ALBIN BROOKSBY KILLED AT ZION NATIONAL PARK
A sad accident occurred in Zion National Park on the afternoon of April 11, at 3 o'clock, when Albin Brooksby, principal of the elementary schools at Orderville, was killed instantly when an iron made from a wagon tired, and which was a part of a carriage on the old cable which has been in Zion Park for so many years, became partially loosened and slid down the cable from a distance of 300 feet, striking him on the head and body. Mr. Brooksby and a party of teachers and pupils were on an outing in the canyon when the accident occurred.
The children had been swinging on the cable, and just a moment before the accident Mr. Brooksby had said to members of the party, "I wish they would not do that, it looks dangerous." He stepped up to the cable to stop then, and just as he said, "I wish---" the iron came down into the crowd and struck him.
Devon Tait, aged eight, Leo Stevens aged ten, and Eugene Russell, aged eight, were injured, and others of the group received slight bruises.
Henry Carroll rushed young Stevens and Russell to Cedar City, where the X-Ray showed that Eugene's collar bone and one arm were broken.
Leo Stevens was lucky in escaping with slight injuries.
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Cottam, county attorney and deputy sheriff, came from St. George, went over the ground, releasing the body, which was brought to Orderville by Don Jolley, assistant superintendent of Zion Park.
Funeral services were held in the ward meeting house at Orderville Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Mr. Brooksby.
Bishop Edward Carroll presided and the singing was furnished by the war choir.
People gathered from many towns, and the house was filled beyond capacity, 380 people being in attendance.
There were many and beautiful flowers contributed by sorrowing relatives and friends.
Representative Israel H. Esplin offered the invocation.
The speakers were Asa W. Judd of Fredonia, Arizona, Chas. C. Heaton of Moccasin, Arizona, Fred G. Carroll, Arlos Crofts, Oswald L. Pearson, Edward Carroll and President Heber J. Grant.
The chair on the stand he usually occupied, at the side of his bishop, was draped in white and left vacant, and the quorum of teachers, about fifteen in number, sang, "The Vacant Chair."
Mrs. Reta Carroll sang, "The Teacher's Work is Done."
Henry Chamberlain sang, "Sometime Somewhere."
Edward Crofts sang "I Know That My Redeemer Lives."
Benediction was pronounced by Burton Rust, one of the teachers.
The grave was dedicated by Henry Blackburn.
Albin Brooksby was born in Australia thirty-seven years ago, December 28, 1892, being the ninth child in a family of eleven.
The family came to Utah when Albin was five years old, first living in Salt Lake City, and Richfield, and later settling in Fredonia, Arizona, where they now reside.
Mr. Brooksby graduated from the B. A. C. in Cedar City in 1915, spent one year at the University of Utah, and went to Camp Lewis, Washington, with the 348th Field Artillery in October, 1917. He left for France in the spring of 1918, and remained in France and Germany until April 1919, when he returned home.
He married Bessie Esplin of Orderville, November 10, 1919, and they have made their home here since that time.
He was a man of action, in school, a fine athlete, and in the army a courageous soldier. At home he was a scout leader, a quorum teacher, a school teacher and a member of the ward bishopric, also stake superintendent of Sunday Schools, and school board member.
He leaves his widow and four children the oldes of whom is nine years of age, and the youngest eleven months. They are as follows: Verla, Albin Ardell, Emma Jean and Wendell. He is also survived by his parents, and ten brothers and sisters.
Mr. Brooksby was a man loved and respected by all, and was without an enemy. The entire southern district are grief stricken over his untimely death.
Kane County Standard, Kanab, Utah, April 18, 1930, page 1, column 6
A sad accident occurred in Zion National Park on the afternoon of April 11, at 3 o'clock, when Albin Brooksby, principal of the elementary schools at Orderville, was killed instantly when an iron made from a wagon tired, and which was a part of a carriage on the old cable which has been in Zion Park for so many years, became partially loosened and slid down the cable from a distance of 300 feet, striking him on the head and body. Mr. Brooksby and a party of teachers and pupils were on an outing in the canyon when the accident occurred.
The children had been swinging on the cable, and just a moment before the accident Mr. Brooksby had said to members of the party, "I wish they would not do that, it looks dangerous." He stepped up to the cable to stop then, and just as he said, "I wish---" the iron came down into the crowd and struck him.
Devon Tait, aged eight, Leo Stevens aged ten, and Eugene Russell, aged eight, were injured, and others of the group received slight bruises.
Henry Carroll rushed young Stevens and Russell to Cedar City, where the X-Ray showed that Eugene's collar bone and one arm were broken.
Leo Stevens was lucky in escaping with slight injuries.
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Cottam, county attorney and deputy sheriff, came from St. George, went over the ground, releasing the body, which was brought to Orderville by Don Jolley, assistant superintendent of Zion Park.
