Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....NAY, Calvin August 1920
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Las Vegas Age - 8/21/1920
LAS VEGAS AGE

8/21/1920



PIONEER MEETS DEATH UNDER THE QUICKSANDS



CALVIN NAY CAUGHT IN CAVING WELL.   HEROIC EFFORTS FAIL TO SAVE HIS LIFE

(Special Correspondence)



    Overton, Nev., Aug. 20, 1920



Our Valley was called to mourn the sad death of Calvin NAY last week.  Mr.

NAY met his death while digging a well on his farm on the Virgin river three

miles from St. Thomas, the well being about 18 ft. deep.  Mr. NAY was down

in the well when the timber gave way which were bracing it, burying him

underneath with tons of quicksand on top of him.  His son Allan commenced

digging for him, while help was rushed from town.  About twenty men worked

heroically with the hope of rescuing him alive, when, within almost three

feet of him, the second cave-in came, thus causing them to give up all hope.

They worked all night long before they were able to remove his lifeless body

from the well.  Mr. NAY has resided in Nevada many years and was well and

favorably known for his kindly manner and good deeds in this and Las Vegas

Valleys.  He leaves a wife and {# illegible} children, besides many friends

and relatives, who mourn with them the sad death of their husbnd and father.









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