Salt Lake Herald | 1909-02-17 | Page 12 | Rescue Party Back

RESCUE PARTY BACK Perilous Trip After Family Snow Snowbound Snowbound Snowbound bound in Mountains Special to The Herald Logan Feb 16 Sheriff N K W Crook Crookston Crookston Crookston ston and party part who went out last Thurs Thursday Thursday Thursday day to rescue the five fhe children of Ru Rudolph RudOlph dolph who were ere snowbound thirty miles back in Logan Losan canyon returned returned re returned turned today after aCter a trip that exhausted them all They were able to get up th canyon anyon only twelve miles with witha a II team and from thero on had to use snowshoes The mild weather made snow slides certain and therefore they the dared not follow the road but had hod to keep along the mountain tops Friday night dark darkness darkness darkness ness overtook them far from any an shelter and they had to build a fire and sit lIt by bv it till morning On Saturday night they the reached and securing the children started back Sunday Sunda morning leaving him there They followed the road rod returning the snow having hardened but had great dif difficulty difficulty difficulty in getting over immense that had come orne down They were met ser sev seventeen se enteen ent n miles from here by another party part parta a member of which was the mother They The reached the Forks Sunday night and Logan at 11 this morn morning mornIng morning ing The snow at cabin was more than six feet deep Nelder elder hauger hauser has several S eral head of cattle and re remained remained to feed them This is the third time he has been rescued and next fall measures will likely be bo taken to prevent him taking his family up there for the winter Mr Mrs Calvin Fletcher wife of Professor 1 Fletcher of the art department of the A AC AC AC C died yesterday esterday of brain fever follow following following ing Ins childbirth The remains will be taken to Provo Mrs Fletchers home for inter interment Interment ment men I