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Show I Team and Wagon Disappear ll Lake Outfit Valued at $100 Drop! Out of Sight In IV n Si'fiiiidN Time 'o I.hos Lost. Monday a team mid wngoij loaded with two toiiB or alfalfa disappeared under tho Ico of Utah Lake, ti id arc now resting safe In "Davy Jones' Looker on tho Bottom or thi Sea," It was a span or fine mules, vlth n good set or harm cs, particularly n new wagon and two tons or llrsi class hay, having a total value or apiroxl. mutely $100. It was tho propej-ty ol Andrew J. Stewart or Provo, wl had a hired man hauling liny for him. From Moslda to tho Provo landing on the opposite side of the lake,' the distance Is fourteen miles. Tho incident inci-dent took place about two-thirds of tho way from Moslda to this landing, at a point where twenty-flvo teams had crossed over earlier In tho day. Tho uiifortuunto driver was picked ii)i hy parties crossing tho lako In an automobile. From tho story told bj him, It appears that the driver of tho wagon was following behind his load some distance when ho hoard a crash, and running ahead got there Just In time to sou bis outfit sink out of sight, it appears that a crack had developed during tho day, and the wagon coming Into It Just right, broke ofT sulllclcut Ico to let tho outfit through. Had tho driver bcou on the load ho could hnvo soon tho crack ami avoided tho accident, bo It Is claimed by people at Moslda. For the past two weeks there has been much tralllc across the lako on the Ico, may nutos, buggies and teams loaded with hay grain and Btraw, crosshlg from Moslda to Provo markets. mark-ets. A well beaten trail had been made through tho snow, until It looked like n county highway. Tift) traffic had Increased to such an extent that It Is claimed that on tho day of the accident acci-dent llfty tons or hay was hauled over tho Ico, besides the nutos und empty teams that crossed. When tho span or mules und liny went down there were lirteen Provo teams at Moslda being loaded with hay mid grain to cross back homo the next day. When word or tho accident came to Provo, there was a lot or hurried hur-ried telephone calls to Moslda b) IIUXtoilH imreiiln, l"llliii lliulr nana nut to come home on the dangerous lako The leu on the lake has an average thickness or from II! to 18 Inches. As an evidence or how much It holds up, one day this week there were nine head or horses, four wagons and about a dozf'ii men gathered In one place on the Ico this aide of Saratoga, while the Holmsteail Brothers drew their fisherman's net |