The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-06
TWO MORE BODIES
TAKEN FROM LAKE
Those of Frank and Helen
Brown Are Discovered
by Seiners.
Continued From Page One.
Believe Bodies Have Drifted.

near the lake. ana from there removed
to Lehi. where they were prepared for
burial and later brought TO salt Lake.
Believe Bodies Have Drifted.
During the day eight draws Of the
seines were made. but 1t was only on the
second draw that any results were OBJ
taincd. The other bodies are thought TO
be near where these were found but II
is possible that they may have drlfted
farther away. These two bodies were
found about 100 yards from the boat and
about fifty feet distant from each other.
Both had gone down together and very
close to the boat. SO that II Is certain
that they driftcd some distance.
The Inflated launch was 1oated and
brought 10 shore Yesterday morning;
-Four launches snrroundsd the wreck and and
out the water and towed It to shore.
The boat was lying on its side in SIX
teen feet Of water, II was kept anoat
from the fact that the end OF the twenty
four-foot mast was stuck fast in the
mud which prevented the launch from
sinking. The anchor, which had fallen
ing by Its cable, so that the wreck had
not moved after the accident.
From the position OF the wreck It was
evident TINT the boat had been over
turned as the result OF a sudden squall,
which came just at time when the
boat was making o turn. The passen
gers had begun to haul down the sails.
but there was enough canvas stin cling
0NS'S'
capsizing the craft.
Satchel Brought to Surface.
After the boat was brought to shore
buoy was anchored at the spot where
the boat capsi2ed. In order to give the
searchers a point to govern their &C
graphing hooks were used In dragging
the lake all around the wreck On the
last haul satchel was brought TO the
surface, From the manner in which the
fhnIlPhT
that another body was being recovered.
The satchel was one which had been
taken out by the pleasure seekers who
were on the ll-starred journey in the
Galiiee. 1t was filled with oranges and
bananas.
In addition to the seines. graphing
with small success. \ large cable was
arranged by the searchers with 100
large wire graphing hooks However.
lhiS worked poorly, as ii was hard 90
danger of capsizng their own boats.
This system of graphing hooks was later
abandoned for better hooks. made during
the forenoon at the sugar factory and
furnished to the searchers i'll the after
noon by Superintendent Ingalls,
About O'Clock In the afternoon a
heavy northeast wind came up and ii
became necessary to abandon the search.
The .squally sea kept rocking the boats
and IL was difficult 10 draw The nets.
Divers Efforts Futile,
For another hour divers worked.
searching for the bodies, but without re-
suit. The two divers were Enoch Clark
and c. r. Stark, expert swimmers and
divers from Provo They were taken TO
the lake by automobile by F. r. Ramsey.
They were then taken in launch 10 the
scene, Of the tragedy and began di"iUs
and 1870 o'clock In the afternoon. y
continued diving for an hour. They lc-
ported that the bottom Of the lake a. this
point was composed OF soft mud and
that the water was so muddy that II was
difficult TO see at all beneath the sur
face. The wind and tho waves stirred
up the mud and made the searching of
the divers more difficult 1t is though,
morning and that the divers will then be
able 10 work TO better advantage
Sidney lie Sieur. a young man from
Provo who watched the wreckage all
all last night, Some OF the searchers
returned TO Provo and Lchl for the night
but but Will return 70 the lake win sunrise
this morning. Several of the searchers
remained at the lake all night They are
staying At the Schneider ranch and will
be on the lake at o'clock searching for
the bodies.
The work OF searching for the bodies
is all under the direction OF T.. w.
Schneider and the searchers are making
their headduarters at the Schneider
ranch, The Schneider house is filed to
overfowing with the searchers Several
Salt Lakers, including Ed McMulIen. him
self one OF the survivors Of the ira gedy
are at the Schneider ranch, assisting the
searChers. Mr., McMullen Is engaged in
taking supplies by automobile TO the
ranch.
Search Is Hazardous.
The work OF searching for the bodies
has its hazardous sides. Almost all of
the scarchers were frequently drenched
by waves washing over their boats At
the Schneider ranch n great wash boiler
of coffee Is kept constantly hot In order
TO stimulate the workers VINO are brought
TO shore frequently chilled through from
their drenchings.
George Deusch, manager of O'Donnel &
Co. s undertaking establishment AT Salt
Lake, with assistants. was at the lake
all day. When the TWO bodies were re-
covered they were taken to I.ehl by Mr.
DeusCh and there prepared for burial
They were removed TO Salt Lake later
and are now at O'Dounels undertaking
rooms. The body of Miss Vera Brown
which was recovered Sunday afternoon
by her father, had been previously
brought 10 Salt Lake, The bodies OF the
brother and the two sisters are now all
at ODounells. Arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been made.
Captain Brown Collapsed.
Captain Edwin G, Brown. father of the
three drowned children, and owner and
pilot Of the ill-fated Gallee. Is still al
he Schneider ranch. He refuses to leave
The lake until all of the bodies are found |
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