Show THE EXPLOSION further details of the killing of 1 X M alexander the park city call gives the following particulars of the fatal acci accident deat at H S alexanders mill in lake creek cation on friday of last week the explosion took placa at p in everything was apparently running all right and in as good and safe a condition as usual jas M alexander was attending to the engine and charles bis older brother was running the saw there were two other persons in the mill william priestly and george alexander a boy about 12 years old when the explosion took place charles alexander was thrown from his place by the saw back against the end of the will mill a distance of 22 feet george alexander was thrown out of the mill building into a bunch of willows a distance ot ol about feet ly who was standing by the fly wheel of the engine within two feet of the boiler was merely knocked down by the concussion and the boiler machinery and all passed over him he would have escaped entirely unhurt bad not net the building caught him in falling and injured his legs somewhat charles and george were injured slightly roe eoe ass as james M was called was missing and could not be found A search was immediately instituted and after bunting hunting an hour and a halt half his bis body was found at toe the foot of a tree about yards east of the mill there was no clothing thing left on the body except his bis collar belt and a piece of his bis drawers on one leg the remains were immediately brought brough tto to heber dr glanville made an examination of the body and found that both legs were broken the right wrist badly crushed the skull was badly crushed in several places while the left side of the face was ter terribly rilly mangled the lower jaw be being ng broken and the frontal toone bone mashed down over the eye which was entirely gone bel besides being so badly mangled the entire body was horribly scalded A coroners inquest was held on the remains saturday before justice john duncan arid and the verdict returned by the jury was to the i 1 effect that according to the evidence adduced he came to his bis death from the accidental explosion of a steam boiler and that the cause of the explosion could not be traced to criminal negligence on the part of any one the mill and fixtures were utterly destroyed and scattered up and do down wn the cenon for the distance of a quarter of a mile to look at the ruins one at once ence to wonder how bow it was possible that three human beings escaped from them alive the funeral services were held at the residence of H S alexander saturday afternoon the procession consisted of about thirty carriages and wagons the hearse was drawn by four foul mack black horses the remains were cola consigned signed to their final resting place about tour four and the sorrowing friends frie returned to their homes james mon 3 roe oe alexander was born at mill creek aalt salt lake county august 8 1863 he gent the greater portion of his life in heber sent iber 9 and was honored ayad respected by all who knew him he yas as unmarried |