Observer Name
UAC Staff
Observation Date
Monday, July 15, 2024
Avalanche Date
Friday, April 2, 1920
Region
Salt Lake » Oquirrh Mountains
Location Name or Route
Bingham, Utah
Trigger
Natural
Caught
4
Carried
4
Buried - Fully
4
Killed
4
Accident and Rescue Summary
Snowslide Wrecks Dwelling and Kills
Four in Utah Mining Camp.
Bingham, Utah. A snowslide
crashed down the mountainside here
Friday and wrecked the home of Enos
Parr, shift boss at the Utah Metal and
Tunnel Mines company, causing the
death of Par, his wife and two sons.
The snowslide, which occurred at
about 5 o'clock in the morning, carried
everything before it. The. Parr home
stood in the path of the slide and it
was crumpled under the weight of
about twenty feet of snow. The bodies
were recovered two hours after the
accident.
Sourced Mt Pleasant Pyramid April 2, 1920 Family Killed by Avalanche
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