| Show i ARMY EARMY OF FRIENDS HUNT hiNT FOR BODES BODIES t I t Every Effort Efort Being eing Made 1 to Find Victims of Bear River Drowning I- I MAY OPEN FLOOD GATES t Relatives of William Wilam Preston Prest n and Solon Barber of Lo Logan Logan Lo- Lo gan gati Arrive Arrve to Assist Assist Republican Special Ser jc Service Logan Logn Aug 14 At H.-At At a n late hour to tonight tonight tonight to- to night nothing has baa has been seen soen oC ot the thc I bo bodies les of or William WIlam B B. B Preston Jr and Solon Barber Barbel drowned b by a a gasoline launch capsizing at the railroad bridge e near Cache Junction last night Dur- Dur Dut- Dut In ng the night a guard was sta stationed at al atthe atthe the he wagon bridge quarters three of ot o amile n a nm m mile below where the tho accident hapP happened hap Imp P ned and a n tight screen een cren lowered Into the he water under the bridge At daybreak today larg I crow crowds s gathered to do what th they y could to restie res- res cite tie t the bodies but the efforts of about 60 people dredging blasting mind and dlIn diring dl dir dir- In ing ng all nI day long Ions has been to no al a avail I except that the boat boot was found at noon toda today It I had bad drifted d downstream downstream about COO 60 f feet ct A piece or of f oilcloth nn and a tin tn can n that were wele in n th tho boat hoat were found during the thc day by jy Boo Boor r Pr Preston ton the thA olt oldest st tho the Boo drown man nian man about three miles mies below below be he- low 10 the railroad id bridge at nt the power in De Bear r nh River flIter r canyon Several oral Se eral men were stationed along the river tonight anda an a close guard will wi bo be kept opt at th the dam tam to seo that I Ithe the b bodies lOdieS do 10 not go JO over o and get got Into I Ithe the tho swift waters water of or the canyon below May Ia Open Floodgates It I is thought that th the river ri which Is about on average a Q of 20 O feet deep can be hc about live five feet b bt raisIng raising raising rais rais- ing cn the tho head gate in the tho th canyon An An Investigation of or this mol matter will wi betaken be betaken he taken up the first thing timing in the time morning morn morn- ing big and If it the tho water can be lowered It will ivill go far for toward determining determining whether I the bodies have ha c drifted with the tho current an and lodged on the tho brush hrush along time the banks s of the rl river r. r Apparatus for dredging and arid experts for their manipulation came in ln from Salt SnIt Lake tonight It I Is thought with wih this assistance that th tIme the bodies will wi In li ill all ni probability be located tomorrow A V largo large e number of relatives have come conic comen comeIn In n during d tho the day from different parts of jf tIme the state slate anon among whom are arc Lyman R n. n Martineau Moyle Joyle Piper Gowans Gowan Farrell and anti others from Salt Sal Lake ako CI City The wives of oC both hoth victims of the tIme sad ad and accident ent are nearly prostrated have lave not let their homes since Ince hearing the he awful news Jim Williams a 3 Salt Lake policeman police police- man nan who has lias had much experience living diving for bodies will wl reach Logan Lorn Thursday to work along the river near he the thE sc scene ne of the tho drowning He lie le is an export expert diver and much Is expected of or ofila his ila efforts L |
