthly darkness. William Brown was twenty years of age. He was of very moral character, of sterling merit, and the main support of an aged and widowed mother. Soon after his death, the body was neatly robed and placed in a coffin. On Monday it was taken to Randolph by a brother-in-law of the deceased. No warning had been sent to the mother, and the first news she received of the dreadful occurrence, was when the body, ready for burial, was almost at her door. |