Show ALBIN BROOKSBY KILLED AT ZION NATIONAL PARK A asad sad accident ac occurred in zion national park on tho the afternoon of april 11 at 3 when albin brooksby principal ot of the elementary schools at Or derville was killed instantly when an iron made from a wagon clr tire e and which was a part ot of a carriage on tile the old cable which has haa been in zion park for so BO many yari yeara became partially loosened loos ened and slid down the cable from a distance ot 0 feet striking him on the head and body mr air brooksby Drook Drooks eby by and a party ot of toa and pupils were onan on an outing lit in the tha canyon when the accident occurred buried the children had been swinging 1 hii on the cable and just a moment before the accident mr brooksby Drooks by had said to members ot of the party 1 I wish they would not do that it looks dangerous 11 ile ho stepped up to the cable to top stop them and lust just as he said 1 I wish the iron came down into the crowd and struck him devon Devort talt aged eight leo stevens aged ten and eugene russell aged eight were injured and others ot of the group received slight bruises henry carroll rushed young stevens and russell to cedar city chero the xray X ray showed that Eu eugenes eugenea genei c col 61 lar bone and one arm were broken leo stevens was lucky in escaping w with ith slight injuries mr taylor and mr ITT cottam county I 1 ai attorney torney and deputy sheriff came i from st george went olef the ground r releasing the body which wilho was brought h t t to Or derville by don jall jolley assistant ass latant superintendent of zion park par k funeral seT services vices were held in tha ward meeting meeting house at orderville derville Or sun day afternoon atter noon at 3 tor for mr amri brooksby Drool Drooks isby by i I 1 dishop bishop edward carroll presided nna and the was waa furnished by the ward i choir r I fl 1 people d tro from aik gatny town s a anatha n 1 I ilig vas tilled filleti beyond capa I 1 city people betas being In attendance there were many and beautiful flowers contributed by sorrow lug relatives and friends i representative israel IL II offered the invocation 1 the speakers were asa W judd of fredonia Fre donla arizona chas 0 heaton ot of Mocca moccasin arizona fred Q G carroll arles crofts oswald li pearson Pea reon edward carroll and president heber J meeks the chair on the stand he usually occupied atthe at the side ot of hi was waa draped in white and left vacant and the quorum ot of teachers about fifteen in number sang the vacant char mrs reta nota carroll sang the teachers ers work Is 1 done henry chamberlain sang sometime somewhere S edward crofts sang 1 I know that my redeemer lives benediction was pronounced ibi by burton rust hust one ot of the teachers the grave was dedicated by bi I 1 henry e n ry blackburn 1 U alben brooksby was born in in australla australia thirty seven bevon years ago biec december em 28 1892 being the ninth child in a family of eleven the family came to utah when albin was five years old first living in salt lake city and richfield and lk later settling in fredonia Fre donla arizona where they now reside mr air brooksby graduated from the B D A C in cedar city in 1916 1915 spent one year at the university of utah and went to camp lewis washington with the field artillery in october 1917 ile he left for france I 1 la a th the n spring of 1918 and remained in france and germany until ap april ril 1919 when he returned home I 1 1 ile he m married bessie eselia of order ville november 10 1919 and they havo have made their home here since that continued to back page column one |