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Show McmU-n of the Gr.uul Comity Jeep lWc worked Tiusil.iy to construct con-struct a fence whuli was stnulud across tin- Colorado River near Lions Tark with the hojx: of catchint; the bodies of three men presumed pre-sumed drowned after an accident in Wcstwaicr Canyon. Members of the l'osse air manning; the fence 24 hours per day. Assistance in the effort was given by Midland Telephone, Crand County, which furnished the Army Duck in the foreground, Atlas Minerals, TGS and many others. Hunting Trio Lose' m TuMent River Three Green Kiver men are still .missing and presumed pre-sumed drowned after their boat eapsi-ed in turbulent Westwater Canyon shortly short-ly after noon Sunday. A fourth man. Rex Christen-sen, Christen-sen, also of Green River, was able to swim to safety and reported the incident to Mrs. Raymond Rose, who notified authorities. The men had been hunting hunt-ing in the Dolores Triangle Tri-angle area and were coming com-ing down the river with two deer in their boat when the accident occurred. occur-red. After Christensen swam to shore, he reportedly report-edly saw one of the men clinging to the upturned raft. Sheriff W.H. Bowman organized or-ganized the Grand County Jeep Posse which traveled travel-ed to the area to aid in the ground search for the men. In addition many citizens cit-izens of Green River, as well as the Emery County Jeep Posse were on hand to aid in the search. A helicopter he-licopter and a plane piloted pilot-ed by Jim Hurst were also used throughout the day on Monday. Monday evening members mem-bers of the search party had located the raft and the carcasses of the two deer which had been on board but no sign of the men was found. A fence was then put across the river near the Rose ranch to catch the men if their bodies were yet above that area. Missing and presumed drowned are R. C. Shenil, 23. Robert II i; libs and l.a-mar l.a-mar Greenhalgh, both about -10. Tuesday morning Sheriff Sher-iff Bowman once again Mr. Cook stated that following fol-lowing the Thanksgiving week, the Board would resume re-sume its frequent meeting schedule, and will meet next with the medical staff of the hospital to further acquaint themselves them-selves with the County hospital operation and attending at-tending problems. Members of the Board who met this week were Mr. Cook, Ray Branscom, John Knop, and Sam Taylor. Tay-lor. Member Jack Riley is currently a patient at the hospital, but plans to meet with the Board at ita next meeting. flew the area, this time with Royal Hotter of Ilub-Air Ilub-Air Flying Service, but saw no sign of the men. Members of the Grand County Jeep Posse worked to erect another fence, It his one near the Moab boat dock. Both fences are being manned 24 hours a 'I iv and this will continue contin-ue until some sign of the men if found, stated the Sheriff. Aiding in the effort at the fence near Moab has been Midland Telephone Company which installed a telephone on the site to provide communications. Utah Power and Light Company installed the anchors an-chors which are being used us-ed to stabilize the fence. The National Park Service provided a boat to carry the fence across the river and Atlas Mineral provided provid-ed a generator to give lighting in the area. Texas Tex-as Gulf Sulphur provided cable to hold the fence in place. As of early Wednesday imorning no new reports were available. Sheriff's department officials did say, however, that if nothing no-thing is found in the next teveral days, the river will once again be flown and boats will be sent to search the area between Moab and Dewey Bridge. |
