Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-12
Mary Gibson Found Dead.
NO TIDINGS.
Tho Remains of MIR. Farmer Not Yet
Found.

EOttAhus
All day yesterday, says the Salt Lake
Tribune, people were making inquiries in
regard to the body of our late citizen, J..
d. Farmer, who went in bathing in the
Lake and disappeared, and all were hoping
its early discovery. People discussed very
freely the question as to the probability
Of the body floating, and were very much
divided on this subject. Some maintain
that there is e chance of its sinking in the
water and not again coming to the surface,
and cite the fact that many years ago, two
men were drowned, and were never after
wards found, although there was an ex-
tended search for them. Others claim
that the body will not sink because of the
buoyancy of the water, and even if it
should, the gases generated in the stomach
would cause it to rise and float on the
surface. Cattle have been known to drown
in the lake and float on the surface until
cast on shore by the waves. There are no
currents in the lake except created by the
winds. Bodies floating On the surface
may be blown far out into the lake, and
find Judgement on the shores of the large
islands, many miles away from where
they started. The shore line of the lake
is nearly 200 miles in length, while the
shore lines of the islands add about one
third more. With this view of the case
| and the uncertainty of the body floating,
| there is much reason to doubt the recoy-
cry of the body of Mr.. Farmer.
When he died no one knows, but how,
II is very easy to conjecture. Water con-
tanning about 20 per cent salt possesses
such buoyancy that many persons have
| little control OF themselves while in 1t,
| while to get tin the eyes, mouth or nos
| triis is 30 severe as to overcome many
people, while it gives fright to all. In
surf bathing at the sea, where the water
| is only one-tenth assault, occasionally q per
son looses his life. and many are rescued
from drowning. At all sea bathing resorts
there is established a system OF marine
police, who are strong men, MOUNTED IN
swift boats, and always ready to PICK up
any person likely to be overcome by the
water. These boats remain Just outside
of the bathers, and if the tide is runnin
high they prevent people from going be-
yond a certain boundary. At the bathing
grounds of our Great Inland Sea just such
a system of marine police should be kept
EMPLOYED, and then there would never be
necessity of our recording the fact that a
citizen. had disappeared, whence no one
knew, and that boats were OUT ioF Gays
searching for the body.
Only a few days ago We saw a man IN
the lake, ~clinging to q board, and yeiiihs
ior help as ii lie expected TO drown unless
rescued at once. He had been hostins
around tor q long timo regardless OF any
danger, and was all at once sod>wi
the idea that he was going to sink. Inc
funny part OF the affair was the fact tina,
the man was nearly six feet high, and
where he was the water was less than four
feet deep, but supposing it to be beyond
his depth he had not nerve enough TO try
reaching bottom with his feet. eell,pos'
session and confidence, with due caution,
will prevent any more SAD acoioen's O.
the lake like those referred TO.