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Show mi ,i Undertaking company at Lcui. j' j Hatch had lived in Woods Cross : ; until two years ago when he moved ii ' to Salt Lake City. He is survived t ' by his wife and seven children, I Snmuel, Jr., Gladys, Lewis, Mary, I i Melvin, Florence nnd Charles Hatch, I I aU of Salt Lake City. ; ! river while Mrs. Hatch and some of the children were at Saratoga. Melvin stepped out into the river too far, sinking under the surface. In his anxiety to save the son from drowning, Mr. Hatch failed to remove re-move his large hip boots but plunged plung-ed into the river after the boy. The rubber boots filled with water and placed the father in danger before be-fore he could reach the boy. Charles Ross, 18, living at 3104 South Third East street. Salt Lake City, happened along shortly after the father had jumped into the river. Of more than half a dozen men on the scene of the accident, Ross was the only one who ventured ven-tured into the river to give assistance assist-ance to the father nnd son. He succeeded in finding the boy nnd taking him to the bank of the river where he was brought to life again, but failed to reach the father. Every effort to save Mr. Hatch from drowning were futile and for a long time his body could not be found. With a long pole and a hook, W. C. Mclntyre, 1325 South Second East street, finally locnted the body. When Sheriff J. D. Boyd, Deputy Dep-uty Otto Birk, Fire Chief Reed Boshard and Fireman Frank Taylor arrived on the scene with the pul-motor pul-motor from the Provo fire department depart-ment the rescuers had already given up any hope of reviving the drowned drown-ed man. Mrs. Hatch and the children were notified of the accident and death by Sheriff Bo.vd. She was almost overcome with grief when told that her husband had died. The body wns taken to the Hol-brook-Smedley Undertaking company com-pany at Bountiful by the Malnn FATHER MEETS DEATH TRYING TO SAVE SON Charles Ross, 18-year-old Salt Lake Boy, Renders Heroic Service. While trying to save his young son from drowning, Samuel Hatch, 45, on employe of the Salt Lake Hardware company and living at 100 West Angelo avenue, lost his life in the Jordan river near the pump plant Sunday noon. Mr. Hatch and his son, Melvin, 13 years of age, were fishing in the |