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Sheerin, Steve son of Mr and Mrs Edward Sheerin. Killed in freak accident in southern
Mineral County, NV near Montgomery Pass and Tip Top Mine. Body accompanied father to area
where father and others were building a road through a canyou, to Tip Top Mine. The jeep
was parked in a clearing at the side of a narrow road and the boy was instructed to stay
in the jeep to avoid danger from the heavy road equipment. A large boulder, loosened by
the road work, rolled down the mountainside and crashed into the jeep where the boy was
seated. It knocked the jeep down into a steep canyon. The boy was thrown from the jeep and
instantly killed. Died 12 Jan 1944 aged 11 years. Buried at Tonopah.
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