The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-07

drift, vegetable and human. and swirls II
In close TO the shore.
Between Choutesu avenue. and Rutger
street IS another fsvorite lodging place for
h~oaters. the conditions being favorable at
this point also. Very few are recovered
OF those drowned north OF that point are
carried by the current far out in the river
and almost entirely submerged untl they
reach the eddies farther down.
Long experience has enabled the fisher
men who dwell on the river banks to detect
at a glance a %ioater. out in the river, al
guish a body from a piece OF driftwood-
RECOVERING HUMAN DERELIcTS.
As soon as the human derelect IL discov-
cred. everything else is dropped, and the
discoverer puts out In his boat with all
haste 10 secure the prize.
Sometimes the body will be discovered by
two or more at about the same time, and
theIl s spst reach q fI 1se soa .see e s msv Which hi n
body for whose recovery o large reward Is
offered. and stimulated by this hope. the
rival fishermen use every EFFORT to outwit
each other In securing the body.
Tine first man to reach IL Is not always
the lucky man. for there have been numer-
GUS Instances In which disappointed rivals
have set upon the more fortunate individual
and taken the fioater away from him and
claimed the reward. The law specifies that
whose possession the foater Is found by the
Coroners representative. and the Coroner
has neither the time nor inclination to de-
1NNNEth '
CHARLES UHL. A TYPE
Charles Uhl. who lives at the foot Of
Rutger street. Is a fisherman who has lived
on the river bank eighteen years. In that
time: assisted by his son IN late years. he
has recovered hundreds OF bodies from the
river.
In those years he has wisnessed any num-
Der OF fatal accidents and has figured as a
who rescued four of the six young men
who went out for a boat ride last Monday
barge at the foot Of Rutger street, and two
Of the occupants drowned.
Close observation has convinced Mr.. Chl
garding the actions OF drowning persons
and Of the bodies OF the drowned are
erroneous
80 of persons think" he said. 'that n
BROWNING person comes 70. the top twice
before going down for good. That all de-
pends on circumstances. / have seer per-
sons 20 down once and never come up
alive. and / have seen others come rp more
than three times.
IT saw an expert swimmer fan of a
steamboat once. come to the top dead. or
apparently so. end remain floating on the
surface until his cops was caught a half
killed before he fails in the water VIII not
lungs or stomach.
"A human bodv is as light as water. and
VIII float. dead or alive. unless water gets
into It and makes 1t heavier than the
Crowned PERSONS body viii not come to
the top except after n certain number Of
Gays. That. too. depends on the condition
OF the person when alive.
Many people win tel you that q drowned
person VIII come TO the surface when the
saii bladder bursts. but no such hin ever
nappens- The body sinks because IL = fun
of water. and heavier han the water. After
oeatn. when the body d~ccompo<es. and
sases lorm IN every part OF IL. the gases
maze the body lighter than the water and
IL Hosts naturally.
II had brother drowned in this river and
MS BODY CID not come 10 the tcp for five
Sometimes a body L. held IN the
mud At the bottom. although the gases
formed IN II BY decomros3uon weall tstnG