| Show I I I I I I I 1 I i I I I I 1 11 I i I I I i I I 1 I I I 1 Miner Killed In Snow Slide Slide Two Two Escape A tragic death occurred Monday after after- afternoon afternoon afternoon noon when Herbert Savage was caught In a snow slide and two others Owen Penrod and Leonard Addy narrowly es escaped es- es escaped escaped the avalanche of snow that thundered down the tho hillside Just south of tho the last home in Empire canyon Herbert Savages Savage's body bod was recovered by workers rescue approximately half an hour after the slide occurred Injured were Leonard Addy who suf suf- suffered suffered minor bruises Owen Penrod under care of a physician physician physician cian was wag wa at his home for treatment of 01 shock bruises and a n. cut on the Jaw suffered when a n rescue workers worker's shovel gouged him N Occurred at nt 1 4 pm p.m. The slide occurred at approximately 4 pm p.m. only p.m.-only only a few minutes after more than 50 men employed at the Judge and Alliance had ad passed en route from their work to their homes Consisting of 01 top-cover top snow which was deposited by a n. blizzard bUzzard which rated raged r ed here Sunday the slide came down the tho mountainside like Uke water coming down downa a mountain mountainS In the words of John Busio who witnessed the spectacle The slide sUde deposited about 25 feet of snow on the tho canyon highway Its length was approximately feet I Iwas Mr Busio Nick and Joe Lopez who live in neighboring homes a short distance below the slide area were cre cre- credited credited cre- cre credited Monday night with spreading the alarm which brought b r l' 0 ugh U g ii t rescue work promptly enough to save savo Addy and Pen- Pen Penrod Penrod Penrod rod from Heard Slides Slide's Rumbling Mr Busio said he be was cleaning the snow from the roof of his chicken coop when ho he heard a rumbling noise a short distance up the canyon Watching the slide engulf Mr Savage Mr Addy and Mr Penrod he called to Mr and Mr Lopez The three ran rant to where the victims were last seen and frantically began shoveling to reach them them Other neighbors living farther down the canyon attracted by the roar rushed to Join the rescue effort Mr Addy out ran the slide and was wasI was unharmed Caught Full Force Mr Penrod was caught with the full fulli force of the slide and was thrown against the side of the canyon where rescuers reached him bins after a few min mm- minutes minutes utes digging I He said Monday night that it picked mo up and whirled me around and set me me down near a telephone pole I The body of Mr Savage was found under approximately six feet of snow after rescuers had probed for tor half an anI hour the area where he was last seen I Sheriff Sherif George M. M Fisher Dr C. C A. A Laffoon and members of the Park City ire firo department worked over Mr Sav Say Savage Savage age for approximately half an hour be before be- be beI before fore f re ho was pronounced dead His body was removed from the slide sUcre area at about 6 pm p.m. I I f Avalanche 1 2 1 Predicted Less than th n five five minutes before the slide rumbled down about 50 men em em- employed employed employed at the Judge and Alliance Amance tunnel had passed the slide area They returned to tho the scene when they heard the slide and participated in the rescue opera- opera Property Damage Light Only property damage as a result of the slide was to Mr Lopez chicken coop I which was partially wrecked I Sen Services Ices Friday l I Funeral services services for Herbert William Savage will be conducted tomorrow I Friday at 10 a a. a m. m In St. St Marys Mary's of o the Assumption Catholic church by Rev I William F. F Kennedy Mr Savage was born July 31 1891 at Tullymore Newcastle Ireland and had been a resident of ot this city for the past 40 years He was a miner He was a charter member of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union local No 99 and of St. St Marys Mary's of the Assumption Assumption Assumption tion parish lIe He married Mary Mulcahy December 23 23 1917 In irs this city Surviving are arc his widow and three sons and two s John T. T Roland R William J. J J. J Bridget Margaret and Kathleen K heen Savage all of this city Holy rosary will be recited Thursday at 8 p pm p.m. m. m at Archer mortuary Friends I may call at the mortuary Thursday and Friday prior to services Burial will be beIn beIn I In tho the City cemetery |
