| Show TWO UTAH MEN DROWNED BY CAPSIIING Of LAUNCH Pleasure Party on Bear River Are Dumped Into theWater and Two Were Unable to Reach Shore Logan UlllhOnc of the most distressing dis-tressing accidents thlll has over been reported in Cache valley was the accidental ac-cidental drowning Tiuwlny evening even-ing of Wllllnm U Ple toll Jr and Solon Barber both of whom wore among tho best known young men In thin section of the stato Frank K Neboker former district attorney and his brother Horace Nebeker together to-gether with Dr Charles Oownna and Roy 8 McAllister narrowly escaped the fate of Preston and Barber The six men were riding on Bear river near the lienson district In a gasoline launchnbout 8 oclock Tuesday Tues-day night when they attempted to pass under a railroad bridge The launch struck one of the supporting piles and fuming over Bank almost i Instantly Tho two Nebekors Gow ens and McAllister were thrown clear and managed to swim safely to shore Preston nnd Barber were It Is believed be-lieved caught under the launch As far as any member of tho party knows neither came to tho surface after the disaster e The disaster has caused the greatest great-est distress In Logan whnro Barber and Preston were most highly regarded regard-ed Preston Is tho son of W B Preston Pres-ton tho presiding bishop of tho Mormon I Mor-mon church at Salt Lake Ho had been engaged In business here for I home years Barber was a brother of A O Barber former state senator Ho was connected by blood or mar lOge with Many prominent Cache valley families |
