Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-18
A SAD FATALITY.
Browning OF Two Sweet Children at
Fnlmoro-Other Accidents.

A gloom Of sadness has let'Au'
every home In our fair city for the pa'l
three days owing to the death oy
drowning Of two beautiful children OIL
prom neat families In our midst
o. Saturday, the i2lh, Mrs. Virgin
Holbrooko made visit 20 her sistof'in'
law, Mn. Joseph T.. Ray, taking with
her her little daughter Florence. She
there met her sister Ella, Tho wife Of
Mr Dudley Reese. During the visit
tpelf three children, Evciin lstest,
ageJ 7 YEAR, Florence Ksy Hulbfookc,
born Sent. 2Uth, 1850, aud John A.
Ray, born jan. n. 1890, asked pcfmls'
sion TO 10 and gather wild p1siua, tui
were strictly forbidden by their pafehisl
AMI were toll OF the dangers ifum
Iudiaus in the noighb0rhoud nud tue
high waters iu the raging creek. Not
wItataudlng these cautions tho child
ish passion fof nJwUfs impeliud them
onward in the sUntch. just one block
east from Mf Nay's Residences IL Chnlh
creek, nud across It 10 a irail foot bridge
10 accommodate residents upon thu
other side. This bridge Ia nitysi0ui
feet .ons, made OF lew prols aui
ttfint err an1 upon these u laid SIM
gle Inch board from Twelve 70 fourteen
Inches wide, with fickuty cfo0kuI
ran TOT grown people, three feet high.
This DEATH tfap the littlo ones a..
saved 10 cfUta, aud Evclin Ruotu Hut
safely over, Florence dared not venture,
tut Johnnie Ray, thu man OF the
tafty, u, seed over time or two, 20
assure little Flossiu thai there was ~
danger, then takiug her by the hand,
he backed along the narrow buarl
leading his umid cousin 20 the center
u the stream, where tho rushinE
whirl " the muddy waters uutituug
the nerve Of one OF both, aud they tel.
four feet, into toe deep water together
Evelin saw her cousins 20 10 thuii
death and tfumbllngiy fUcfOsscd The
dangerous bridge aui haftcnod 10 iu'
form the assembled msthtis Of Whai
had happened. Two other little once
n block below reported seeing "a little
white hand sticking out OF the water,
soon hundred people gathered g.
search the Onrushing waters Tor the
ohildfen--amongut them the distracted
mothers; aud II would be a heart o
stone that would not bu moved b.
simpathulic grief when Willie Haliju
and Lhfr Huntnman brought 10 tht
creek banks halt mile below where
they had fallen "a, the bruised aui
broken idols OF their homcL
Strong mems eyes fllei witt
tears a. they saw and hvari
this sudden grief. Mrr. Holbf0ok,
who IL delicate woman, could scarce.
ly look upon the Jewel that twenty
minutes before had giistencd with lie
aud love, whilst Mrs. Ray worked TOT
an hour In the creamery (in seeming
oblivion OF all the world around hefl
with a desperation horn only In n
mothers hopeful heart, until exhausted
nature fell limp anu li.oless 10 thc
ground.
IL was O'Clock o. IN. and both
children must have beun instantly
killed by the mad waters beating them
upon the rocks OF the PERCEPTIONS
creek. flossiu's father, Mir. Ouon
HoibTOnk, was at his farm seven miles
from home, whilst Johnnie'a father
was In Salt Lake City ami by mis.
cattiago OF the telegram only got tho
sad news al 10 a. IN. SUNDAY. Win
three felays OF horses he reached home
from Juab, forty.eight miles, In four
hours and n half These times OF sor.
row teach one lesson, that every clean
heart Ia sympathy proves "all the
world n kin"
The two children were known to
everybody In our city, FlOssic was the
charm OF the home amid the
groWn,up brothers aud sisters, with
singular intelligence; whilst johnnie
Ray was known 20 everybody who
trayersod our streets, A. the miniature
athlete, the precocl0uH Idol Of hls
father, They were tho babes Of numeT-
Gus families, the eliminating ifuitlon
OF fipcned love. When yellow shoaves
arc gathered In, there l. a robustness In
soTtowi but whom the stern reaper
Tuthletsly thTusts hlA sickle into ia.
bl1omod vines, There Il a tenderness la
grief that levels all hearts ~ molten
gold aud by tho crucial test OF sorrow
we learn that the ozark beyond" Ia but
the hgmont Of a goddess mind, anu
under tue influence VI the Gospel tins
Opaque veil becomes n thin trauupafon.
oy, through which we hold communion
with our loved 0ntn,and weld tho links
Of iAtherhood that leads back 10 tho
Eternal One.
The funeral services were held at / %
O'Clock today and were conducted by
Bishop II. q, Callister. Elder n. NJ,
Lyman, OF the quorum OF tho Twelve
Apostles, made n nasty drive Of %
L'ileH from SoipiO to DO present, and
arrived TO fnd the meeting house
hlled 10 IL standing capacity. II was
touching sight 10 500 ak little boys
hearing the corpso OF johnnie Ray,
followed by SIX little girls dressed In
white bearing gently into tho house the
romans ot lovely little Floasic. The pure
white Baskets were placed side by side.
The choir, 10 plaintivb music, sang tho
hymn on page 35i, tho opening prayer
was offered by Elder George Crane,
the choir sang "iluat Of the Weary"
Then Elder Lyman addressed tho
large anu attentive congregation. com.
menUing with the words, "But Jesut
raid, Suffer little children 20 come
unto me and forbid them not. Tor of
such h the Kingdom of beavuun lie
then told how, twenty-five years ago,
bis eldest son fell into this same river
OF rapid, muddy water but his lits Was
saved by tho resruing hAud OF Horace
Owens. For an hour hu led hunger.
Ing sorrow with the bread OF life AuI
tho logic Of death, lifting the pail that
hung over our town, anu givlug hope
sud consolation 10 all. Hr was i0l.
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