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Show HIGH TII1D -STOPS SEARCH FOHODIES Dirintf Salts From Navy Yard Expected Here Tomorrow To-morrow Morning. Owing to high winds that. swept over the north end of Utah lake athis morning bo attempt was made today to recover the ' bodice of Edward O. Holmes, Benjamin W. Raymond a ad his Are-year old son, Sherwood. Hour after hour the aearchera waited at the pumping plant with everything ia readineee to continue the eesreh and with the hope every minute that the wind would dron to that thev would be able once more to go to work on their gruesome task. But up to 1:30 o'clock the wind had not died down, and there was no use in making any attempt to And the three bodies. - The fleet is ia the persons 1 ehsrge of 8 he riff Judd of Utsh county, and orders or-ders have been given that none other than members of the searching party - - ihttt go To that Ttnrt of th 4k wher the bodiee are supposed to lie. - Last night A. . Bod wet I and Kd ward D. MrMullin. two of the members of the ill fated party, went to the west shore of the lake to assist in the search. They are still there and will aid the searchers st the first opportunity, in giving directions aa to the nearest possible pos-sible point where the dead may be found. Among the party that are waiting for the wind to die down are George Brown, a sob of ( apt. Edwia G. Brown, Oeorge sad James Madssn nod Jacob Wsstfsll, all experienced men in the handling of boots oa ths lake. Information was received in this citr this afternoon thai, the diving suits are oa their way from ban Francisco, and should reach this city tomorrow morning. These suits corns at the request re-quest of Governor 8prv. H. H. Dukes, a professional diver, who has bad win of exrterience In deep sea diving, is la Halt Lske City and will take up the work of trying to locate th bodies as soon ns the diving suits arrive. It wss suffgesteH to Mr. Dukes that something might b fixed up her for him to mske the first attempt, but he declined. In a few words he announced that he knew what a diving suit was as used by the government, and that with ttteh a suit he did not care whether . the water was ten or a hundred feot deep. He wss confident that be could locate the bodies, rnoorai at rirst Metbodiit Final arrangements for the funeral of Frank, Vera and Helen Brown, son and daagkters of ('apt. Edwin G. Brown, were completed this afternoon. Ths funeral will bo held from the First Methodist church at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The services will be in charge of Rev. Francis Bnrgetto Hhort, who will be assisted by Bishop Heber Irerson and Bishop M. 8. Wool ley. Sbould the body of Mr. Holmes be foaod this afteraooo or tomorrow mora in it will be harried to this city sad plsced in th si me grnv with Vera Brown, to whom be wag to have been married Juao l. Wind Waa rnatteb, Th meat peculiar and by all odds the fleroest wind that I ever experienced." aaid F. W. Matthewa. "waa that which struck us at the pumping plant at I'tsh lake laat Hunday nWnlng. It lasted for only a minute or two, but during that time we had all that we could do to k p from being blown I n t t h river. Had we not laid prone upon the ground I believe every one of our party would have bee swept Into the river, so strung waa the wind. A. J. Charon, who was In the Matthews party, said: "Never In my life hav I been In suck a gust of wtnd aa that which swept ovr the pumping plant at I'tah lak" Bunday morning. Four of us were sitting on the wst bank, fishing1 Mr. Matthews. Ptm Wright, another man and mveelf. Without a second's warning the wind struck us. It waa all that we could do to hold our places, though we wnre seated on the bank. I should Judge that the wind did not last for more than half a minute, but H wss followed later by a steady breese. Frsnk Matthews remarked re-marked after the first gust had passed. " 'WslL if anything like that were to strike a boat on the lake, H would be all oft with the boat.' "Th gust came abeat 11:10, from th northwest, and swept across the laks to the south ' These statements confirm the story of Capt. Ed win O. Brown yesterday afternoon, aft-ernoon, that the guat that caps I sod the III fated Gall! Runday morning was ths moat peculiar that he had ever experl-. experl-. enced. Captain Brow a aaid that he was snout to lower tha sail on the boat whan the wind etruofc It and the sal! waa whipped to the tow f I he mast and the boat overturned. |