Show moab man dies of fall into canyon of riv river er A 50 year old man who was wa a former resident of lasal died about 1025 a m saturday from injuries suffered in a fall from a cliff in the dead horse point area on friday the man omer secrest and his two sons arthur 24 and irvin 23 ware were leaving their cliff located mine by climbing a rope when mr secrest slipped and fell plunging come some 75 feet before landing on ori a ledge od on the face of the cliff the two sons climbed down to where their father lay unconscious but because of bf the seriousness of mr Se crests in injuries ju r ies art secrest remained with his father while hil irvin went to moab for hel help P sheriff robert burr thomas burr dan winburn dr H valentine temple and several others taking an ambulance with them arrived arrive d at the scene about 9 p m but hesitated about moving the injured inifred un the cliff with a rope robe lift another rescue crew mounted on horses including carl and eddie E A kirby and kenneth allred all of moab took another route which took them to the spot where the miner had fallen into the canyon they too hesitated to move secrest because of his condition at 8 a m saturday M 0 chevalier pilot for the U S geographical survey who has been working in the vicinity ol of moab flew a helicopter from hite utah to the scene of the accident in the canyon accompanied by dr temple chevalier flew i the injured man to the hospital in moab but I 1 it t was too late mr secrest died as he was being removed from the helicopter in front of the hospital he died of head injuries and a broken neck omer secrest was born mar 11 1901 near springfield ill a son of edward and adabelle secrest he came to utah when a young inan man settling in the vernal area he married elsie kettle dec 25 5 1926 at vernal the young oung couple moved to lasal san juan county shortly after their marriage marr I 1 age he was a mechanic and farmer they moved to moab about 10 years years ago surviving are his widow elti e Se secrest criest 1 moab his mother mothe now mrs ada womacks hunter wash two sons arthur and irvin secrest moab a daughter mrs patsy moab a grandson and four sisters mrs laura sims and mrs fern joyce spokane wash mrs edna reeves fruitland froitland Fruit land wash and mrs edith lanley los angeles calif |