Show fatal accident As a reporter was meandering along the bench about noon yesterday he saw an aged gentleman pa pass pas s nim on an empty wagon wa gon having only the running gears attached to his team this gentleman was pierce quirk a resident ol of slaterville Slat erville he seemed robust and healthy giving a pleasant nod as he passed little did toe tee newspaper man dream of this man being found dead within six hours from that time yet such was the case at about 5 pm mr charles zelmer while driving through the lane laae leadill leading west from the mound fort school schoolhouse house e came upon a wagon load of lumber tipped over the tongue and front running gears of the wagon being 9 gone one on closer examination lie he found mr quirk under be wagon he immediately unloaded the lumber but upon finding that the unfortunate man was dead he at once telephoned for the officers at the city hall to come to the place upon the arrival ot of marshall ballantyne at the scene of the accident the deceased was taken to his home in slaterville Slat erville he had about seven or eight hundred feet of lumber on bis wagon which he had bought in ogden when three tet te is s of a mile west from the house it appears that the wheels had gone down into a gully some juhree feet deep and tipped over the reach had broken and aad the team had run away witti the front part of the wagon leaving the lumber on oa the ground mr ar quirk being pinned down by it that his death was not instantaneous appears from the fact that he be tand had ad pulled a sack under his head bead his bis land still grasping the sack A pocket book containing in currency was found in one pocket the deceased leaves a wife and three children to mourn his bis loss he was about 50 years yearn of age ogden standard april 29 |