Show SWOllEN SOLLEN UTAH UTAH- RIVER CLAIMS liVES Of TWO TO Hank Hanl Stewart Thomas McKenna Lost In Green River OURAY Utah May 18 Two 18 Two men drowned in the swollen waters wa- wa tors ers of Green river Tuesday y while their heir wives looked on helplessly from rom the shore Hank Stewart about 70 veteran vetran vet- vet ran eran rancher of Willow creek sec sec- section tion ion about six miles southwest of here lere and Thomas McKenna 25 ranch anch hand on the Stewart ranch were caught by the swirling waters waters wa- wa ers when their boat capsized in midstream Sea Searching ching parties hastily organized organized or or- here at Roos Roosevelt velt and at Vernal when the two women spread pread the alarm arm sought the bodes bodies bod bed len ies es Tuesday by boat and shore patrols Sheriff Emery Johnston of f Uintah county was In charge of f the search The two men crossed the river abou abou 1030 a. a m. m Tuesday to bring ring back a heavy cultivator from rom a neighboring ranch Mrs Stewart and Mrs McKenna accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied them to the river but did id n not t enter the boat On the return re- re turn urn trip the women told Sheriff Johnston Johnston the swirling current caught aught the boat made by bythe y the cultivator and capsized it Neither the boat nor the two men reappeared the women said Search for the bodies continued until late in the evening and willbe will willbe wille be e resumed Wednesday officers said aid Mr Stewart who had ranched in n the Uintah Basin most of his life fe is survived by his widow and anda a daughter Mrs Eva Ashton of Vernal former American Legion Auxiliary state head Tribune |