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Show FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH. United States Signal Corps Operator in Alaska Dies in Snowstorm. Valdez, Alaska. Francis E. Johnson, John-son, aged 35, of Meadow Valley, Wis., United States signal corps operator at Connellys, Alaska, was frozen tc death on the trail near his post. He left Donnellys lightly dressed on horseback for a relief cabin on the military telegraph line to install a stove. Johnson's body was found beside a large rock, about which he had tramped tramp-ed down the snow in his efforts tc keep warm. Apparently his horse went through an overflow and the rider, being wet, started for shelter And was overtaken by a snowstorm. |