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Show Miner Falls to His Death -.,-.",. - " ' K4-": ' ' Rfted ' Livingston was killed at a-. a-. .-- bout 4 'o'clock Monday morning ? 'i when he fell down an ore chute from the 2200-foot level of the Utah-Apex y - ' mine. . . , . ' ; ' 'H is not known how the accident , ' -occurred as Livingston was alone ', ' . ' .when it happened but it is thought . -. that he slipped and fell while turn-r- , ing on the sir from a pipe in the .' . nianway adjoining the chute, at least . this is indicated by the finding of wrench near the valve at the head . , (. of the ore chute. The first knowledge " , of the accident came when workmen .' who were stationed near the bot- :. U ' torn of the chute heard the agoniz- ; , . '; ! ing groans of a man near where ' . they were at work. They went to the rescue, immediately drawing the ore from, the chute until 'the body J, c" ' of the unfortunate man""; passed ;.,.-:' through the gate. Just as1 the res-. res-. . cuers went to pick Livingston up, he ' . gasped and drew his last breath, ' hieing from suffocation, cerebel hem- ' ' rrhage and possible skull fracture. ';' ' , : Livingston was 24 years of age, V the son of Thosi W. Livingston of - - Salt Lake and was born at Wales, If Sanpete County, Utah. He lived at ' ' : Midvale and is survived by a wife and two small children. The body J as prepared for shipment at the " . ;J ' local ' undertaking parlors and sent to Sanpete Wednesday for interment i . in . the family burial ground ; at Spring City. , . |