CAGE, John P.

The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ May 29, 1969, p. 12 Morristown Man is Dead From Burns Burns suffered while he was burning weeds in the yard of his home at the Cactus Ranch Trailer Park near Morristown resulted in the death May 22 of John P. Cage, age 72. Sgt. James Mason of the sheriff’s office, who investigated the tragedy, said Mr Cage had cut and raked up weeds in a fenced-in area on a hillside near the Cage mobile home, got up at 6 o’clock Wednesday morning and started burning the weeds. He fell into the fire, possibly from a heart attack, Sgt. Mason learned. When Mrs Cage went outside she heard her husband’s moans and found him in the fire. She was unable to get him out but neighbors came to her aid and Mrs John Pretty, owner of the trailer ranch, rushed him to Community Hospital in Wickenburg. After emergency treatment he was taken to Phoenix to the burn ward of the County Hospital where he died Thursday.