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Show LAUNCH CAPSIZES IN UTAH LAKE; SIX SALT LAKERS ARE DROWNED hour after the desth of Helen and Prank before we sighted aid. We shouted mIi together for the boatman In the other boat and it a few mtnuten before they aaw that we were la distress. We were heart wick and discoursacd until they heiHn to approach us, and then we were etlmulsted by tit hop of rescue. Clarke Proves a Hro. "W had to keep the, boat from turning turn-ing over and It Was In this that Q. K waa Imperative that we try to light th boat, aa we were sl becoming so thoroughly thor-oughly numbed that a could not have held on mu-h ion a nr. All of ua would have been J out In little while. Tathcr Tries to Save Boy. "When the boat went over the flrst time two were loaL They were Benjamin W. Raymond and Jile little son. Sherwood Raymond. Tire little hov slipped Into the water and Ma father went after him Inatantly. Both were drowned. When the boat turned back Holmes waa lost. Vera Brown Caught In Trap. "On the third turn It caught Mlaa Vera Brown, the bride to be. and held her head under about four inches of water. Her hair atreamed out upon the water aa she struggled franllrally to release herself, her-self, until she became unconscious and her struggles cessed. "Ur rather. Captain Brown, fought like a madman to sate hit daughter. Kvery pmon tn the water waa horrified hy thia terrible scene and tried lo aid the frsntlc father in hie efforts to save i pf , t"f K . ' . - i ' r 1 ' ' . 1 ;:".;' ' ; - - , Mine Ivy and Mist OUie Naylor, wbo h ad narrow srapea when the boat turned ov er. III-Fated Boating Party The Drowned. . VKRA BROWN, aped 21. of 412 Eaat Third South tret, daughter of Captain Edwin G. Brown of the Uunch Galilfe. It waa in celebration of her approach injf marriap! to Edward B. Holmea that the fatal boating party waa Riven.' EDWARD B. HOLMES, aged 26, of 333 Eaat Third South utreet, house Kalonman for the Crane company, plumbers' sup-, plies. .. HELEN' BROWN, aged 13, of 412 East Third South street, daughter of Captain Brown. FRANK BROWN, aged 24, of 412 East Third South street, aon of Captain Brown. " BENJAMIN AV. RAYMOND, ged 3ri, of 1080 First avenue, assistant manager of the Crane eampany. SHERWOOD RAYMOND, aged 5. son of Benjamin W. Raymond. The Rescued. Miss M. E. Covey of 3.'W South Fifth East street, manager nF I he BrTghara street Covey apartments. Misa OUie Naylor, 333 East Third South street. " Miss Ivy I. Naylor of 333 East Third South street, clerk in the Salt Lake Hardware company's store. Misa Katherine A. Behan, 345 South Fifth East street, as. sistant cashier of the Crane company. Misa EtheJ Moreton. 618 East Third South street, daughlet of Councilman John B. Moreton. . " O. K. Clarke, 660 Eaat Third South street, clerk in the Salt Lake route office at the union depot. Mr. O. K. Clarke. ' Captain Edwin 0. Brown of 412 East Third South street. PM VMS CELEBRATING ENGAGEMENT Young Han and Woman Who Were to Be Mar-. Mar-. tied Soon Die. FATHER GIVES UP LIFE TO SAVE SON Brother Sinks Trying to Rescue" JUs Sister f Wind " Overturns Galilee. 'Gratr lore kith so man thao this, that k will give up ''" a friaad." , . Wcddiag fBilatiew tfcat wata tj h aaat atrt today for tka ajarriajia of Mna Vara, Browa aad tdward B. HolrnM Juaa SI will savar ba wad. tba dreu tkat waa im ka ha bridal rwa la fold ad aad put away fewer and the pre anptia! tea at apraad for a nappy party 4 aiataaa to eelcbrata tka approaekiag kappy araat will aavar ba aatoa. la tka traaoberoiia watera of Utah 70; :- U x 1 I MUM ll BENJAMIN W. EATMOND. Ha gave up his Ufa trying to aava hia son. ( ') MISS VERA BROWN, Tot whoaa approaching wadding the boating party wi aivon. I Clarke ahowed hi braver v and prenenre of mind. Kxery tlm the bout would lunae aa though to turn a km! it Cm ke : would grp the rnaxt and hold It down at the Imminent pei ll of hie own life. Hia lean were tut. bruised and lacerated by the niat and by the ropen thttt unwed at hia fleeh inttll thev were a man of blood and wounds from the knees to the feet. Clarke's heroism Is the one thing to which the others of ua who were waiter of th launch Galilei. O. E. Me Mullen, "325 East Third South street, employed by the Salt Lake Hardware company. A. E. Rod well, 142 Second Eaat street, employed by the Salt Lake Hardware company. The RMenrt. if. F. Ward, David Quinn, Arrid Reeae, Bruce Reege. Art Goodman, Percy Joaea, Rudolph Pieraon, Frank Jones, Roy Petera, Bob Buckley, Edward Mae, Ed Simons, R. BlumenthaL. hia r-htid. We wra ton weak to ttght the boat or to release the poor girl from the trap, and eh drowned before our eyes. "The brother and slater. Frank and Helen Brown, went net. Helen was giving giv-ing way. shocked and heart broken by the i death of her sister and by the awful