Emery County Progress | 1907-08-17 | Page 2 | Two Utah Men Drowned by Capsizing of Launch

pleasure party on bear R ver are dumped into the water and two were unable to reach shore logan utah one of the most dis accidents that has ever been reported in cad e valley a as the ac dental drowning tues lay even ing of william preston jr and solon barber both of whom were among the best known young men in his section of the state frank hebeker former district attorney ind his brother horace to ether with dr charles gowans ani roy S mcallister narrowly escaped the fate of preston and barber the six men ft ere riding on bear river near the benson district in a gasoline launch about 8 clod tues day night when they attempted to pass under a railroad bridge the launch struck one of tie supporting piles and turning over sank almost instantly the two Neb ekers gow ens and mcallister were thrown clear and managed to swim safely to shore preston and barber were it is be 1 eved caught under the launch As far as any member of the party knows neither came to the surface after the disaster the disaster has caused the gibat est distress in logan where barbar and preston were most highly regard ed preston is the son of W pres ton the presiding bishop of the mon chuich at salt lake he had been engaged in business here for some years barber was a blotner of A G barber former state senator he was connected by blood or mar nage with many nent cache valley families