Show y E mining accident from the news we learn that at nine on sunday night mr thomas gerrard of the ward received a telegram from alia I iello cottoms slating that his son george had fallen down a min ing shaft feet deep and was seriously if not fatally injured the father started this morning or alta taking alio utah ns far as the junction at sandy and thence over the narrow guage to alta it waa rumored here this morning that the young man died at a in but nothing had been bent over the wires to the press up to between 12 and at this afternoon however the following special was received confirming the ead report alta cita U T august A young man na ned george gerrard about eighteen years of ace fell a distance of feet into the shaft of the oregon mine yesterday I at about three it is supposed ho was reaching far souie I meat which was hanging in the shaft and lost his balance and fell lie did not regain consciousness and died nt this morning ilia remains will be taken to salt lake today |