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Show BURIED TO DEATH Sa d Death ot an Aged Lady. Bountiful, July 25. There was a most shocking accident at this place yesterday, one that resulted in tbe death cf Mrs. Sarah Hanks, an agen women wno lives aione. Altogether it is about the worst casualty that ever happened here and was the main topic of discussion discuss-ion through the day. At 8:30 in the morning, as two ....... little girls were passing tbe home r:-.-:" of Mrs. Hanks, they were horror stricken to see the latter coming out of the house in a sheet of ; .-flames. .-flames. They immediately tounded an alarm, first attracting the attention "of Mr. Emanuel Hanks and wif , sou ac.l daughter in law - of the- deceased who lived next door. They came speedily to the rescue, and by the liberal application appli-cation of water soon extinguished the flames which had bnrned almost al-most all the clothing of the unfortunate un-fortunate woman, who was eighty-four eighty-four years of age and quite help-less. help-less. The old lady was tenderly borne inside and everything possible done to save her life, bat without avail, as fihe died at 2:45 in the afternoon. |