Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-07-05 | Page 12 | Victims of Double Tragedy Are Buried

VICTIMS OF DOUBLE ARE BURIED t Funeral of Wallace and Douglas Johnson Who Were Drowned i In Jordan Iordan River t I t Tb Their h caskets hidden beneath a a I fusion of flowers the bodies of Wallace pro pIO and ad Douglas Johnson two young broth i ers els who met mat an untimely death by drown tag ing last Thursday were laid to rest side lIIde by b side s yesterday afternoon at City cemetery Twelve boys of their own age a t who had been their nearest playmates In 1 life acted a as pallbearers each casket casle 1 being accompanied by six of the tk young i I Services of the double rouble funeral were we led U by Bishop Bl hop John baud Woud at the Fifteenth i J I ward meeting louse shortly after fter 13 1 noon The speakers were E 2 T 4 If f Ashton George Ashton and John L John J son ISO hi ile The boys were the sons lIOnS of O 0 M John Fon of West Ht Third South street at t They were 10 l and S years ean old respectively Their death occurred when they went nt swimming in a slough sIou b formed by the overflow from the Jordan river at Ninth West and nd Fourth South streets Dog was wu the first to go down the elder roth er meeting his him fate In trying to lo save Me av him Both th were dead when taken from frn the water I