Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-06

ment that all Of the bodies Of the drowned
have been recovered it was stated last
night that the dragging OF the lake in the
vicinity OF the Kursaal would be resumed
today. t...
The body Of Scott Hun was the last to be
recovered It was taken out after noon
Thursday. He boarded at i70l Capitol ave
nue. and was clerk at Benefits. He did
not show up at the store Thursday morn
ing. but his employers and associates knew
nothing OF his tragic death until advised
over the-'telephone by The Bee.
Hun carried a 900 twenty-yesr payment
policy with the Penn Mutual Insurance COM
pany in favor Of his mother.
Comes Near Going Down.
John Bum, connected with Boyles Com
mercal college and boarding at the Rose
hotel. 1920 Harvey street narrowly es-
capped being one of the victims. He said:
Il came so near going down with the
platform that my toes just reached over
the edge OF the platform, that went down.
The young woman with me was standing a
little in front of me and was one of those
who went down. Tho platform broke
squarely on and went down with a crash
carrying with it, l think. between sixty
and 100 people. 1 do not think as large
number went dawn as reported. 1 man
aged to grasp hold of my young woman
companion and saved her. All of us went
back to work Immediately to rescue the
unfortunates, and pulled a great many
out, letting ropes down and chairs and
the first things we could lay hold of. Mon
let each other down and holding ON to
each other. Many were saved this way
The boats did good service. too. especially
those managed by bathers. One young
man who attends Boyles college, who ha,
but one leg, fell with the platform, and
being a good swimmer, managed to hold
himself up until he was picked up by a
boat number OF people were badly
bruised by the ragged edges of the broken
platform. / do not think that there were
many children on thot part of the plat
form that went down"
R. l.. .Jervis of the. government secret
service bureau, was one OF the parties who
went down with the crashing platform. He
said: --.
Il was standing on the platform that
went down with my. sister, waiting for a
chance TO take the boat just inside the
turnstile. We had been waiting there for
fully an hour and tho crowd was surging
on us both from front and behind, and just
at the moment had my arm partly around
my sister to keep the crowd from sepa-
rating us, when suddenly and without the
slightest warning we were precipitated into
the water with a mass of struggling men
and women Being a good swimmer. kept
hold OF my sister and thus saved her life
beyond ,apestion. The part of the platform
that gave way was about twenty feet square
and was densely. packed with people, and
they were all punched together in falling
and each served to buoy the other up; SO
many lives were thus saved The fall mus,
have been about ten feet from the platform
to the surface of the water, and just where
we fell II was certainly eight feet deep.
know we both went down over our heads
second time, in fact. My sister was gasp.
ing through swallowing water and l man.
aged to hold up by treading water and sue
ceeded in lifting her UP far enough fol-
some OF the rescuers at the top to reach