| Show PLEASANT GROVE DETAILS HAUs I OF SAD SAl DROWNING I 1 t Statement of ot Joseph Jacob Death of ot if Mrs irs ra Special Correspondence Pleasant Grove Utah Co 70 Fob Feb 10 To correct Impressions Hint that were veto respecting tho the recent drowning In iii ProVo river tile tha News lm has halt been requested to Hive give e space to 10 tho the following statement concerning the etui cad affair through which Mrs Nerden lost lo t ther her lift life The rho accident happened at nt Carters dugway not through carelessness neRl but through the tIme solIcitude of ot Mr Nerden to alleviate his suffering from ruin toothache At Al the critical moment ho h attempted to arrange the Iho quIlt to tomake tomako tomake make mako her moro more comfortable Tho The box was thrown from the tho bobs and all par parIlea Ilea from the tho box Mr Ir my myself myself myself self were nullon a II shelving foun toun foundation dation rock about eight feet teel below the tho level leel of the tue road roaul and anti Mrs Nerden was thrown Into the stream Mr Nerden antI and myself were both stunned by J the fall fail had I rolled roiled Into Inlo the stream In It my condition two deaths would have hao been recorded In Instead Instead stead of ot one When 1 regained con consciousness consciousness the tile lady was nt at least 30 yards below us in the center of at tho the narrow swift running stream At A soon na ns his condition rendered It possible Mr 11 Nerd Nerden n climbed up the tho bank and ran below to rescue his hili wife but bUl she sho had hod disappeared As soon goon as nA asI asI I 1 recovered I 1 got gol back on tho the road and also ulso ran below thinking that she sho would float but her body dill did not raise ralso to the thu surface after Riter disappearing As AI Mr Mm t Nerden saw he could not save nave hi his hili wife alone olony ho lie went vent for tor or assistance and nit did thu nil all that was as possible to rescue her It was three quarters of an hour before any help arrived to search for tor or tho the body and when It was wa found life had flown JOSEPH JOS lH JACOB JACOn |
