Show drowned in bear river another death by drown dins occurred along bear eiver below smithfield baat saturday afternoon thi second within a week on that date charas bioust a youna man aged IS working for mra who lives on the east bank of bar kiver west of smithfield went to the riber and to crops aft r a boat he approached the steam removed hia clothing and plunged in and haq never acain sean alive the at that point is yarda wide the tion is that he waa deizel by cramp and carried away by the treacherous undercurrent of the river he had often swam ohp river at that alae before and felt perfect ly confident of being ale to do so again he was entirely alne his abse caused a search to be made and his clothed were discovered upon ohp bank his footprints leading into the water were also discovered but the boy was no to he found the river flowed as placidly as ever and gave no sian that it had just drawn another human eine into its rimy depths that a martal had through its agency gone to no helping haud being near to render assistance u greatly needed no one had fueard the appeal fur help or the cry of despair as the unfortunate young man went to his watery grave during sunday boats were gathered although an individual at smithfield refused to lend his boat for BO worthy a purpose and the residents who live along the river nobly devoted their time in endeavoring to find the remains of the drowned young man policeman david crookston who had been ent for and who monday afternoon ter noon brought abo assurance that everything possible was being done for alie recovery of the body at last accounts the remains had not been found the mother of the deceased elivea in logan as well as two sisters both married some members of the family are known by the name of Olson which was erroneously stated co be the name of the boy when the rumor of the drowning first reached logan logan journal |