The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-25
DEATH IN WAVES
ENDS LONG FIGHT
Roy tarkin browns in Great Salt
Lake.
STRUGGLE LASTS ALL MIGHT
RoSLYN E. WELLS RESCUED ON
ANTELOPE ISLAND.

A FTER spending an entire night |
y in the treaeherous waters Of
the Great Salt lake, fighting /
an almost superhumau battle against I
wind and wave and risking MS
life in vain endeavor 70 save
that of his boy companion. ROslyn j..
" ellis was picked up bleeding and half
unconscious on the rocky coast of An
telOpe island yesterday morning. De-
spite the heroic struggle made TO save
hi=n. the boy, Roy Larkin, aged il
years persisted in the waves.
Although the lake and the island
have been searched and researched, not
! a trace of the body can be found His
parents are almost Frustrated and not a
mome2t since the news Of his disap-
| pearance was received has the lake
been without a searching party scan
ming the surface.
What Mr. Wells and his boy com
paniOn went through during that night
/ cannot be told in detail. The boys lips
! are sealed forever ana Mr.. Wells was
/ in such a condition before many hours
! that he cannot remember what Oc-
| CURED. When picked up he was dazed
| and speeChless. He Is still in a hys-
/ teriCal condition and cannot tell a con-
! nected story of the nights happenings.
| He is suffering severely from the ef-
fects o. the water and exhaustion.
Launch Takes Searching Party.
As soon as Miss Mary Pomeroy. who
went back for help, after battling
! against the squat and waves for two
| hours, arrived at the pavilion Thurs
| day night and told Of the desperate
| a small boat manned by Mr. Jensen,
! started for the island. He found no
| trace of the missing man and boy. At
! 1 O'Clock in the morning a special en-
CINE left the city with Captain D. L.
Davis of the launch Cambria H. At
daylight the boat was manned by Cap
tain Davis, Dewey Davis and Doc
Olson.
At o'clock the launch anchored Off
the south point Of the island. A small
boat was sent ashore and Doc" Olson
| was detailed TO patrol the coast UP the
! west side while the launch skirted the
shallow water. About two miles from
the point where he landed Mr.. Olson
came upon some tracks that had been
made by a barefOoJrG man. Following
them into a rocky cove he saw Mr.
Wells lying among the rocks He was
I apparently asleep. When Mr. olson
stopped over him to discover signs Of
life Mr.. Wells reused little and cried
give me some water" The bathing
suit had almost been torn from his
body, his chest was cut and bleeding
| from contact with the salt and the
rocky coast His eyes, ears and nose
I we're cake5 with salt and there was a
( sediment of the material all over his
body. He was completely exhausted
r and appeared % be dazed.
, As soon as possible a small boat was
sent ashore and Mr.. Wells was taken
on board. Immediately. under the di-
rection Of Captain Davis, the salt was
| washed from him, he was given water
I | and stimulants and put to bed on the
/ boat The treatment seemed to revive
him and he was able to talk little
| Captain Davis asked him where Roy
was and he replied. Hes drowned
That was all he could say.
= Immediately he was cOnvulsed with
grief He was induced to say, how
n ever that he thought he lost Roy about
D A o'clock and that ii was not far from
the island.
e Search For the Body.
With this information in his posses
sion Captain Davis continued the
: search along the coast for the body o.
u Roy Two hours or more were spen
at this, but without avail. Realizing
that the family and relatives were al
, ( most overcome with anxiety about him
/ CAPTAIN Davis decided to sail back L
. she pavilion and send in the news o
his safety Saltair was reached abOu
1890 and Immediately word Of the res
3 cue Of Mr.. Wells was sent into tn
city. But before it reached here tn
father of the young man had taken
team and started for Antelope ISLAM
in a search for his son.
Mr. Wells was put to sleep in one o
! the rooms at Saltair and allowed {
- rest for several hours. When he wa
d awakened he was able to tell some
A. thing about his experience of the nigh
before. though it was very difficult 10
a him to talk on account of the condi
n ton of his throat.
e Tells Story of the Night.
i, THE three of US. Miss POmeroy, Ro
~ and l. went into the water about 7
10 m. and we noated out beyond our dept
= before we knew it, he said, "a squa
, came UP and we decided that we Ia
better go in. Then we discovered tina
49, we were beyond our depth. Roy cOul
- not swim so / took hold OF him and tOl
Mary to strike out for herself She wa
able to cope with the waves, but wit
the boy in my arms I found that my e.
49, sorts were unavailing. We kept drift
= ing away faster and faster. 1 could 81
- the lights Of the pavilion begin to dan,
~ on the waves. Il called for help an
=, watched for some one to come.
- was all in vain How long we floate
~ this way I do not know Everythir
= began to look dark. 1t seemed as if
- were in a terrible dream. Yet I re;
- lized that must hold to the boy ar
~ keep floating. somewhere, L did n
know where.
Then all went blank. I do not kno
how long I remained in that conditlo
Tt must have been a long time. thong
The next remember is coming TO m!
ed self to find that my arms and less we
cramped so I could not move theT
nv whole body seemed to be paralyze
on Ii felt TO me as if my feet touch'
a bottom in about three feet of waite
as BIZ. ] could not stand up. was ciini
irt ing 20 Roy. but / was sinking and
til knew that ] would have to let him s
IN Sees Boy Meet Death.
let ct can't remember how it happene
on hut ] saw him turn over on his IA
ne t., the water and spread his hands on
ey ] tried To grab him, but ! could n
Sc, move Il muscle. I WAS poWerless
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