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Show YOUNG MAN MET SUDDEN DEATH IRA FOWLER OF HENEFER KILLED KILL-ED AT CEMENT PLANT. f Great Steel Truss at Devil's Slide Falls, Crushing Head Into Pulp. Im Fowler of Henefer. a young man of 24 years, met sudden Jeath at ! Devil's Slide yesterday afternoon I while assisting In the handling of 1 large iron trusses that were being . placed In the cement plant These pieces of steel were so heavy i that they had to be lifted and moved ! about by huge hoisting derricks. ! While high in the air the clamps h&ld-lug h&ld-lug one of these trusses, gave way and th instrument, of death fell with a heavy thud to the ground, striking young Fowler squarely upon the head as it came down. The young man was Instantly killed, his head having been almost crushed to a pulp- The body of the unfortunate unfortu-nate man was removed to his homo at Henefer, where it will remain until the time of the funeral. The accident cast a deep shadow of gloom over the inhabitants of Devil's Slide, as well as the people of Henefer. Mr. Fowler was highlv respected by his many friends, who now have occasion to mourn his untimely death. |