Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-01-26 | Page 10 | Mules Drown under Ice; Driver Escapes

MUlES DROWN UNDER ICE DRIVER ESCAPES S Special to Th Ti The Telegram PROVO Jan While crossing Utah lake ke over tho the ic Ice with a team of or mules nn hail and a aagon wa wagon agon on load o of baled hay yesterday yester ter- ter I day lay afternoon Roy Hurst Ilum had hd a n narrow escape from rein death and the tho mules mule wagon I and hay bay were vere lost IoL Hurst wa was U hauling hay from M Moida lda to Provo Pro TOV cros ou on the tho tee lee which 1 II about nh sixteen n thick and end had hail reached a point about midway between tho the two shores lear lag n a ru rumbling and antI crackling be behind be be- hind him Hurst Hurtt r turned and saw tho the ico Ice breaking behind him lIe He lathed tho the mules s and I taped ped to the Uie Ice and ran raa to safety S.-fety while tho mules and outfit disappeared under the tha ice Hurst st hastened to Provo a aa quickly as a's possible i and nd ted his loss loes telephoning n to to Ie stop other teamsters who w were about to attempt the Journey The breaking br of ot the ice i is 11 thought ht b by men familiar with the lake Inko to havo have b been en caused by air pressure eert exerted from below boL be bo- L low the Ice It u has beon been customary to f cros r Sf e Miho the lake lako at this season seiso with au au- or loaded boded wagons Thin Thia Is th thI the first accident of or tho the kind reported The I team and outfit o owned by I A. I J. J Stewart of or Provo was valued at