Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-07-10 | Page 3 | Boy Drowns in Sand Pool

BOY DROWNS 1 IN SAND POOL Harry Wilkinson Slips on the I Bank and Falls in Deep Water; Wa-ter; Companions Unable to Save Him. Harry Earl Wilkinson, 11 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Wilkinson, Wilkin-son, was drowned in a sand pool a short distance east of the Jordan river on South Temple street at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The boy and two companions had been fishing in the river and were on their way home. When they reached the pool they took oft a part ' of their clothing and started to wade. Suddenly Sud-denly young Wilkinson slipped on a sliding bank and sank out of sight in the deep water. His two companions ran for assistance, assist-ance, 'but 'before ' it could reach the pool the unfortunate boy was dead. Thomas Brown, an employee of the city waterworks, was the first person to arrive at the pool, and quickly recovered re-covered the body, which was taken to the home. 16 South Sixth West street. Funeral services over the remains will be held from the family residence tomorrow at 5 p. rn.