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Show PACK ANIMALS AND T.N.T.FALL 0ERPREC!PICE H7ASHINOTON, Feb. 84. The VV daring of a government packer, who stepped among u mass of struggling horses loaded with T N T on tho brink of the Grand Canyon in an effort to save his animals. Is told today in an official announce ment by tho National Na-tional Park service of the first accident ac-cident on the Bright Angel trail. The accident occurred January 20. Three horses out of eleven tied together on the trail, went over the brink and were dashed to death below. One fell L000 feet and his pack saddle was uninjured. uninjur-ed. Another fell 200 feet with ICO pounds of T. N. T. which did not explode. The pack train was carrying material for tho construction of the suspension bridge across iho Colorado river, over u trail which was slippery' with Ice anil snow. The packers had Just led the train beyond the first turn on the trail and had gone to the rear to untie un-tie tho horses, when on of them became excited and crowded the had horse off tho trail. Packer Homer J. Arnn mniiafrol I to get among the excited horses and to cut thr. rope between three struggling animals and the rest . of the train. All materials for the bridge. Including In-cluding tho cables, must be packed over the trail under direction of ,' skilled packers. |