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srwerdmissing boat capsizes4Dick Eliason makes it safelv to beachA third hunting tragedy in ten davs rocked Sitkans late yester day with word of the drowning of Howard Trent. 35, when his 14-foot runabout capsized opposite the entrance of No Thoroughfare Bay.tried to rouse him.Eliason held his companion up as long as he could, then in desperation when he could not keep himself afloat any longer, let him go. He then tied the rubberhoses of the gas tanks from the boat and half-swam, half floatedto the beach 150 yards away.His shout- for help aroused Gail Bagley, on duty at the pulp mill guard shack across the bay on the highway. Bagley telephoned Cecil McClain of the SitkaTrent and Richard Eliason had Sportsmen’s Search and Rescue been hunting in the Camp Coo- i/nit reporting a boat appeared to gan area and were going toward be capsizt 1 and a man was shout*SilverBay, with Eliason run- jng for help.ning the boat. The boat capsized, throwing both into the water. E-teleplioned Tri-Wayliason. who came up under the boat, dove and swam to the surface and grabbed Trent, who appeared to be unconscious, andfastrunof Streets i parking banSc Pulp Co. they 40x80 buildimcould obtain arat a cost of between $4500 and $6,000, and the plumbing, heating and erection had been taken care of. Council granted permission to use the city owned lot on Seward street. Mr. Schultz said*he hoped to get assistance from local organiza-tions to provide the funds over the $1,000 the Teen Age Club already has for the building.rafher WatkinsMcClain Marina, where he knew aboat was available, asking help. Harvey Williams, who had just tied up his boat, went to the scene and rescued Eliason from the beach. The Tri-Way Marina boat was next on the scene, within 15 minutes of the time of the first phone call.Eliason was taken to the pulpmill by boat, then brought to Sitka Community hospital by Mr. McClain. He was incoherent, drenched and cold, and suffering •from shock and exposure. Later in the evening, after treatment, he was released and was able to go to his home.Trent, a resident of Sitka since 1;G7. is survived by his wife, Charlotte, at present visiting her mother, Yaliie Blair, at Terre Haute, Indiana; two sons, Larry, 7, ,md David, 5; his mother, Mrs. Stella Skaris and his brother. Walter Trent, all of Sitka. .Mrs. Trent, her mother and the two boys are leaving Terre I!, it. lt;j the first available plane and are expected to arrive herestrickenGARY. Ind..t. fttherjinctt a \ k? Wtomorrow after-The Rev JohnKenriicth Watkins, 49, vvho \vus a hn.lvmissiionary in Ketchikart. A1V W » Vh.I 1» Vh it toftI* Q ) f f 1 H » Trv« • lUL I *11of Chris this fall, odist HoA!an v!immnoon.Thi- morning over 25 boats par-livipate : in the search for Trent'swith frankly very little hope s recovery because of the le curate receediag tide at the time of theChurch Episcopal* 4lied of cancer in »ital to lav.here capsizing.MothHoward Trent was born at Pas-i .ena, California on July 29, 1923. At er graduating from Sitka high school, he spent three yearsin the navy, being dischargedwith the rank of machinist’sfirst class. His marriage hero April 11. 1949.JulyiU *huiive Ol L»ansioru. raa graduate of Yale University, hehad previously served in parishes in Schenectady and Albany, N.Y., and Jim Thorpe, Pa.The funeral will be at 9:30 A.M. tomorrow' followed bv cremation.maiek plaHeworkeihad fished in this area, i for several years on theColdest wenthe n plains arearcity of Sitka police force and more recently was the owner and operator of Trent’s Chevron Service Station and adjoining apartments just outside the city limits .in Sawmill Creek Road.Iy The Associated Press The nation's midsection shiverIlis deaththe thirdin achain of tragedies which occurred ed in the coldest weather of the in the past ten days — arousedseason today. Bone-chillinthe sympathy of the whole community. Three men were lost on a hunting trip when their boat ern plains and upper Mississippi capsized ten days ago andj winds up to 60 M.P.H. whistled across the north-valley. Snow blanketed wide a-reas in the Rockies and northern midwest areas but falls diminished as the storm moved east and southward during the night. However, blizzard warnings were in effect •hiring thenight in eastern North Dakota andnorthern Minnesota.fourth died in an accidentalshooting Sunday.Tren had been active in the A-merican Legion, having served as commander of the Sitka post. He also was a member of the Sitka Moose Lodge and SitkaElks Lod
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Wed, Nov 26, 1958
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