Show family of R R tanner awarded compensation on recommendation of commissioner charles N felir fehr of the department of finance the family of it R tanner park depart department nien employee who died september lv it when illa lit right hand and forearm were bitt bitten oil by a park zoo lion was awarded work mens compensation in th tho P amount of 1532 it a week for weeks or six years in addition to funeral expenses ile he Is IF survived by a widow and three children mr air tanner was a watchman lie he had been feeding an elephant anti and was passing the lions cage it was on september 3 tile the tiny day of the hn his tory making visit here of colonel charles A lendbergh new york to paris flyer the lion was evidently irritated by the throngs anti and seized tanners hand when lie he went to stroke its head ono of tile the crowd present beat the lion oft off with an iron fron bar salt lake tribune |