Show cling to rowboat 10 hours four drowned drown e fishing trip comes to an eni en in tragic manner ST MARYS MARY S OHIO two broth broil t ers who clung for or 10 hours to a bos bol in lake st marys before they wet rescued reported that four our bishin companions lost their grip on tt th capsized boat and drowned the story of the tragedy was n by roger lee 34 and hi brother harry D 32 ot of linn ohio who ho were pulled from tt th wind lashed lake by rescue partie all ali day a heavy wind muffle their cries ol of distress as they dim clim to the slippery sides ot of the one by one the men lost their 0 first the older ones and san lag into the lake but the lee brothel managed to hold out those drowned were harry I 1 lee 53 of lima father of 0 the U L brothers george gawson 60 i head river ore and his sons sam ji seph 32 a student at wheaton co lege wheaton ill and paul 40 i 1 the veterans hospital at indiana olis oils the survivors were taken to lima hospital where they wet nei treated tor for severe sunburn and ei e kosure roger lee said the men rente two boats and set out to the of the acre lake to fish heavy wind churned the lake tn th hours later and they headed ft fo I 1 shore 6 roger lee was in the lead boa bo L with his brother harry and ceora gawson looking back they sa that the other boat had capsizes they rowed back and picked ii i the elder lee the two boat con of the elder lee clung I 1 the side of roger lees boat but an hour later roger lee r n his boat also capsized a an all six ol of them were clinging to 11 sides after tour four or five hours the eldi lee and the elder gawson lost the grips but the younger men divi in after them and pulled thern them bac to the side of the boat finally the older men dro drowned ane leaving the four younger men holi hol ing to the boat paul gawson went down t hours later just a few minutes before the re ie cue parties arrived joseph gaws slipped exhausted into the water |