Show george lang drowned george lang was drowned in the virgin rive at the for aorl I 1 near berry springs about 11 a rr sunday oct I 1 he ile and dive dave moss left this city that mor for the of g ing hor horseback to berry springs when they came to the ford the river was in flood floods so they othey waited nearly two hours for ti tie e river to subside so that it would he be safe to cross moss mos en the river first and had bad n t g t a q 1 arter of the way acres acrs when I 1 in ina q horse boiled bolted p idt linn him alpar bentiv ei ed na hen the berry springs ide of the river ling fell off his horse w which aich h id cor tin aed plunging all the way across miss it this time being about the ini idle of the crossing mr moss sava says that lang fell off on the up tream side of the horse was wash ed ed under it and went down stream without a struggle only appearing in sight once bick upward about 10 feet from where he tell fell off mr moss went to the bank and rushed down stream as far as the cliff which prevented him going farther in the hope of saving lang but did wf no see him again the water was not more than three feet deep where lang fell off but was wag flowing swiftly it is supposed that long lang was either kicked by the horse or was deal deai from heart failure when he fell off he suffered with his heart and the excitement may have ca caused used its stoppage mr air moss made his way to the newest telephone and sent word to this city A number of men went to the river and watched for the body they watched all sunday night with lanterns 4 but the body was as not recovered until about 11 a in monday when it was found with the arms and legs buried on a sandbar about yards below the field dam george B lang was born at st george march 2 1862 was married to ann baker on his birthday and is survived bur by three sons two oi of whom ai aie e married one daughter married and seven grandchildren he ile was a quiet neighborly man and much sympathy la is felt for his bereaved relatives at his sudden death funeral servi services ees were held at the tabernacle wednesday prea pres E 1 H 1 snow prea pres thos P catam eld er A N I 1 winsor and bishop jamea james mcarthur faering ff ering words of consola tion to the bereal bereaved d f imily and re interment was made in the city |