Show i THE FISH LAKE LAKE DISASTER FULL PARTICULARS OF THE ACCIDENT BY WHICH ELEVEN PERSONS WERE BURIED BENEATH A FALLEN ROO ROOF AND ONE AT LEAST FATALLY INJURED IN- IN GLE GLENWOOD WOOD July 1885 Editor Deseret News I have just jus received the particulars of the fatal accident at Lake on Tues Tues- Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- Tuesday day the which happened as follows The families of Brothers Henry Burr Geo Cloward and l er were in the cabin belonging to the lat lat- latter latter lat latter ter at what is known as Ranch anch It had been raining very hard and the roof of the house which con con- consisted consisted con consisted of a heavy layer of dirt became so heavy that it fell in At the time of the falling calling ng in of the he roof Which took place at 2 o'clock p m there were eleven persons in the cabin and the accident was so sudden that no warning was none that were inside could get out A little year old four four- ye year old old r-old boy of Brother Cloward was sitting near the stove in the tae centre of the house and was so badly mangled and scalded that he only lived fifteen hours Mrs Jane Cloward the moth moth- mother mother mother er of the little boy was badly fears are entertained that she will not recover Several others were slightly injured but b ut not seriously Mrs Burr B u was sitting near the middle middle of the house her babe her the chair she was sitting upon upon I Ithe was completely smashed to splinters but she and her child escaped wIt with slight bruises One of Brother Brothel Burrs Burr's children was taken out of the fallen debris for afterwards revived and is doing w wall Mrs was quite badly hart hurt Miss and some of the children escaped escaped escape with with- without without without out injury Brothel Brothers s Burr and Clow Clow- Cloward Clow- Clow Cloward Cloward ard and two small boys were outside of the building at the time of the oc- oc occurrence oc occurrence occurrence currence a and d applied themselves with almost superhuman energy to energy to rescue the suffering wives and children After taking out the little son of Brother Burrs Burr's and laying laying- him on the ground ItS as dead the father again made haste to find and rescue his sisters sister's Mrs Clow Clow- that was so badly mangled The excitement work and the appalling appall appall- ing scene was too much for him he fainted and for a time could be of no serVIce to the others Brother Clow Clow- Cloward Cloward Cloward ard is very much overcome with losing his little son in so sudden and violent violenta a manner and aBd having his wife yet lying at the pont point of death The unfortunate families have the sympathy of all the people and all that c can u be done is being done for them Yours etc I I W PIERCE |