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Show BATHER AT SALTAIR DIES AMIDST BIG LAUGHING CROWD D: A. Erans of JacKson, 0 Strang While Float-ing Float-ing in the LaKe. V?tilla hundreda of happy bathers war laughing and splashing about in the almost al-most perfectly smooth surfaced lake at Saltalr yesterday afternoon about oVlock. a tourist was floating, face downward, down-ward, dying within ten feet of the end of the bathhouKe row. He was beyond all hope of rescue before any men realised real-ised his predicament, and though hia heart waa still flickering ever so weakly when he was placed on the platform, he waa as good as dead then and never showed any signs of recovery- t- A. Evans, general manager of the Emery Coal company of Jackson. O.. waa tbe victim. vic-tim. He, with Mrs. Evsns aiT his nephew, D. sf. Beaman. of Thurman. O.. started June I for Han Francisco to attend the Sunday ecliool convention, and arrived In Salt Lake City Saturday night. The three went to RaJtalr yesterday, but Mra. Evans Ev-ans and Mr. Beaman did not feel well and did not go Into the water, arranging to meet Mr. Evans on the train leaving the resort at 7:ld. " They got seats on that train and were watching for Mr. Uvans when they beard some one talking of the drowning of a stranger. Just then the cornea was carried car-ried by on a atretcher to be brought to Salt Ijike. Mrs. Kvans and Mr. Beaman left Ilia car and hurried up to the dead maji. the widow then making the discovery discov-ery that It waa her husband. Sha swooned In the arms of Mr. Beaman. Mr. Evane' body waa abeolutely mo-tlonleaa mo-tlonleaa when rescuers reached him. He waa In the deeper water not frequented by bathers, being almost under the point where the platform leading to ahallow water Jolna the bathhouse platform at an angle of about thirty degrees. It Is supposed that he tried to get his feet down, but didn't touch bottom and got the heavy aait water In hia mouth and noae aa some beginners In the lake do the first time they try to touch bottom after floating. A bov large enough to know something waa floating within three feet of tbe dying man. but watched him aa leisurely and unconcernedly as he would watch a leaf floating on a stream. His presence and lack of excitement deceived some bathers who had noticed the man floating. float-ing. E. A. Vandeventer, who waa swimming swim-ming nearby, noticed the man floating with his head entirely submerged while his shoulders and hack bulged up out of the water, and though for a second deceived de-ceived bv the senseless boy's cslmness. he quickly realised the man's peril and started swimming toward him. at the same time veiling "Help." Frank L Gardner of the Gardner A Adams Co. started at tne same time, rte was a little farther away, but reached the man only a second or so after the first swimmer got there. Mr. Evans waa not moving a muscle and aa his head waa raised out of tha water the face waj Surple and bloated, there being every evle ence of death, w. C. Zeis and abou't ten other men heard the cries for help uttered ut-tered by T. DeWItt Footer and Dennla Murphy, who were on the platform, and hurried to the rescue. The big crowd of swimmers towed the strangled man to the neareat stairs, for It waa Impoeelble for moat of them to touch bottom there. Dr. Ira K. Humphrey end othero worked valiantly to bring back life, using Iniectione of strychnine and whisky, also working the arms and raising rais-ing the (Set higher than the head, but all eft arte failed even to get the least semblance sem-blance of consclnjsness. Th body of Mr. Evane will "be placed on a train for Jackaon. O.. at 4:10 o'clock thla afternoon, the arrangement having been completed by Undertaker B. W. Hall this morning. 0 This should be a lesson to all bather In the lake. With an abundance of ahel-low ahel-low water, warm and near the pier, with soft sand and aalt to wiggle one's toe In and every pleasure In swimming available, avail-able, there le no excuse for anv one going go-ing to deeper water and getting In a corner out of aight of most people. If all the bathers would stick to the shallow water and keen near the pier, rescue would not be .difficult when any one get choked with the heavy water. Another thing, the management of th resort would do well to hsve some warnings warn-ings and suggestions printed and tacked In every bathroom, pointing out to beginners begin-ners the danger of atrangulation. the advleabillty of remaining In shallow water and the folly of cutting up In th lake and trying to be cute. |