Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-06 | Page 9 | Utahn Drowns Trying to Save His Wife's Life

UJ AHN DRONS I TRYING TO 10 SA SAVE V HIS lIf LIFE Dead When Dragged to Shore After Struggle in Rip Tide Clarence D. D Sweet 33 of ot Cedar City and former commander of the tho American legion post at Milford MUford Milford Mil Mil- ford lost his 15 life lIfo Saturday b by drowning at Mission Beach near San Sali Diego Cal Cat while trying tring to save the life lIfo of his young wife according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to an Associated Press dis dis- dis- dis patch S On a belated honeymoon trip Sweet who ho was vas a a. special sales agent for the Standard Oil on company company com corn pany at Cedar City had gone gono with his wife who to the coast on a a. two week vacation Their marriage hid had hadnot not nat been announced at Cedar City but according to I. I Leroy roy B. B Luken adjutant of the A American legion post at nt Milford he lie was married last January to Winifred InUred Cruickshank of er Ida fda Miss Cruikshank had been een a a. school teacher at Min Min- I The Tho young oung couple went In swimming swim ming at the San Dl Diego go resort and had waded quite a a. distance awa away from the shore shore- Suddenly onlookers s saw w that they were in trouble TheIr Then actions to the coast coat guard Walter Deal meant only one thing thing that that they were drowning CAUGHT IN TIDE Swimming out to the couple the guard saw that Mrs Sweet had her arms around Sweets Sweet's neck with a ade adeath adeath de death th grip He was doing his utmost to hold hOd his wife up UI both having been caught by a riptide Struggling in the water It seemed that both would be bo lost The life Ufe guard succeeded In breaking the strangle hold Mrs Sweet had on h her r husband and swam with her er to shore where she shew w was s revived In the meantime Willis Willis' Buck Jumped Into the water ater and swam to Sweet Fighting the fa fast t. t tide every inch of ot the way ho finally dragged Sweet to shore but when he was pulled on the beach life Ufe was found to be extinct BECOMES HYSTERICAL Mrs Sweet on learning the fate of her husband became hysterical Sweet had been In n Utah f for r four tour years and ed moved to Cedar City four Cour months ago He He resided at Milford for some time where he was active in legion n affairs He Ho resigned d d as ns commander of t the post when he took over his position n at Cedar City His mother lives in New Ha en Conn During the World war he served in the navy