Show SALT LAKE NEWS bair kiat little thomas connelly the 9 year old son of J J connelly met with a hor death saturday forenoon through the caving in of a sand pit ln which he was playing the life was crushed from his body by a weight of several tons of lobao gravel which feu from the sides of the pit without the slightest warning fred benyan and willia gribin two loya who were also in the pit at the time escaped alic falling mass uy a very narrow margin young ti riffin was buried up to nis knees in the gravel the fatal pit is located a short distance west of the jordan river below third south street and teamsters cn in hauling sand from the place have regarded a collapse of the carh as imminent the three boys who live in the vicinity went to the pit shortly before 11 and began digging a hole in one of the walls little realizing their danger aney had been at work but a few minutes when the bank fell at a the benyan boy was dear of the young griffin was on the point of leaving had the cave in occurred a few moments before all oliree of the lads would in all probability have young benyan promptly returned into the pit after ane walls fell and assisted the griffin boy to extricate himself the two then began digging for their unfortunate playmate who was completely hidden from sight and while they succeed edin locating the body they were unable to clear away the mass of no otner imminent than a spade they finally abandoned the hopeless work and ran to a neighboring house where anc assistance of stephen auensen was secured jensen quickly uncovered the form and lifted it out of the gravel but the body was inanimate it was carried to tho home of the parents who were nearly prostrated with grief at learning of the fatal mishap arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made |