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Show Three Lives Claimed In Tragic Accident; Fourth Man Escapes Occident Victims ) I -.:.'.v-.,.-v-. ; . i i l i ' i -iin -ir &immtJ Vr twrnnrn riinrm W. GRANGER LEIGH M A ir it ir -' jmumiiu n i i)nr jf pi, vmi ii 'mi i.i hum ' N i U.y S '-v . j jjT -" ' -4 S ' Si , i ( A " 'i iV ' . f H. WEBSTER LEIGH I ':? ,t , v. - .! . k- " r ....:( K ' ILmiijii im ri ' i - - i i ii I SAMUEL W. LEIGH One of the worst tragedies in the history of Cedar City struck Tuesday morning when three prominent and well-known live-stockmen, live-stockmen, all members of one family, were killed instantly by electrocution in a farm accident. A fourth member of the family miraculously escaped death in the same accident, suffering severe se-vere burns and shock. Samuel V. Leigh, 70, and Hen-ry Hen-ry Webster Leigh, 61, brothers, and Walter Granger Leigh, 23, son of the young brother, were killed instantly when a hay derrick der-rick they were moving came in contact with' a high voltage electric elec-tric power line. Richard H. Leigh, 34, brother of Granger, working with them, was severely burned and narrowly escaped electrocution electrocu-tion in an attempt to rescue the other men. Doctors and electricians electri-cians maintain that his escape of the same fate as the others was miraculous. The accident occurred at the . ign Brothers farm on the Ce-dar-Modena highway about five miles west of Cedar City at what is familiarly known as the state well. The men were moving a hay derrick, with Richard driving a tractor pulling the derrick and ' the other men directing opera- tions. As the derrick moved under un-der the power lines, earring 11,. 000 volts, the upright pole cleared the wire, but the attached boom, with a steel cable attached protruded pro-truded above the wires, and as the men attempted to guide the boom under the wires, contact was made and the current carried car-ried to the three men on the ground, bringing instant death to all three. ' As the accident happened Richard Rich-ard jumped from the tractor and ran to the aid of the three men, and was severely burned as he 1 grabbed his brother In an at- tempt, to drag him free from the still charged cable. Unable to free the men, he Jumped Into a pickup truck and drove more than a mile to a neighboring farm where he telephoned the power company for help Fred A. Slack and George D. Grlmshaw, power company employees em-ployees went Immediately to the scene of the accident to cut off the current and help recover the bodies. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark and their son Tommy also returned to the scene with Richard Rich-ard to assist in the removal of the bodies. Richard was rushed to the hospital for treatment. He suffered burns on the hands and about his chest and abdomen, as well as extreme electrical and nervous shock. The men had been engaged In the livestock and farming business busi-ness for many years. Webster and his three sons Richard, Henry Hen-ry H. (Ham), and Granger, having hav-ing formed the Leigh brothers livestock company. Samuel Webster " Leigh was born in Cedar City on Feb. 13, 1882, a son of Henry and Amy Webster Leigh, pioneer Iron i county residents, and had spent his life here. After attending local lo-cal schools he filled a mission to England for the L D S church from 1901 to 1903. In October, 1905, he married Catherine Hln-ton Hln-ton of Virgin, Washington county, coun-ty, in the St. George L D S temple. tem-ple. For a number of years he served as manager of the old Co-op store In Cedar City, and since that time had engaged In farming and livestock raising, although maintaining real estate es-tate Interests in the business district of the city. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Reed H. Leigh, St j George, and Henry Hinton Leigh, Bountiful; a daughter, Mrs. Maries Mar-ies (Marian) Proctor, Madison, West Virginia, and five grandchildren. grand-children. Mrs. Praetor is en route to Cedar City ansl expects to arrive ar-rive in time for the funeral services. ser-vices. Funeral services will be conducted con-ducted in the Third ward chapel Saturday at 2 p. m., under the direction of Bishop A. E. What-cott. What-cott. Friends may call at the Jensen Jen-sen mortuary Friday evening or prior to the services Saturday. Henry Webster Leigh, known to most residents of Cedar City as "Webb", was born in Cedar City on Jan. 17, 1891. He attended public schools and the Branch Agricultural college and married Elizabeth (Beth) Hamblin of Ka-nab Ka-nab in the Salt Lake L D S temple tem-ple oq Nov. 23, 1916. He served on a mission for the L D S church in the eastern states In 1921 and 1922. An active civic worker as well 1 (Continued on Back Page) ACCIDENT (Continued from Page One) as livestock man, Mr. Leigh wa! chairman of the Bureau of Land Management, livestock advisory board, at the time of his death and was an active member of the 'lks and Rotory clubs of Cedar City. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Richard H. and Henry H. Leigh of Cedar City, and two daughters, Mrs. Carmen Hiner of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Jacqueline Jacque-line Beem, who has been residing resid-ing at Mesa, Ariz, for the past few month and where her husband hus-band Is stationed with the Air Force. Also surviving are eight grandchildren. Walter Granger Leigh, the third victim of the accident was a veteran of combat duty in Korea, Ko-rea, having returned to the states in February after serving with the 213th Field Artillery Battalion during nearly a year of heavy combat duty in the battle bat-tle against North Koreans and Chinese communists. He was born in Cedar City on April 18, 1929, a son of Webster and Elizabeth Hamblln Leigh. He was a graduate from the Cedar Ce-dar City high school and attended attend-ed the Branch Agricultural college. col-lege. He had served for nearly five years as a member of the Cedar City national guard unit, signing up for his second tour of duty at the time the unit was federalized. He served for about a year as doorman in the House of Representatives Repre-sentatives at Washington, D. C, and was planning to return to that position again this fall. An active member of the church he was to have taken a position as teacher In his ward's M I A organization or-ganization Tuesday night. While in Washington he was active in church affairs, and also sang with the ward choir there and! sang the title role in the opera "Mikado." while there. In addition to his mother, two brothers and two sisters, he Is survived by his grandfather, F. M. Hamblln, Sr., of Kanab. Funeral services for the father and son will be held in the Second Sec-ond ward chapel at 2 p. m. Sunday. Sun-day. Friends may call at the Jensen Jen-sen mortuary Saturday evening, or Sunday prior to the services. Mr. and Mrs. John Rowberry and family returned Monday from an extended vacation trip through the Pacific northwest area. They were gone for 18 days ' and report having a most en- ' joyable trip. |