The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-08
Searchers for Three Utah Lake
Victims Believe Success
Will Come Today.
TRIPLE FUNERAL TO BE
HELD THIS AFTERNOON
Services for Frank, Vera and
Helen Brown at First Meth
Odist Church.

Carefully studying the condition Of the
bottom OF Utah lake near the point where
the launch Galilee was wrecked sunday,
searcbers for the three bodies stll In the
water believe they will find them close
together and bring them up with one
drag OF the big seine as soon as the water
becomes calm. Two OF the party res
cued from the launch were with the
searching party Wednesday and have
agreed on the exact location of the wreck.
Only for the high wind all day Wedncs-
day, which prevented the searching party
from working IL is thought the bodies
would have been found soon after the
young men made the location.
The bottom OF the lake at this point
Is formed of thick mud and IL is the
unanimous opinion of the searchers that
the bodies have not been carried far from
the spot where they went down. Th.
searching party has been organized with
George Madison as captain and with TWEEN
y-iive experienced men the work will be
resumed Systematically early today. Late
Wednesday night II was announced that
In case the wind lowered and the surface
OF the lake became smooth the scarchers
would not wait till morning. but would
light.
Reed T. Johnson, who has been active
in searching for the bodies since Monday,
said Wednesday night that all entertain
hopes of finding the bodies within short
time after dragging the bottom of the
lake is resumed.
Wind Prevents Work.
Under high wind that showed no
signs OF abatement all day "Wednesday
waves from ten 10 twenty feet high kept
boats close in shore The searching party
is in camp at the Jordan river pump sta
tion and stood In readiness 10 start out
the minute the wind ceased S. Bach
man, W. S. Ferre, Jack Cannon, John
w. Baker and Peter Benson OF Provo
joined the searching party Wednesday
afternoon: In organizing the searching
party full equipment OF drags. seines
and the like has been assembled. Two
expert divers Will accompany the search
ing party and In modern divers uniforms
VIII be sent to the bottom TO make the
search more definite and complete
The latest report as TO how the six VIC
ums OF the wreck met death and the or
der in which they gave up the struggle
comes from the searchersf camp, where
Acton Rodwell and O. Z. McMullen. two
OF the survivors. agreed that the first one
to go was Vera. Brown. Edwin Holmes
was second, Benjamin RAYMOND and his
son and Frank and Helen Brown followed
closely. II was agreed that 1t was prob
ably an hour after the wind struck the
one gave up the struggle. Both these re-
ports are al wide variance to the first
accounts given out.
Triple Funeral Today.
All Salt Lake will Join in the sorrow
ful gathering this afternoon at o'clock
and Vera Brown viii be held from the
First Methodist Episcopal church. Sec
ond East and Second South The Rev
Francis Emrsette Short, pastor of the
church. will conduct the services. Short
talks will be delivered by Mr.. Short.
Bishop Heber c. Iverson. Bishop NJ S.
Wooley and John Q. Critchlow. The last
named speaker will speak In behalf OF
Calanthe Myrtle lodge. Knights OF
Pythias. OF which Captain Brown is a
member None of the caskets will be
opened at the church.
Had the body of Edwin b. Holmes been
found Wednesday IL would have been
buried beside that Of Vera Brown, TO
whom he was 10 have been married
June 81.
AT the Raymond home the bereaved
widow waits hourly for some news from
the scene of the tragedy, where the body
of her 5-year-old son and the body OF
her husband still are in the clasp of the
waters Of the lake. With remarka bic for
titudc she is bearing up under the ter
ribe strain. Left with q i-months-old
babe, friends and neighbors are giving her
every, care and attention possible. Many
who have had no acquaintance with her
are Offering coincidence and sympathy
The other survivors have quite recov-
cred from the effects of their terrible OK
pericncc.