After reaching the shore, Minnie says she saw the two boys locked in each others arms, and the two younger girls also had hold of each other, and the larger girl was sinking. John Fougere called out to his sister, to tell his mother he was trying to swim ashore. The girl hastened to her home, where she arrived in about two hours. She still heard those in the water screaming for help after she left the lake. A large search party left for the scene of the accident, but when they reached the lake there was nothing to be seen, and owing to the lateness of the hour, search for the bodies had to be abandoned till the morning.
Much sympathy is felt for the parents who are nearly distracted.
Mrs. Fougere wired the sad news to her husband, who is in Rumford Falls, Maine. Return to St.