Funeral services were held in the ward meeting house at Orderville Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Mr. Brooksby.
Bishop Edward Carroll presided and the singing was furnished by the war choir.
People gathered from many towns, and the house was filled beyond capacity, 380 people being in attendance.
There were many and beautiful flowers contributed by sorrowing relatives and friends.
Representative Israel H. Esplin offered the invocation.
The speakers were Asa W. Judd of Fredonia, Arizona, Chas. C. Heaton of Moccasin, Arizona, Fred G. Carroll, Arlos Crofts, Oswald L. Pearson, Edward Carroll and President Heber J. Grant.
The chair on the stand he usually occupied, at the side of his bishop, was draped in white and left vacant, and the quorum of teachers, about fifteen in number, sang, "The Vacant Chair."
Mrs. Reta Carroll sang, "The Teacher's Work is Done."
Henry Chamberlain sang, "Sometime Somewhere."
Edward Crofts sang "I Know That My Redeemer Lives."
Benediction was pronounced by Burton Rust, one of the teachers.
The grave was dedicated by Henry Blackburn.
Albin Brooksby was born in Australia thirty-seven years ago, December 28, 1892, being the ninth child in a family of eleven.
The family came to Utah when Albin was five years old, first living in Salt Lake City, and Richfield, and later settling in Fredonia, Arizona, where they now reside.
Mr. Brooksby graduated from the B. A. C. in Cedar City in 1915, spent one year at the University of Utah, and went to Camp Lewis, Washington, with the 348th Field Artillery in October, 1917. He left for France in the spring of 1918, and remained in France and Germany until April 1919, when he returned home.
He married Bessie Esplin of Orderville, November 10, 1919, and they have made their home here since that time.
He was a man of action, in school, a fine athlete, and in the army a courageous soldier. At home he was a scout leader, a quorum teacher, a school teacher and a member of the ward bishopric, also stake superintendent of Sunday Schools, and school board member.
He leaves his widow and four children the oldes of whom is nine years of age, and the youngest eleven months. They are as follows: Verla, Albin Ardell, Emma Jean and Wendell. He is also survived by his parents, and ten brothers and sisters.
Mr. Brooksby was a man loved and respected by all, and was without an enemy. The entire southern district are grief stricken over his untimely death.
Kane County Standard, Kanab, Utah, April 18, 1930, page 1, column 6
ALBIN BROOKSBY KILLED AT ZION NATIONAL PARK
A sad accident occurred in Zion National Park on the afternoon of April 11, at 3 o'clock, when Albin Brooksby, principal of the elementary schools at Orderville, was killed instantly when an iron made from a wagon tired, and which was a part of a carriage on the old cable which has been in Zion Park for so many years, became partially loosened and slid down the cable from a distance of 300 feet, striking him on the head and body. Mr. Brooksby and a party of teachers and pupils were on an outing in the canyon when the accident occurred.
The children had been swinging on the cable, and just a moment before the accident Mr. Brooksby had said to members of the party, "I wish they would not do that, it looks dangerous." He stepped up to the cable to stop then, and just as he said, "I wish---" the iron came down into the crowd and struck him.
Devon Tait, aged eight, Leo Stevens aged ten, and Eugene Russell, aged eight, were injured, and others of the group received slight bruises.
Henry Carroll rushed young Stevens and Russell to Cedar City, where the X-Ray showed that Eugene's collar bone and one arm were broken.
Leo Stevens was lucky in escaping with slight injuries.
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Cottam, county attorney and deputy sheriff, came from St. George, went over the ground, releasing the body, which was brought to Orderville by Don Jolley, assistant superintendent of Zion Park.
Funeral services were held in the ward meeting house at Orderville Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Mr. Brooksby.
Bishop Edward Carroll presided and the singing was furnished by the war choir.
People gathered from many towns, and the house was filled beyond capacity, 380 people being in attendance.
There were many and beautiful flowers contributed by sorrowing relatives and friends.
Representative Israel H. Esplin offered the invocation.
The speakers were Asa W. Judd of Fredonia, Arizona, Chas. C. Heaton of Moccasin, Arizona, Fred G. Carroll, Arlos Crofts, Oswald L. Pearson, Edward Carroll and President Heber J. Grant.
The chair on the stand he usually occupied, at the side of his bishop, was draped in white and left vacant, and the quorum of teachers, about fifteen in number, sang, "The Vacant Chair."
Mrs. Reta Carroll sang, "The Teacher's Work is Done."
Henry Chamberlain sang, "Sometime Somewhere."
Edward Crofts sang "I Know That My Redeemer Lives."
Benediction was pronounced by Burton Rust, one of the teachers.
The grave was dedicated by Henry Blackburn.
