Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-13
Four Local Men Ride Waves OF
Great Salt Lake in
The Storm.
BELLOWS RAGE AT SALTAlR,
Heavy Storm ON the Lake Causes
Temporary Abandonment of Train
Service on Lucin Cut-Of1.

Four Salt Lake citizens went off on
a little Sunday sail over the bright
blue sea-" Saturday afternoon. They
were y. A. Treganza, the architect his
father, Colonel Treganza, Isaac Rus
SELL and II. +. Lilley. craftsman
In the employ Of Ware & Trcganza
Their craft was the "Skiddoo-23." MIR.
Treganza. Jrs, new yacht; and as he
cast loose from the wharf at Saltair,
with the boats foretopsail and dying
iib bellying gaily In the breeze, she
skiddoo-ed over the briny deep like a
thing Of beauty and JOY forever. the
quartet were in high spirits. with the
earth and the Great Salt Lake spread
out before them, life seemed beautiful
TO them at that moment.
But old BoTeas had his weather eve
on the party, and before nightfall
turned hts blasts loose on them and
they were hard put 70 it to save them
selves from shipwreck. The mariners
were out all night IN the storm fight
ing for their lives but managed TO
weather the gale and reached Port
Saltair this noon a very wet weary
and much bedraggled outfit. They
were welcomed with reassuring re-
marks about their being almost corned
enough for canning, aud suggestions
prove their personal appearance. The
party reached town this afternoon,
SJ ith oxai,o ,' ont p ne to their sea
manship and capabilities az able ma
rincrs.
ANCIENT MARINERS
or the four mariners all have had
sailing experience at sea. NJ. Irt-
ean2a formerly owned 4 yacht on san
Pablo bay in California. Mr. Russell
sailed extensively In san Francisco
hay while a student at stanford uni
vcrsity, and MIR. Lilly has sailed both
small and large craft between Liver
ponl and Singapore They all declare
today that Great salt Lake in a. real
storm plays anything but like what
could be- expected of the ocean.
THE trouble" said one of thCm,
lis that the winds all Saturday We're
from the south. then at nightfall they
suddenly. without a bit of warning,
switched to the northwest, ana this
combcd back Tho big south-rolling
waves. raising them into steep pitchy
lunches. six and eight feet high and
driving them sp near together that
ship has no chance to recover from
nosing her way over one before the
next rolls down upon her 1t also
makes sailing very difficult for even
with fair wind. a ship cannot ride
with the waves but must sail partly
through the troughs.
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SECOND STORM.
The PARTY went west Saturday ON the
southerly wind hut we're driven back
Saturday night. and Sunday started
again. making the west coast OF An
telope island, when the second storm
nloke, ana aroIe mem mo tle TCchy
iecting reef over which the waves were
dashing with force enough to hurl
columns of spray 30 and 40 feet high.
A landing was made on the island and
a fire built by which the mariners
dried out their clothing this morning,
before tacking the seas again. This
side of Stanisbury island sweeping
in from the northwest of Antelope is
land. They started out this time for
srd ana l@ ,o,, isla mos i h,t tn' so tn
going it again with full force and they
headed Tor Saltair under jib and
closely reefed mainsail. making the
distance they had spent all day yes
terday in going. in less than an hour.
In crossing over the bar at the end of
the Saltair bathing pavilion the boats
tender turned turtle, and was lost,
blowing away TO the southwark, but
the yacht itself was safely anchored
fore and art, and the mariners made
their way ashore by wading through
the waves.
Two boats, one belonging to Mr..
Richardson, which We're sately an
chured Saturday were found this morn
bh S ne been forced in - by the heavy