niimbtng effects of the iry water. As Helen became too weak to maintain herself her-self Ion iter and slipped under the water Krank went after her, but the exertion waa too much. 1 believe that he was attacked at-tacked by rrsmpe, and he, too, was among the dead. Show Great Fortitude. Th rest of us hung on for life. We were terrified hy the tragedy, hut there awStttafe-ihaafcV-W . r V , ' ;',ffci MISS KATHERINE BEHAN, Who nearly lost her lift through t-hauation t-hauation In tha lake accident. r ' oAPTAnr bdwiw a. beowm Who, aftar aaainf ttaraa of hia childran rowa. atlll aneoaraa-ad oibara and worhad bravaly to aava tham. laka yaatardav 'a tragadv atrurk tht - jav boating party givaa by tapt. Kd wia (1. Browa, on bit gaaolma aad aail launch, Ualilaa, and ail wara drowned, iarludine tha angaavd coupla. At 0:13 ia tha morning tha boat Irft O'nava for tha lakcaida homa af K. W. Schnaidar, Halt lka eontracting agant for tha I'hirago Oraat Waitarn railroad, oa tha l ahora aaar 8ar-atnga 8ar-atnga Hpriaga, and wbaa about on ila from it. at 10:30. a tricky appar aurrant of air caught tha aail aad aiaat and hurlad tha launch avar on ona aula, throwing tha occupaata Into tha water. XJttla Boy Bank rtrat. tlharwood Raymoad, 3 yeara aid, waa tha firat to aink. and hia father, Bea iania W. Ravmond, plunged in after him aad neither came up agaia. Mine Vera Browa 'a foot waa caught ia ropaa oa the boat aad her head waa under water. Edward B. Holaiea, who waa engaged to ba married to her June 31. triad to iwaroe bar from tha periioue aoaitioa and gave up hia life ia tha attempt. at-tempt. Mine Helen Browa loot her hold oa FRANK BROWN, Ha died in heroic ettorta to gar hii sister Helen. el of his companions were drowned before be-fore Mi eres (n the Icy waters of I'tah lake yesterday aa the gruesome end of a merry party that had met to celebrate the approaching marriaeje of two of their number. O. R. McMulisn of S?B East Third ftouth street told a graphic tale this morning of the terrible experiences that the survivors suffered after their craft waa awamped. Mr. McMullen la stiff and sore as a result re-sult of hia long stay In the cold water, and as a result of hie exertions In his s (Torts to save the Uvea of ths unfortunates, unfortu-nates, one of ona young woman of whom he waa the rescuer. "tt'e arrived at Geneva at -15 o'clock yesterday morn In." Mr, McMullen said, "and went ahoard the boat at once, ran bv gaswtine power fnr a few minutes and then we raised tn sail and tan Iheait-II Iheait-II full v for about an hour. The members of the party were In high spirits and ws were enjovlng ourselves In the most delightful de-lightful manner, and there waa not a suggestion sug-gestion of Impending disaster. "When we had res'-hM a pojnt about one mil from the west shore, direct I v acmes from Oeneva. it began to get windy, but the wind was not strong. There waa not a signer of danger. Boat Suddenly Oaxeang. "Then." he continued, covering his eves aa If to shut out the terrlblv memorv' of the horror that followed, 'then It happened hap-pened like a flash. I do not know If a, squall hit us or what happened. I do not believe that any one knows. We were going west and the boat turned over to- ward the left aide, nearly swamping-Then swamping-Then Jt whipped back to the right until the gunwales were nearly down to the water. Then the craft turned back to the left aide, the watsr came over tha gunwale, gun-wale, and tlte sail flapped on the. water's surface fnr an Instant like th swing of a giant bird. "Ths third movement threw all of those on the deck Into the water, except the four who were In the cabin. I was one of these. Ths others were Rod well and Miss Helen Brown and Miss Dive Savior. Sav-ior. We ran out of the cabin as the boat was making Its last dip, and we were thrown Into the water. "The elxteen of us scram hied toward the row host, which waa belna towed, and the Instant .we put any weight on It went tossed th veaea about like it would-a oshermsa's .cork. Awful axfdritfseo la Water. For about two hours, maybe a little Ion fter, th ten survivors, chilled aad benumbed by the cold water and biting hreeaas, clung oa as beet they eould to tha plunging boat. Another boat hove tn sight and the t.4n strunaling persons on tha Galilee nettled and waved, but tha occupants of th other vessel thought they were giving a friendly salute and returned , one Finn My an arrangement was made for all to count and yell in unison, and the other people went over to investigate. It was the new launch owned by .7. K. ' i , . ' - - ' .' ' . . - . - - , , '? ' .'-' " .' ''." 1' : J ; . . v.' , . . f, ' .r. '. a- I MBS. O. K. CLARKE, On of thoae raacuad la th Utah Uka tragedy. waa no panic. No one seemed to lose his courage at time.