The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-24
ANOTHER LIFE LOST
IN JORDAN RIVER
LITTLE Johnny Pipe Drowned
While Bathing.
DISTRESS OF PARENTS
aoDv RECOVERED BY WILLIAMS
AND DAVIES.
mas far from the thoughts Of

- mas far from IAC 1AAo1-5--N~
Da--7 nj. the 1Z-year-old son Of A.
yol----, os he gIeefuIly bounded away
J. Fl 80. ,-frh companion yesterday
lo--. his face beaming 18th the
a. ll'--r---ora fishing trip. but just four
~ -sfzr he law IfeIess at the bottom
49, Jordan river, a victim 10 It's
l--..rz-rus waters. His HIe- = Do,ty
49, recovered "a few hours laeIl ~, -
H+Fl-rs Williams and Dawes Mllo9S
CI-s -..rly i'm diving resulted IN It's
-.+ior about 500 feet below " ~
- +r4raIv occurred, near the lWeiI III
south street crossing Inc ulsgai -
Lines of the unfortunate boy, LEIO"--
49,. the door of his home by MS coiil-
ranfaD. told the parents III d Hloli'.Il.
mon. heart-rending than WoLuS On lLIo
~ .f1a loss that had betallen Ihena'
al6 almost prOsJTElel lll1 - ~ 80
had but recently arisen from d SIN
y. MAS about . O'Clock yesterday al
4--.-.-r, that little Johnny Pipe ana
willie Hart. a companion OF ABOUT hiS
own axe. took their fishing poles ana
urerriIv tripped away TO the river 20
fsb For several hours they Waded UP
and down the Jordan, fishing, but
lowing weary of luckless angling
rbev DOTTED their clothes about 9 o'clock
in the evening and prepared Tor
niur.ee in the river about block De
low Twelfth South.
Young Pipe Drowned.
They were wading about when young
Pine suddenly struck a swift un0ercuE
ranr and was hurled into water beyond
pis 5enfb There was a ripple as the
hon, Struggled and sank, but the Iuf-
lid waters closed above him and flowed
smoothly on. bearing with them no
trace of the tragedy that had been en-
acted within their muddy depths.
Young Hart stood in speeches. nor
rcr as he saw his companion sink from
sight. then. Selling the clothes from
ne hank. ran i'm terror to Mr.. Pipe s
residence on Twelfth South, near
Fourth East street. Throwing the
clothes i'm at the door, he shouted,
''He's drowned" and stood paralyZed
with fear.
The parents could hardly realize the
meaning of the words, but as the
tru,h forced Itself upon them, they
were almost distracted with grief, and
the father securing assistance, hurried
TO the scene of the accident. In short
time some forty or fifty men and boys
had gathered at the place, but none
seemed to know what to do
A Pathetic Scene.
The police were notified at o'clock
and Sergeant Hempie secured Officers
Davies and Williams and hurried to
the scene in the patrol wagon. When
they arrived they saw a most touching
scene. on the bank was the almost
distracted father. while around him
stood a crowd of men, offering words
of sympathy, but looking at the dark
and threatening waters and turning
aWav.
f. CARELESS Of the dangers Of diving
In the treacherous stream, made more
T7'ilous by the darkness. Officers Da-
vies and Williams plunged in, and
within fifteen minutes the body had
been brought 90 the bank by them.
il was found in water about fourteen
feet deep and about 800 feet below
where 10 had sunk. The under current
iu which the boy had been caught was
SO swift that it almost overcame the
strength of the officers in diving into
it,
The body Of the unfortunate boy wa.
removed 90 the Undertaking parlOrs O.
$. d. Evans. Mr.. ripe. who is a ma.
Eninist, but recently came to this city
rom TinriC