| Show fATHER SINKS IN EffORT TO Tn SAVE HIS SON Samuel Hatch Handicapped Handicapped Handicapped Handi Handi- capped by Heavy leavy Boots Drowns While Attempting Attempt Attempt- ing Rescue of Offspring Charles L. L Ross 28 26 Third East street foreman of ot the Hewlett Brothers company bottling works will be recommended for tor the Carnegie Carnegie Carne Came gie gio award in connection with heroIsm heroIsm heroism hero hero- ism displayed by him at at noon peon Sunday Sun Sun- SunI I day In Jn a desperate attempt to save two from drowning according to Will Knight superintendent of ot the Utah pumping plant on the Jordan river near Saratoga where Ross repeatedly re repeatedly repeatedly re- re re- re risked his own life in rescuing rescuing res rca cuing Melvin Melvln Hatch 17 and in ef et efforts efforts ef- ef I forts to recover Samuel Hatch 52 Witnesses to the tragedy and to toRoss' toRoss toRoss' toRoss toRoss' toRoss Ross' Ross heroic heroin struggle in the tho chilly waters of or the river will be asked I by Mr Knight to attest these facts In the application fur for or the award Ross in poor health for the past several months endangered his life I by exposure exposure- In diving to the rescue of the H Hatch boy Mr Knight de de- de I clares dares After pulling the youngster from the water Rots Ross despite reaction reaction reaction tion to the chilly chUly plunge returned to the river in an attempt to save the father Exhausted from his struggles and unable longer to propel propel propel pro pro- pel himself through gh the water Ross fastened a length of rope about his waist and entrusting bystanders with the the- task of pulling him into shore after ea each h submersion dived three times to the tho bottom of ot tb the stream In search of ot the e victim WITHSTANDS SHOCK He continued his efforts over a period of fifteen minutes and until the river river- level had been lowered by shutting down the pumps and searchers In a rowboat had fished thA the elder Hatchs Hatch's body from the stream Ross was thought to be beIn beIn bein In a serious condition from his ex exertions exertions ex- ex and exposure and was given medical attention on the spot He returned to his employment Monday morning and later told newspaper reporters that except for feeling we weak k and shaky he believed himself recovered from the shock of his severe severe severe se- se vere experience Of tho more than twenty persons present when the Hatchs Hatch's were w re overcome by t the e stream Ross was to boW be be the only one one knowing to swim and his skill In this thi artis art artis rt is limited I haven't done any swimming since I quit gymnasium work several several sev sev- eral years ago Ross noss told the questioners ques ques- and his swimming experience experience experience exper exper- until Saturday had bad been confined confined con con- I fined to indoor pools The Hatch family former fonner resi resl dents depta of ot Bountiful but recently re rem removed re- re moved m ved to this city where they resided re rei sided at West Angelo avenue and d the father was employed by t tile the e Salt Lake Hardware company went to the river resort Sunday in company company com corn pany with friends for a days day's outing outing out out- ing Ross with his wife wIte and a party pf twelve others were Ing Ingon on the opposite bank and about yards from where Samuel Hatch and his son Melvin Melvln were fishing immediately above and less than feet from the discharge pipes of the pumping plant SHELVING BOTTOM This plant lifts litts Utah lake water Into the river channel when the lake level Is low In late season and the force of its discharge has created created created creat creat- ed a peculiar pecullar condition at this point by plowing a a. center enter stream channel Continued on page 3 FATHER SINKS TO i. i SAVE A tIE HIS SON Continued from page 1 1 I from 1 12 to 15 feet in depth with I on 1 eit either er side a a. shelving under I i from rom three to four Cour feet of water The rhe Hatches Hatches' were equipped with boots and were standing on this shelf cas casting ing their baited hooks into t the he middle of ot the stream sCream when Melvin Meli Melyin Mel- Mel i vin yin vin who was unable to swim stepped step- step I ped off Into the twelve foot plunge He str struggled to the surface with a call to his father for help an and when the latter failed in an attempt to grasp the boy he plunged into the deep water for tor his son Mary Marv Hatch 16 16 saw her father tather and brother brother go go down Her mother was at a distance and out of view and the girl persuaded an older brother to take tak Mrs Hatch to Saratoga Sara Sara- t toga oga where she w ws was s for tor more than one hour unaware of the tragedy until Sheriff John D D. Boyd Bod advised her of her husbands husband's death and the narrow escape of her son son Ross floss aroused by bv the cries or of the boy raced to to the spot Reeling his clothes as he ran It was necessary for him to pass through the pump- pump house and from a cement ledge Immediately im- im mediately above the churning water i thrown from the discharge pipes he dived Two minutes ater later MelIn Melvln Mel- Mel Melin In Hatch nearly unconscious was b being being- ln rolled roiled on a barrel to force the I water from his lungs and Ross floss was back in the stream searching lor 10 the elder Hatch UNDER U U. Misdirected b bj by eyewitnesses eyewitnesses tb the inception of ot the tragedy Ross floss for a cap floating on the surface sur sur- face This proved ve later to be Melvin Melvin's Melvins Mel Mel- vin's vins s headpiece which f h had bf floated o ed downstream The father taking off olf for his son tad had weighted down bj his hip boots and heavy clothing sunk immediately He ne is said to have been an able swimmer but the handicap was too great to overcome over over- come When Ross Rosa returned to shore from h his is first attempt to recover the he fa t her ther he was so 80 exhausted ted he could hard hardly I pull p hims himself up up the Dank I The chin chill of or the water had further added addel to to his condition Spying a l length of oC rope on the bank ban tosS HOSS' fastened this about his waist and mar marking Ing the approximate point of 11 Li the original inal 1 submergence threw himself 8 into th the r pream tream i Not ot only was x I I. I failing falling in f u strength Ross floss explained Monday Monda but I intended staying under Water ater as long ris is possible When he came to the S surface b bystanders by- by standers with a grip on thc o other her her end t-nd of or the rope pulled him to shore Ross floss re recovered his breath and ant plunged again A second time lY he was was Pull pulled d to i the bank and a a. third time now desperately weakEned weak weak- ned Ened he went to the river bottom lU II'S CLOSED DOWN DO I I Meanwhile Mean while Fred Sheldon elec tr n at the pumping plant had closed down the pumps and with the now flow checked ed th the river level hi f n had fallen several feet Under Uner J di dl- dl from Ross Hoss k it row boat manned by Verner Walker alker Jesse Jetse I ox I ov and a Mr AIr Ir McIntyre Mcintye now dragged the Che he stream In the vicinity of ot where Samuel Hatch latch had gone under After several minutes they succeeded ln n snagging his coat col col- lar Jar with a boat hook ati aji and l in Jn th thIs s manner pulled his body rom irom the stream Superintendent J- J Knight who ar- ar at the plant during he e search for S Samuel Simuel muel Hatch got Kot in touch with Sheriff Sherif Boj Boyd BOd d at Provo That Ill at oW- oW cial picked up a deputy two rire- rire men with a from the Provo Pro fire department and a doctor docor and rushed to the scene Pending their arrival first aid was as attempted attempt ed by bystanders and every effort eort made to resuscitate Mr 1 Hatch Af- Af er more than one hour of ot labor without an any indication that the victim vic vie tim was recovering hope ope was aban aban- Sheri Sheriff Floyd Doyd advised Mrs Irs Hatch of ot the tragedy at Saratoga Mr Hatchs Hatch's B body was tal taken en to ful Ross given medical attention at the pumping plant returned to I his home Sunday Bunda night and was I a able ble to o report report for work Monday morning I |
