Idaho Statesman, published as The Idaho Daily Statesman
September 17, 1940 page 1
Reservoir Hides Three Men's Fate
POCATELLO--Peace officers and private citizens were conducting an intensive search of American Falls Reservoir Monday evening for three men feared to have been drowned when their boat capsized.
The boat was sighted bottom-up in the middle of the reservoir Monday afternoon by Earl Hansen, who saw the craft from a plane.
The three missing men Jack DeLatour, 35; James Toomey, 22, both of Pocatello; and Harry Eller, 25, of Coulee City, Wash., left Sunday afternoon for an outing on the reservoir.
Failure of the three to return home was reported to Elmer Terry, deputy sheriff, and search was started immediately.
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Idaho Statesman, published as The Idaho Daily Statesman
September 24, 1940 page 7
TWO BODIES RECOVERED
POCATELLO--The body of Harry Eller, 25, of Coulee City, Wash., was brought from the waters of American Falls Lake Monday, leaving only Jack Delatour, 33, of Pocatello, still missing from a party of three boatman who drowned Sept. 15. Earl E. Hansen, Pocatello flier, sighted the body of James Toomey, 24, of Pocatello, floating off the east shore of the reservoir Sunday. It was recovered.
September 17, 1940 page 1
Reservoir Hides Three Men's Fate
POCATELLO--Peace officers and private citizens were conducting an intensive search of American Falls Reservoir Monday evening for three men feared to have been drowned when their boat capsized.
The boat was sighted bottom-up in the middle of the reservoir Monday afternoon by Earl Hansen, who saw the craft from a plane.
The three missing men Jack DeLatour, 35; James Toomey, 22, both of Pocatello; and Harry Eller, 25, of Coulee City, Wash., left Sunday afternoon for an outing on the reservoir.
Failure of the three to return home was reported to Elmer Terry, deputy sheriff, and search was started immediately.
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Idaho Statesman, published as The Idaho Daily Statesman
September 24, 1940 page 7
TWO BODIES RECOVERED
POCATELLO--The body of Harry Eller, 25, of Coulee City, Wash., was brought from the waters of American Falls Lake Monday, leaving only Jack Delatour, 33, of Pocatello, still missing from a party of three boatman who drowned Sept. 15. Earl E. Hansen, Pocatello flier, sighted the body of James Toomey, 24, of Pocatello, floating off the east shore of the reservoir Sunday. It was recovered.
Idaho Statesman, published as The Idaho Daily Statesman
September 17, 1940 page 1
Reservoir Hides Three Men's Fate
POCATELLO--Peace officers and private citizens were conducting an intensive search of American Falls Reservoir Monday evening for three men feared to have been drowned when their boat capsized.
The boat was sighted bottom-up in the middle of the reservoir Monday afternoon by Earl Hansen, who saw the craft from a plane.
The three missing men Jack DeLatour, 35; James Toomey, 22, both of Pocatello; and Harry Eller, 25, of Coulee City, Wash., left Sunday afternoon for an outing on the reservoir.
Failure of the three to return home was reported to Elmer Terry, deputy sheriff, and search was started immediately.
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Idaho Statesman, published as The Idaho Daily Statesman
September 24, 1940 page 7
TWO BODIES RECOVERED
POCATELLO--The body of Harry Eller, 25, of Coulee City, Wash., was brought from the waters of American Falls Lake Monday, leaving only Jack Delatour, 33, of Pocatello, still missing from a party of three boatman who drowned Sept. 15. Earl E. Hansen, Pocatello flier, sighted the body of James Toomey, 24, of Pocatello, floating off the east shore of the reservoir Sunday. It was recovered.
September 17, 1940 page 1
Reservoir Hides Three Men's Fate
POCATELLO--Peace officers and private citizens were conducting an intensive search of American Falls Reservoir Monday evening for three men feared to have been drowned when their boat capsized.
The boat was sighted bottom-up in the middle of the reservoir Monday afternoon by Earl Hansen, who saw the craft from a plane.
The three missing men Jack DeLatour, 35; James Toomey, 22, both of Pocatello; and Harry Eller, 25, of Coulee City, Wash., left Sunday afternoon for an outing on the reservoir.
Failure of the three to return home was reported to Elmer Terry, deputy sheriff, and search was started immediately.
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Idaho Statesman, published as The Idaho Daily Statesman
September 24, 1940 page 7
TWO BODIES RECOVERED
POCATELLO--The body of Harry Eller, 25, of Coulee City, Wash., was brought from the waters of American Falls Lake Monday, leaving only Jack Delatour, 33, of Pocatello, still missing from a party of three boatman who drowned Sept. 15. Earl E. Hansen, Pocatello flier, sighted the body of James Toomey, 24, of Pocatello, floating off the east shore of the reservoir Sunday. It was recovered.
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