Beaver Press | 1913-08-15 | Page 8 | Ranchman Dies in Posthole

RANCHMAN DIES IN POSTHOLE californian falls into excavation and Is suffocated being unable to extricate himself Him seif stockton cal romaan moll a wealthy rancher of tilts this county met rn unusual and tragic deith death moll and his bla foreman returned to hla his ranch near escalon after attend ing to business matters in stockton moll atoll started to walk to escalon lie ho cut across the fields and while walk ing ns near tho the tidewater southern southe rn railroad stumbled over a of dirt and fell licad head first into a posthole tho the hole was about two two ft feet aldo and six feet act deep moll was unable to get out and was suffocated HJ body was found by a section j crew the men noticed a little dog standing on the track they followed tho the dog which took cook athani abam to the place where his master had met his death