Check out our Holiday Auction - Sign Up for the Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop (USAW)

Accident: Oquirrh Mountains

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
Coordinates