C. Olsen's narrow escape from a collapsing chaff-house
Published October 6, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Mr. C. Olsen of Mayfield, Sanpete County, had a narrow escape from death on June 22nd. He had only just stepped out of his chaff-house when the structure collapsed, completely burying the bed where he had been lying a moment before.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 51, No. 30 (29 July 1889), p. 477):
Mr. C. Olsen of Mayfield, Sanpete County, had a narrow escape from death on June 22nd. He had only just stepped out of his chaff-house when the structure collapsed, completely burying the bed where he had been lying a moment before.
In Their Own Words
“Mr. C. Olsen, of Mayfield, Sanpete County, had a narrow escape from death on June 28nd. He had just left his chaff-house when the latter fell in with a tremendous crash, completely burying the bed on which he had been lying.—Millennial Star 51:30”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 29 July 1889 (Vol. 51, No. 30). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1889-07-29_51_30 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 51, No. 30 (29 July 1889), p. 477 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1889-07-29_51_30
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