The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-12
SHIPWRECK On
GREAT SALT LAKE

SALT LAKE, Nov. 1i.-Ihe Tele-
gTam says:
The distress signal flashed over the
telepbcne wires from Bountiiul To salt
Lake City this morning. with sam
Sharman on the receiving end OF the
message. The sender was Captain
Cool, not the famous DIT Cook, but
his story was equally as wierd as the
north mole pipes related by the latter.
II told of shlpwreck on the Great
sslt Lake. marooned Robinson Cru
soc who will have TO content himsel
with pelican instead oil parrot lol
II COMPANION until the rescue party
reaches him. 1t has also proven 10
marty OF local shipbuilders that n
wireless Is very much IN need "hiie
navigating waters In these parts
Sam Sharman became possessed OIL
an idea IT was TO build boat along
the lines OF an automobile and ply
between Salt Lake and the duck
shooting grounds around Bear river
bay, He confded his scheme To Haf-
rv Finch. Bert Bailey, w. L. Benson
ard Dick Rogers, and they fell for VI.
Sam proposed to put an automool'e
| engine into his boat, and build 1t along
the lines OF one of his latest torpedo
Stoddard-Daytons.
He guaranteed that the boat would
negotiate the heavy water OF the
Great Salt Lake, the river Jordan
mud flats. a well irrigated patch of al"
falfa and a heavy dew on grass
meadow.
oh, Sam was enthusiastic The
boat was built according to his in
s,ructions and last night wns sent on
IFS trial trip under command OF Cap
, tain Cook and First Mate Muldoon.
Sealed orders were given 10 gasoline
down the Jordan TO the lake, up the
lake 10 the Bear river bay and watch
for a signal llgat and there cast an
: chor. One of the guides of the Duck
: Vile Gun club was telephoned TO build
{ 2 huge fire in the tullies about fifteen
: miles from the shore so the daring
t navigators could find it
= The plans were carefully laid, ac
- cording to Sharman. without a chance
o OF failure but this morning brought
j. the news of disaster. Captain Cool
phoned in from Bountiful that thu
s strange craft ran amuclJ in midlak'
d last night and quickly went 10 thu
: bottom.
@ a mutiny followed among the crew
= First Mate Muldoon started for Ante
lcpe Island and Captain Cook wade'
toward Bountiful
Sharman says that the first mat
always did remind him OF Robinson
CIusoe. and that the pelicans mus
have got his goat Captain Cook dc
< clared that the boat was all right 10
nrd flats and would be fine for tn
Y lake If it would only float. He sal
lie would take the first train for Sal
/. Lake City and Is expected in this a
ternoon with full details Of the shiI
wreck
Sharman and his friends are bus
u organizing relief parties.
To the best Of their knowledge FirS
Mate Muldoon Is on Antelope islant
safe. but short OF rations; and pc
haps somewhat drenched with Sa
20 water Up In the middle OF Bear rive
1t lay there is one guide still pilin
I'd tullies up and sending a flame in'
We the clear sky to attract the ship tn;
d. VIII never reach port, while CaPiai
X Cook Is on his way To Salt Lake VII
st tho narrowing details.
ny ShaTman says the boat did not nav
nd Il specdomcter and he expects II
Id crew were exceeding the speed lin
ng or all would have been well.