The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-12
TRAGEDY OCCURS
 DURING FISHING TRIP SATURDAY
Carl Sundling Drowned in Salmon Creek Dam Lake
 When Boat Capsizes

Tragedy overlook fishing party when Carl Sundling, of Katalla, was drowned in the lake above Sal mon Creek Dam about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night, less than three minutes after the boat in which he and Dr. w. w. Council had been fishing for several hours, capsized.
 Dr. Council and MT. Sundling took the seaplane Ketchikan into the lake about 6:30 o'clock and landed at the far end of the lake where they put their rubber boat in the water and fished until after dark. They were half way down the lake on their way to the dam when the accident occurred. MT Sundling was padding, using a collapsible paddle that was jointed in the middle, when it came un- iointed and the lower half fell into the water.
 Taking his aluminium rod case, Dr. Council padded back to pick up the lost section of the paddle, and when they were almost along side, MT. Sundling leaned out to reach for it, and leaning too far, overturned the boat.
 Plunged Into Water
 Plunging into the icy water, Dr. Council called to his companion to grab the boat, but received no re- sponse, and in less than two min utes all sound of splashing and swimming had ceased, he said. They came to the surface on different sides of the boat after it capsized, and pr. Council said that after he struck the boat, he didn't see MT. Sundling, but believed that in the excitement he must have Swam away from the boat rather than taking hold of it.
 After struggling in the water for about quarters of an hour, Dr. Council succeeded in reaching the shore, still clinging to the over turned boat. After reaching shore he lighted the boat and padded to the lower end of the lake where he remained in the cabin until day break Sunday.
 Two other men who had been fishing in another part of the lake returned to the cabin shortly after pr. Council and, on the way down the lake on their raft, recovered the hat worn by MT. Sundling. They told of large log about fifty feet from the spot they picked up the hat and expressed the theory that MT Sundling might have seen the log as the boat capsized and start ed swimming toward it.
 MT. Sundling is survived by his widow and three children, a girl Evelyn. about 15 years, who is at tending high school in Michigan; 16 year old boy, Fred, who is operating his fathers boat from Cordova to the St. Elias Light, and six-year-old daughter, Cherry who is in Juneau with her mother
 In Juneau Three Weeks
 The family came to Juneau sev- eral weeks ago in order that Mrs Sundling might be operated upon by Dr. Council, who had been their physician for many years in Cor dova. She left the hospital a short time ago and they had planned to return to the Westward on ar carly boat
 MT. Sundling, who is about 8 years old, had lived in Katalla fol many years and for the last three years held the mail contract from Cordova to the St. Elias Light through a stretch of the toughest water to be found in Alaska.
 A party headed by Forrest Smith will leave on the seaplane Ketchi- kan for the lake at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon to attempt the re- covery of the body. MT. Forrest who has aided in rescuing bodie: from Lake Chelan, believes that tht only possible chance of locating the body is by sounding.