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Show BOY'S DREADFUL DEATH Thomas Birch Killed in a Coal Mine. IT WAS AT GRASS CREEK A Piece of Rock Weighing Four Hundred Hun-dred Pounds Fell on Him, Crushing His Skull and Breaking Both Legs A Miscreant at Pleasant Qrove Cuts tho Eats of the Horses of the Republican Chairman Death of Miss Emma Pike of Logan Wed-ding Wed-ding Reception at Ephriam Notes Conlvllle Nov 6 A cave-In occurred oc-curred In the Oras Creek coal mine shortly after 4 o clock tins afternoon in which Thomas lurch n lad ot 20 lost his life A piece ot rock weighing , about 400 pounds fell upon him mashing mash-ing his head and breaking both leg He must have been killed Instnntly The liody will be rent to Coalville to- I night The funeral will probibly be held on haturda) Whit tmkes the accident particularly distressing Is the fact that lurch s mother, a woman of CO vents of age Is In ver) poor health, and It Is feared the shock of her sons death miy kill her She has been a chronic sufferer from heart disease and drop) for many )ears |