Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-25

far beyond their depth. Then with
heroic effort she did everything posi-
Bile TO assist her brOther-in .law, Mr..
Wells, to tow the unfortunate boy Lar
kin TO place OF saiey, but inding
that their efforts We're next 10 fruitless
she needed the advice OF Mr.. Wells
and made for the shore hoping in this
way TO raise the alarm and send others
To the rescue Derpite the fury OF tie
wind and constant splashing OF the
waves the young woman continued her
hrave struggle 10 reach the shore and
after the space OF two hours her eff
forts We're rewarded and she was en-
abed to spread the news. However,
tie Glri was 90 exhausted on her arrival
that she could hardly speak but she
was able to make the message known
which broke the news TO the public Of
the terrible struggle for life then going
on In the briuy deep. Miss Pomeroy's
story is best told IN her own words.
She says;
MISS PoMERoY's STORY.
Ut was indeed terrible struggle,
and | don't believe ! should haze sur
VlVed Il had | not known that others
were In even greater peril than was.
ana ! was anxious to get help 10 them
II possible, Twice ! remember. | made
up my mind that could hold out no
longer, and thought when the next
wave came ] would make no resistance;
then imagined that / could see the
figure Of Mrs. Ross, my sister. at the
pavilion. and knowing how terribly as
itated she would be on account Of our
danger | would make one more effort
~ Keep up,
'Iut. really ! don't know my
self hcW ! ala IT, While l am ordi-
narily q fairly good swimmer | could
not swim at all against the heavy sea,
! but was forced to float on my back the
entire distance, And when the waves
! came had 10 assume 2 sitting posture
and fight with all the strength ! had
to Keep them from throwing me under
| OF course the salt water would get into
my mouth, eyes and nose the best
| could do, and the pain with the effort
| 10 avoid strangulation, WAS something
| frightful. Several times after reaching
water where | could touch bottom
| tried TO wade, but the waves were so
| high that it was not until ! had gained
a point where the water was not more
| than waist deep that ! could make any
II hardly know how we came to get
so FAR ont In the lake before realizing
our danger" continued Miss Pomeroy.
| we had been floating with the waves,
| my brother-in-l Jaw. Ross Wells. in the
! lead, with his feet under Roys arm
| pits. and | behind Roy with his feet
under my arms We had been enjoying
| the bathing and had not realized how
| far we had drIfted until finally | looked
toward the pavilion and noted how
small the people there appeared Then
! | suggested that we were getting a
long way out and hai better turn back.
Ross agreed with me and tried to
stand but found that he could not
| touch bottom
Then Roy, who was not used TO the
water, became frightened and began
10 struggle. Ross tried to quiet him and
| we all started 10 fight our way back to
the beach, went under two or three
| times at first and was terribly choked
! and blinded but | heard Ross shout to
/ me that he was having all he could do
TO keep Roy afloai and for me to hurry
| 10 the beach as fast as ! could, and
| that gave me courage 10 continue the
struggle. I was afraid Ross strength
would give out before ! could gel help
TO them and that both would drown.
u caught sight Of the boys several
times and waved 10 them but could
not see them after reaching the point
where | could wade and knew that |
was safe | hurried as fast as ! could
/ a. where some men We're IN boat, and
they went 10 hunt for the boys but re-
turned IN half an hour saying they
could End no trace OF them ! should
Judge we were two miles from the
/ pavilion when we started To turn back.
We had unconsciously noated a long
way north OF where the other bathers
were II was about s o'clock when We
started back, and It was after when |
reached the pavilion