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Show I: MINER LOSES LIFE AFTER A BLAST Mammoth, Utah. April 16. Moses Trait, a mucker for Lafe Petersen was suffocated early this morning when he went into a raise in which the two men had been working after a blast. Pratt had forgotten to turn on the air connection to clear out thp raise after the blast. Petersen tried to rescue Pratt and. finding he could not do so alone, summoned ten othr miners, and all wer overcome by gas in the attempt at rescue. Later the air connection was made and Pratt's body was recovered. The other miners all survived the effects of the gas. Pratt was married and leaves a widow and two children No funeral arrangements have been made. |