The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-24
CALAMITY .TInRrEES
LIVES LOST Al LYNNTIILDl

A Hp-i mri1n7lI1ly r1tH7rUptc 07cUucd
at lyuuhrld un Thursday afternoon, ni lasl
week. Tho pnu.ruars 81 Wr learn lim lhp
Boston Mali, were briefly a- iu'lows 4 large
party, connected mostly with t'r lir.t Chris
ian NorIriyt Row M T. H. Currrr)uf Lynn,
proceeded Yesterday Ca lNuuhrld ou % Pic
uir rtruriDu, selecting convenient spot uu
lhe huiIen Ola Lu4u.iltl pond, Hoir thp
lyuuGrll House.
Ahuul 2 p'clp k0pluy ofwcuy five went
nu board large fUl-hpltumrl rpW lpit, lur
400 oNruriuupu tho pond. When about 100
Nulf luu lbe Shore hy some accident uIi
rsFh.url, fhr boat up.ut and hugirrn 90 llr
w.ly vrro durvui.
1lr MlUuug wrthr muws 81 lh~c los
ly tlie Lrr1-rudius clH-iruphof Robert
ehurUiT aud wilr prruiIy married md ou
visit tu itioUir 300 lam, They brluun a.
MIwlT Alr Mar, Howard and daughter,
Mar, .lur. Nlr Howard wa. WiG, nf Mil
n. Howard ul eugut TIC mother and child
were taken FROM tlrWuirr dead, aud clasp
rl Boo each uihrra arms A,-s Catherine H.
Adams, aged 80 years, belonging 60 tliia city,
Nj Mary J., Aluus, aged ~ ycig-, hc'uu1-
90 iiis civ, Mir M1ry 4 Juhu-uurf l.'lri-
. scy utcr, hing yuuur lady, Miss Eliza
Young of Mlrhrhelda Young hdy un b.
o. t1 uiruds Zoo l5uu, Mr. MglimDlc Alley
uf Lyml, aged ts. The interesting childuu
uf SIR Joshua Garland Of Lynn, aged q and
ypr. Two daughters ul NJ Ephwim liruwu,
or Lyuu, Whose ages Wc did uu, lraru, Mo
Maria ChccNrr, 81 Lynn, All lhc bodies bad
hrru recovered, c,rrpt tWu Mis- Ohrr'er
and thc daughter ut Mr. A. .lohu.on
\ CORE. pnudrut OF the Transcript Furnish
r- the following additional plrtiaulars \ par
o. ul about 100 person, from Lynn Hul Siu-
rttg cnnlr here ON uu cVrur-iun of p,oi.urr--
Atjrr having taken their dinner IA picnic
style, ia the beautiful grove which skirts the
iHEc, they ohWluCi q paddle hnlt ANA anus
ed lhcmsglyrs las cruising around the rhnlr',
and the island in the pond. several dIilcr-
cnt companies Of the party had made cVrur-
sinns' iu IL with safety, Int hit lat cumpouN
met with n most terrible catastrophe. lwru-
t,-h,o persons were or board the boat when
Il len the shore. 4. they approached the Is
land the paddle threw some water on one side
ol the dock; the company then passed tn the
other side, this caused that side 20 Ice wcti
they then crossed back again. Tbs was done
several imc,, Is this sudden change Of pu-
stion they set the boat rocking SOME Of the
plrty becoming frightened got upon the seats,
this made the boat dip more They uow W-
came pluic-,liickcu, and ~ one side went
down into thc.,atpr, some of the party sp1ng
upon the wheel housc, which was ia Tho cen
'irt OF the boat, wien, unfortunately, the boat
was completely cap-izcl, bottom up. Mr.
Jonathan larlOV succeeded IN getting on the
bottum olthe bout, aud though lac could not
swim, lac succeeded IN saving plumber Of
lives. \ man aud boy that could sWim,sirip-
ped themselves aud swami 10 the shore, Al
though the bolt Wa. near the shore IN ,m-
vt cove ut The isllnd, vet ~ lives Wrrr lost
The boat MAS consiruetcd Ly -enNer'np 81"
dorics with dock, and placing q ptdllr
whc, worked rs hand crank between thrm,
L. gi--.l. -L--4i-A--.--i-i-!
thlt II was slic for fourteen persons. have
t.rn told that thirty urrruuv hnvr ui'r ,'N-
ursiou, upon IL ~ once with safety, aud tai.
party would ha,cmri with unacridcnt itthvl
had kept still II Va, the rocking that caus-
cd the palamitnus result