The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-29 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY OCCU.R.RENCE AT DENNY

On the afternoon of Thursday last this town and neigh-
bourhood were thrown into a state of great excitement by
an accident of a most distressing character, whereby two
brothers, named respectively Thomas and Walter Pro, and
aged 12 and 6 years, met with a watery grave, and the life
of another (Arthur) was placed in almost imminent danger.
The Avon water, in which the boys were drowned, takes its
rise among the hills situated to the north-west of the parish
of Dunipace. Near to 300 yards below Herbertshire Print
Works, the Avon empties itself into the Carron, so that it
may be properly termed a tributary to that river. In ordi-
nary weather the Avon has the appearance of a small rivu-
let, but on occasions of heavy rains, such as that which was
experienced on the day in questicn, it comes down with
extraordinary impetuosity, and has been known to rise in a
very few hours to the height of four and five feet. It ap-
pears that about 4 o'clock in the afternoon several boys were
amusing themselves upon a channel bed on the banks of the
Avon. a little distance below the railway bridge, and that
their attention was unfortunately attracted to a quantity of
sticks which were being carried down the water, and that
Walter and Arthur Pro made an attempt to secure them.
In this it seems they were unsuccessful, and Walter (the
youngest), more determined than the others, waded
into the water after them, but had not gone far ere he
stumbled and fell headlong into the current. Arthur (who
is ten years of age), on observing this, bravely entered the
water for the purpose of rescuing his brother, but scarcely
had he ventured two yards when he was driven off his feet,
and swept after him whom he had risked his own life to
save. Both were carried down the stream for nearly forty
yards, where, happily, Arthur got hold of a tuft of grass,
and brought himself to the edge, where he got out, not a
great deal the worse. In the meantime, the younger brother
was being fast swept onwards, and the boys who were
present were doing all they could to save him. Near to
the Planting Mill Bridge, the little fellow managed to get
hold of the stump of a tree, and a boy, named Hard, made
a dash to catch him, but he was only in time to see his
companion lose his hold, through sheer exhaustion, and
once more carried off in the bosom of the surging waters.
The eldest brother, on perceiving this, climbed a stone
wall, nearly six feet high, which intervened, and, on the
other side, plunged into the water after his brother, but
only to meet the same fate, as he was overturned, and both
disappeared speedily afterwards. One of the two boys who
witnessed the scene says that he saw them "tumbling
doon the water thegither," so that it is more than probable
the one would seize the other, in which case it is con-
jectured that both would contribute to each other's
destruction, as is very often the case in instances similar
to the present. An alarm was instantly raised, and a
large concourse of persons collected, who at once adopted
measures for ascertaining the whereabouts of the two boys.
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vestigated, and latterly the Carron. A little after nine in
the morning, the body of the younger boy was found in the
" inch," near Donovan Printworks, and fully a quarter of
a mile from the place where the accident occurred. It was
lying in a bush, and, so far as we can ascertain, there are
no bruises on it, with the exception of a scratch upon the
head, The other body has not been found. The utmost
expressions of sympathy and commiseration are evinced
towards the mother of the two unfortunate boys, who is a
widow, and is, we understand, in very poor circumstances.
Falkirk Herald.
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