The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-06-24
Gordon II. Place a For
mer Well Known EIyite
Among the Number
Missing in Lake Storm
OUT IN BOAT ALL NIGHT DURING
SEVERE STORM - FRIENDS
AND RELATIVES Oh MISSING.
ONES ALARMED

The following account Of the rali-
ure Of party Of eight 70 return
from trip on Great Salt Lake. dur
ing which time storm arose. Is
taken from the Salt Lake Telegram
Among the number in the party Is
Gordon H. Place. well known in Ely
through his mining enterprises and
his connection with the newspapers
of the district. Numerous friends
here hope the report OF a probable
disaster To be without foundation
The Telegram says.
The failure of party Of six sheep.
men of Pennington, r. A. Broad
hurst, government sheep Inspector,
and Gordon H. Place, a represent
atiye of the Telegram, To reurn from
trip to Fremont island made Satur-
day evening has Oeeasioned the fear
that the party has been shipgfecked
in the lake. The boat upon which
they left Saturday night 10 begin an
inspection Of 1900 sheep On the is
land during Sunday is known 10 have
experienced one. OF the worst storms
IN many years on the lake, and that
the party met with much difficulty
II not disaster Is a certainty.
Since leaving the shore west Of
Farmington Saturday afternoon at :
o'clock nothing has been heard Of
the party. They should have re-
turned not later than Monday morn
ing Up TO 3 o'clock this Afternoon
nothing has been learned of them.
The boat having failed 10 return. and
all possible efforts Of friends OF the
missing ones 10 locate them with
telescopes proving Of no avail. I'm
less they show up BY this evening
searching parties will be sent out
to locate the party or discover the
reason for delay The lake shore
will be searched and a boat Will go
10 the island aud 10 find II possible
trace of them.
According 10 the time required
ordinarily 10 make the trip. the
party should have arrived at the Is
land about l . O'Clock Saturday night
With the exception of Mr.. Place OF
the Telegram they were TO have set
sail again Sunday night and arrive
at Pennington early Monday morn
ing
Mr.. Place who went along with
the party 10 witness the dipping and
obtain the necessary data for an
article, was TO have gone in a sail
boat Sunday night from Castle rock
on the island TO Promontory point
on the Luoine cutoff. a distance OF
three miles where he vas TO have
taken a train and arrived Ia Ogden
sunday night or early Monday morn
Ing.
His failure 10 reach here has oe-
casioned the fear that the party did
not reach the island When the boat
left Pennington Saturday afternoon
according TO Marshal Thad Griffith
of Pennington, the single sail that
was used TO propel the craft was
managed with difficulty owing TO the
exceptionally heavy wind which was
blowing
After the boat had neen underway
an hour, and as near as can be hgur-
ed was few miles beyond the north
end of Antelope island, storm set
in. A heavy rain, accompanied by
a heavy wind, the velocity OF which
has not been experienced for years,
covered the entire lake, This was
severe at Saltair beach and was also
reported strong at Promontory point
north of Fremont island, which Is
in the course taken by the party.
Enormous waves lashed the sur
face of the lake and 1t would nave
been impossible for the boat ere" TO
manage the sail or the boat except
by turning the bow to the waves and
allowing the craft to drift with the
wind
At that rate the boat could nave