The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-06
TAKE BODIES
FROM WATERS
Of UTAH LAKE
Those of Frank and Helen
Brown Brought to
the Surface in a
Seine.
THREE YET REMAIN
TO BE RECOVERED
Divers and Dredgers Will
Resume Search Early To
day; Survivors Are
Improving.
THREE YET REMAIN
TO BE RECOVERED

The bodies Of Helen Brown and Frank
Brown. daughters OF Captain Edwin G..
Brown. who were drowned when the
launch Gailec capsized in Utah lake
Sunday morning. were recovered at II
o'clock yesterday morning. The bodies
CT the brother and sister were caught IN
seine In the same draw ard both
brought 10 the surface and recovered.
The search FOR the ether bodies was con-
inued until after sundown last night.
but without success.
George Madsen OF Provo and O. A.
Slede OF Lehi recovered the two bodies
found thus far. Each man was In q
rowboat and large fishing seine was
carried between the TWO boats. The
weight OF the bodies was EEL, in the
seine and when 1t was brought 10 the
surface both bodies came with Il. The
bodies were found near the place where
trying TO save his sister. She had
slipped beneath the waves, after bccom
ing exhausted in her efforts 10 keep above
water, and her brother had gone TO her
assistance Struggling together TO keep
atioat both went TO their death together
Divers Explore Lake
There were nearly nifty persons in SIX
launches engaged in the search for the
bodies. All OF the nayigators Of the lake
were among those who assisted in the
search. Prominent residents OF Provo
and Lehi Joined the party. Six launches.
a small fleet OF row boats. all manned by
experienced navigators. using senes and
graphing hooks were engaged in the
work The search was contfnaed from
o'clock In the morning until i:30 In
the afternoon. when The nets were aban-
running. After that two expert swim
mers and divers worked for an hour
exploring the bottom of the lake for the
bodies. No trace of them was found.
however and the search was abandoned
for the night. 1t VIII be resumed At
o'clock tins morning.
Persons living near the lake were out
upon IL at sunrise this morning George.
Charles, James and Alfred Madsen. close
friends and business associates of Cap
tain Brown. who have been reared on
the shores Of Utah lake. were out search
ing for the bodies at sunrise yesterday
morning. They were soon Joined by-
others from Provo and Lehi. who re-
mained until the heavy wind and the
the search.
sea1chers Early at Work.
One party of searchers from Provo left
Geneva al O'Clock yesterday morning
on Jacob Westfall's launch Josephine
They went to the scene OF the tragedy
party was led by T. r Pierpont. Other
members of the party were Henry Blu
menthal William \. Wilson and Deputy
Sheriff +. BaChman.
Farley Smoot led another party OF
Provo people. in this party were Thomas
Larson. Levi Carpenter and George
Smoot, They went from the month OF
the Provo river TO the place on the lake
where the wreck occurred. They went
in Charles Hedquist's launch '.Laffie.''
Jacob Westtall OF Geneva. Henry East,
y. \. Slade. Charles Beck and Norris
Thurman OF Lchi; George Deusch, j. r.
w lscomb. George Brown and others from
Salt Lake also assisted In the rescue
work. In addition TO the other launches.
the Bunnell launch. the two Madsen
launches and MIR Pierpont's launch. with
a dozen row boats. We're used in the work
Of recovering the bodies
Two large fishing seines. belonging to
the Madscn brothers were put in service
Each of the seineS Is 200 yards in length
md is carried between two row boats
Each sein. was dragged 500 yards aMi
then brought Ia the surface and eX-
imined. on the second time that the
etpes we're lowered the bodies Of Frank
md Helen Brown wer. recovered The
BODY of Frank Brown was caught in
he center of The net. while that of
ielen Brown was caught near the edge
only one arm of the young lady's body
vas caught in the net. The bodies were
aiken 10 the ranch of h. w Schneider.