Show Members of Faculty Have Wet WT et Time I I iOn On Upturned Boat in Great Salt Lake I Be Bc of good cheer Mi Miss Lutje- Lutje arms because in a short time we well we'll II at t dinner in a much hotter place tn an n this this' And Senor Lago in in- in of Spanish at the University meant it Vicious green rollers lashed with I foaming whitecaps were growing grO more and more turbulent The half- half light of evening was all but blotted out by the flying banks of clouds hurrying out of the west vest to beat with storm and wind the little party Hof of twelve who had huddled together for for seven hours on the bottom of an Upturned boat in the wastes of the Great Salt Lake According to Senor Lago one had to be of good cheer to keep from losing heart eart entirely on t the e ill-fated ill expedition c that left Saltair at ten ten- that thirty hirty o'clock Saturday bound for fora fora J a a picnic on Bird ird I Island When the party seventeen in all including the obtain captain tain and crew of Elsie K set setout out out t heavy seas were running but the ski skies s were fair and there was no in indication indication in- in on of the near fatal disaster vh which ch awaited them Every Everyone one was laughing and joking jok jok- ing fag says Mr Lago as the boat buckled down to the business of I Plowing ling thru the heavy salt water Y when nen en about ten miles from Salt Saltair ir I noticed that the rail on which I Was sitting was settling slowly into intoe the e t water I thought I 1 was responsible I sible jioie ble so moved to the other side but Sil ot it did not help at all Then I called lied to Captain Peterson and pointed point point- ed out the situation to him He was h at once n alarmed and md looked in into to the hold wo 0 of the ship Examination dis- dis L 9 v sed a holc hole nearly the size of a 5 man n n. n which had been torn by some snag nag from the burned peck k of Saltair f fI fr I r z t I The situation was at once serious and we were bus busy thinking of the dangers of that salty water when hen the captain shouted Every man for himself I She's II going goin down The Elsie K I rolled over twice sousing all of us When 1 I came up I saw five girls floundering in the set sea I 1 got both arms full and dragged dragged dragged drag drag- ged them to the upturned bottom of the boat and the rest managed to reach safety by their own efforts For the next seven hours he continues continues con con- they drifted like castaways on the wreck of the Elsie I K About two hours after the ship floundered I Captain Peterson disengaged a small rowboat from the wreck and with four other persons started off for Antelope Island He lie reached there at about four o 0 o'clock o'clock o clock secured the launch and md services services ices of B. B T. T Harris larris and returned to the stranded party just as the storm from the west was racing across the lake piling up huge waves and nd whitecaps The castaways were soon transferred transfer transfer- red to the launch and hurried to Saltair but due to the exceptionally high seas which made an tn approach to the pier impossible they were forced to cruise cruise about the rough waters waters waters wa wa- wa- wa until six the following ng morning before making a landing Mr La Lao Lago o says it was a great adventure adventure adventure ad ad- venture Now that its it's over with And he concludes I have sailed the hi high h seas all my life and my first shipwreck was on a little inland lake Ill I'll probably drown now jn a j plass Hlass lass of water l The rhe he picnic party included members members members mem mem- bers from the faculty and md student body of the University and of Westminster Westminster West Vest I minster College I |