- We were horrified by t he dea t hs of our romp nlons. but there was no panic. Kverynne tried to help everyone elxe. The girls displayed wonderful fortitude and heroism. And there waa not a craven in the party. 'We were In the water a full half- sventually saved owe our lives. "When we were taken Into the house by the rescuers Ivy Naylor' was very weak and In a semi-conscious condition, white Olive Na lor was unconscious. Hhe could not realise for many hours what had befallen us and thought that she bad dreamed a terrible dream. Rodwell 8vee Two. "Mr. Rodwell saved the lives of these girls. When they became so weak that they could not hold longer to the hull of the boat Rodwell seised and held both jarlTaV"' ' ill' i -'' MIS8 M. E C OVET . She wag on of tha rescued mombori of th boatinp party i A. B. RODWELL, H was on of th bravo man on th OaUlo who helped aav woman. until they were taken from his fiends ty others and sustained until ttwv could agsin support thenmetVMB In ihe wsier. "Had the rescuere been dels ved hslf sn . hour longer l her would not. I believe, be-lieve, have been a survivor of the pariy tliat Imd started out so hsppily only a few hours before.'" STORY OF TRACED? BY ACTON RODWELL Acton Rodwell, snotiter of the survivors, survi-vors, was iTina down at his home, 141 ! Kouth rVrord tsf street, when Telegram reporter called. He said: "I held on uitd wsed mv coat for over i I an hour. K seemed to me. tesides helping ! j two of the girls to keep above the water, i ! It was sin it i v a test of endtiram-e with the most of us and If we lisd not been I rserue.1 we c-iM not hsve held on flf- , ten minm ,o!isr. - Thoee on the yacht ' j ssw us. but ciniJd not be made to under-fMlsnd under-fMlsnd how bsdly as nreded their aseist-ismc. aseist-ismc. Th- worst part of r all. however. ; for ms. or rather ih hardest pare, aaa 1 the breaking of the news to Mrs. Bros n. ! Nunc of the rt would do tins and I hsd i i to. It resllv seems qner to me to think ; , thst It I sll over and that f am 'alive j The bottom of the old bust as flat and lit laid on one side. ir that every time that a heavy iv struck us it tipped the boi. In addttlon to entirely covering i us with water snd shaking us loosa fruni i our fisH holds." , y : ... .--.-- -:r)m )J J .'"-. - ;'-. v ' . ?X?V-:v'''.'S , SEBWOOD KATMONS. rtTjeax oid aoj who waa lxrt aa aujL . ... - a- I: A. ' . .a' -1 M , ' K Ztward B. Holm and Kim Vara Brown, who wara enfafed te a married mar-ried June 21, bat wh loot their Ua t Utah Uka. tee aid of tha orertaraei boat. aaI . kar broiaer, Krank. rerardleea af kie awa aafeiv, battled witk tka waea ia vaia but beroie efforta to kelp bee ba'k t tka veaael. Botk aaak ia eark tk ar'a anna. Captain Browa raiee1 the aail aeoa after the trip wan atarted froai Geaeva aad kad atartad to lower it oa acrouat af a riainff wiod aad eaoppe water, wbea tba aaddea niet overturaed the Unerk. Tbea aa tha boat roda the avea. tka wind, aa if It kad aa appe r to for deetraetioa, waa wkatted by the 4aatrt it alreadv wrousht ao -:.'., ieace'i into furioua artioa aad Ward of Prov with partv af aaaaral youatt ma aad tkev took tha wet aad fainting woman aad mra aa eloaa ai the boat could to to the ahore. The hallow water made .it aeeeaearr for Mr. Schneider to wade ia and earry the women aahoro. All wera taken to the Kfhnoider homo and from there went to Lehi in automobilae, eatchinf traiaa for Salt Lake. Tha body of Mine Vera Browa wai tka oniv ona of tha ail that waa reamed rea-med trora th water yealerdav. It wai taken from tha water by tha Riri fnther and by him tied to the mail. After recoverinc from the Hrat ahot-k of tha traaic bo. Una accident, In which i i j , ;'-; O. K. CLABKB. Wh did pock aaa other from . drowning. under. All af us deserted the little boat, snd fourteen got hold of the bis boat. I then assisted Miss Olive Ns lor to the mwhoat and tried to pull It toward the bis boat, so that I could ball It out. if possible. I "I helleve Ihst the host turned at HV1 o'clock In the moniitk:. as tov watch I stopped at I'M oYI-n k. H e wer rea-I rea-I cued at about 1 Is o'cUKk, as near as I can say. "After the boat turned over we rode i safely on the re, k fur about an hour. ! W were not floating toward the shore. I Ws seemed to be aiatioitary. There i seemed to be no possibility that we would "ever reach the shor. Thre wss no other in slsht. Our position was ha sard mis in th extreme. V were becoming week and were terribly chilled bv the water. "Then we held a kind of council, and It wss suggested that ws attempt to right the bost. We exerted all our strength, snd the boat was rl shied, bat ths water snaked sails ovwrtaiancad It and It whipped clear over. Iyln on the other side, but It whipped back Instantly into Us origins)! position. "It wss then that the Kenwmhed victims vic-tims btgan to slip off la their death, it |