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Show Axtell Boy Crushed Under Foot of Horse Monroe Gordon Victim of Sad Accident FridayDies Shortly After Being InjuredImpressive In-juredImpressive Funeral Services. i Monroe Gordon, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon, of Ax tell, was almost instantly killed about noon last Friday when he fell from the horse he was riding and had his little breast crushed under the animal's ani-mal's foot. The lad lived about twenty minutes after the accident- According to the reports given, "Monty" as he was familiarily known to all, was with his older brother, Howard Gordon. The boys had been in the beet fields helping their father "in the beet harvest. The horses were unhitched and the boys were headed for the Gordon home for dinner. When about a mile east of Axtell Monroe was either thrown or fell from the horse he was riding, and the animal, which weighs close to 1700 pounds, stepped on the right chest of the boy. The elder brother jumped to the rescue res-cue of his injured brother and seeing the helpless condition of Monroe, summoned help. Chas. L. Thorpe was the first to reach the injured boy. '.Monroe was taken to his home and after af-ter being placed on a bed passed away. Medical aid had been summoned from Salina and Dr. Don C. Merrill arrived after the boy had died. An examination examina-tion showed the bruised marks on the right chest where the horse had trammeled the boy, but no bones were found broken. It is presumed that a blood vessel was ruptured and that the lad died from internal hemor-rages. hemor-rages. When Mr. Thorpe reached the scene of the accident Monroe asked that his father be notified to -bring the automobile auto-mobile and carry him home. This, in addition to the complaints of pain he was suffering, were the only words the boy spoke. Howard Gordon, the elder brother riding with Monroe, was unable to tell how his brother fell from the horse. The tragedy, follow -ing close upon the sudden deaths r I' Albert Poulson and LaMare Duffin at Gunnison, has cast a gloom of sorrow over teh entire valley. Monroe Gordon was buried at t'ao Axtell cemetery last Sunday, services ser-vices having been held at 2 o'clock fi om the Axtell school house. Bishop C. L. Despain had charge of the funeral. fu-neral. Charles L. Thorpe, Carl Niel-son, Niel-son, Leo D. Bardsley, Miss Florence Kjar and Mrs. Luclla Nielsen were the speakers. Appropriate musical selections were given during the services ser-vices and throughout the last sad rites for the young boy who had been called so suddenly, were impressive. Following the services at the school house the remains were taken to the Axtell cemetery and laid to their final resting place. An impressive feature fea-ture was the devotion of the primary officers and children of the primary association. Monroe was a member of the association and as the funeral cortege wended its way to the cemetery cem-etery the officers and children of the organization followed, carrying the many beautiful floral tributes that had been given by sorowing friend.?. Monroe Gordon was a native of i Utah. He was born at Provo, November Novem-ber 6, 1913, and had he lived until the 60h of the coming month, would have been 11 years old. Besides the grief stricken father and mother, the boy is survived by five brothers and four sisters. |