Albin Brooksby was born in Australia thirty-seven years ago, December 28, 1892, being the ninth child in a family of eleven.
The family came to Utah when Albin was five years old, first living in Salt Lake City, and Richfield, and later settling in Fredonia, Arizona, where they now reside.
Mr. Brooksby graduated from the B. A. C. in Cedar City in 1915, spent one year at the University of Utah, and went to Camp Lewis, Washington, with the 348th Field Artillery in October, 1917. He left for France in the spring of 1918, and remained in France and Germany until April 1919, when he returned home.
He married Bessie Esplin of Orderville, November 10, 1919, and they have made their home here since that time.
He was a man of action, in school, a fine athlete, and in the army a courageous soldier. At home he was a scout leader, a quorum teacher, a school teacher and a member of the ward bishopric, also stake superintendent of Sunday Schools, and school board member.
He leaves his widow and four children the oldes of whom is nine years of age, and the youngest eleven months. They are as follows: Verla, Albin Ardell, Emma Jean and Wendell. He is also survived by his parents, and ten brothers and sisters.
Mr. Brooksby was a man loved and respected by all, and was without an enemy. The entire southern district are grief stricken over his untimely death.
Kane County Standard, Kanab, Utah, April 18, 1930, page 1, column 6
A sad accident occurred in Zion National Park on the afternoon of April 11, at 3 o'clock, when Albin Brooksby, principal of the elementary schools at Orderville, was killed instantly when an iron made from a wagon tired, and which was a part of a carriage on the old cable which has been in Zion Park for so many years, became partially loosened and slid down the cable from a distance of 300 feet, striking him on the head and body. Mr. Brooksby and a party of teachers and pupils were on an outing in the canyon when the accident occurred.
The children had been swinging on the cable, and just a moment before the accident Mr. Brooksby had said to members of the party, "I wish they would not do that, it looks dangerous." He stepped up to the cable to stop then, and just as he said, "I wish---" the iron came down into the crowd and struck him.
Devon Tait, aged eight, Leo Stevens aged ten, and Eugene Russell, aged eight, were injured, and others of the group received slight bruises.
Henry Carroll rushed young Stevens and Russell to Cedar City, where the X-Ray showed that Eugene's collar bone and one arm were broken.
Leo Stevens was lucky in escaping with slight injuries.
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Cottam, county attorney and deputy sheriff, came from St. George, went over the ground, releasing the body, which was brought to Orderville by Don Jolley, assistant superintendent of Zion Park.
Funeral services were held in the ward meeting house at Orderville Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Mr. Brooksby.
Bishop Edward Carroll presided and the singing was furnished by the war choir.
People gathered from many towns, and the house was filled beyond capacity, 380 people being in attendance.
There were many and beautiful flowers contributed by sorrowing relatives and friends.
Representative Israel H. Esplin offered the invocation.
The speakers were Asa W. Judd of Fredonia, Arizona, Chas. C. Heaton of Moccasin, Arizona, Fred G. Carroll, Arlos Crofts, Oswald L. Pearson, Edward Carroll and President Heber J. Grant.
The chair on the stand he usually occupied, at the side of his bishop, was draped in white and left vacant, and the quorum of teachers, about fifteen in number, sang, "The Vacant Chair."
Mrs. Reta Carroll sang, "The Teacher's Work is Done."
Henry Chamberlain sang, "Sometime Somewhere."
Edward Crofts sang "I Know That My Redeemer Lives."
Benediction was pronounced by Burton Rust, one of the teachers.
The grave was dedicated by Henry Blackburn.
Albin Brooksby was born in Australia thirty-seven years ago, December 28, 1892, being the ninth child in a family of eleven.
The family came to Utah when Albin was five years old, first living in Salt Lake City, and Richfield, and later settling in Fredonia, Arizona, where they now reside.
Mr. Brooksby graduated from the B. A. C. in Cedar City in 1915, spent one year at the University of Utah, and went to Camp Lewis, Washington, with the 348th Field Artillery in October, 1917. He left for France in the spring of 1918, and remained in France and Germany until April 1919, when he returned home.
He married Bessie Esplin of Orderville, November 10, 1919, and they have made their home here since that time.
He was a man of action, in school, a fine athlete, and in the army a courageous soldier. At home he was a scout leader, a quorum teacher, a school teacher and a member of the ward bishopric, also stake superintendent of Sunday Schools, and school board member.
He leaves his widow and four children the oldes of whom is nine years of age, and the youngest eleven months. They are as follows: Verla, Albin Ardell, Emma Jean and Wendell. He is also survived by his parents, and ten brothers and sisters.
Mr. Brooksby was a man loved and respected by all, and was without an enemy. The entire southern district are grief stricken over his untimely death.
Kane County Standard, Kanab, Utah, April 18, 1930, page 1, column 6
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