The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-26
FORCED TO QUIT
BURNING LAUNCH
Crew of GallOping Tiger Have
Narrow Escape.
ADVENTURE ON SALT LAKE
BODY OF ROY LARKIN HAS NOT
BEEN FOUND.

DURING a heavy gale on Great salt
Lake yesterday the gasoline
launch Galloping Tiger. engaged
IN the search for the body OF Roy Lar
KIN, was destroyed by fire and three OF
her crew had a narrow escape from
perlshlng- Forced by the fire to aban-
don the launch in midlake. the sailors
manned little sxiff and after a long
and hard fight against the rough sea
they We're seen from Saltair to land
safely on Antelope island. The boat
was IN charge of Captain Charles .Res-
tier, but the identity of the other sail
ors is not known. At Saltair last night
II was thought that four men had left
IN the boat in the morning, but there
was no certainty about this II there
We're four on board, what became of the
other man is not known. CAPTAIN Da-.
Wis boat, Cambria II, was seen to
steam in the direction OF the burning
hulk, and il IS believed that he res.
cued the sailors from Antelope Ow-
ing to the severity of the gale, however.
this boat had not been able to make
harbor at Saltair up 10 late hour last
night. As a consequence the condition
or the party from the destroyed boat
is not Known.
The Tiger left Saltair early yesterday
morning and started on a searching
trip to the cutoff. About Q o'clock in
the afternoon persons at the beach
noticed a dense volume of smoke boil
ing up from the water near the north
point Of Antelope BY using the glasses
from the observatory tower il was seen
that the Tiger was afire. At that time
the whole ship seemed to be wrapped
in flames. They licked out in every df-
rection and the smoke boiled up from
the hulk Through the flames and
smoke could be seen three men on the
after deck Juggling at a small skiff.
The wind was blowing almost a hur-
ricane and the little boat was being
tossed about like a cork. The sailors
were finally observed to get in the
skfm and cast off toward the island.
While the launch slowly burned down
TO the water the sailors battIed with
the waves in a struggle to reach land.
After being tossed about for nearly two
hours they were observed to land Just
south Of Salt bay. Then they disap-
peared from sight.
Cambria II was at that time near
the south point Of the island, and from
her movements Captain Davis evil
IDENTIFY discovered the burning boat.
Riding before the gale with reefed
sall he headed in that direction. His
boat was seen to turn in toward Salt
bay and it is believed that he picked
UP the party from the burned vessel
The Cambria. was sighted again in
the afternoon, evidently attempting 10
make Saltair, but the gale continued
TO blow so hard that it was impossible
for her to make Roadway. Just at dark
the glasses revealed her in Rocky Point
bay apparently at anchor. It is be
lieved that she will anchor there and
not attempt to reach dock before this
morning. Owing to the uncertainty as
to whether or not there were three OF.
four men on the burned boat, consider
able anxiety is being felt at Saltair,
and the arrival of the Cambria is be-
ing watched for eagerly.
The cause of the fire is believed to
have been an explosion OF the gaso-
line engine by which the boat was pro-
PEELED. The fire cannot be accounted
for in any other way. The boat be-
lOnged to p. w. Madsen of Salt Lake,
and has been. engaged for some time
doing work about the Lucin CUTOFF.
The search for the body of Roy Lar
kin was prosecuted by Captain Davis
all morning and until the fire was dis
covered, but evidently no trace of the
body has been found. 1t is becoming
the general belief that the body sank
and will not be discovered until it
again floats and is washed ashore
somewhere.
r. E. Wells, who was picked up on
Antelope island, was improved yester-
day. but he cannot yet remember clear
ly what took place on that fatal night.
He believes that the body of the boy
will float to the west shore and not to
the island. This belief is based upon
his imperfect recollection as to the
place where the boy was left.