The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-08
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the possibility Of saving them. One
LADY saw her husband sink snd lose
his life, whilO two sisters were sending
forth piercing screams and calling on
the people to save their brother. He
was drowned, and the two ladies were
taken away in tho most pitfablo state,
aud sent to their home in cab. shsrt-
ly after four o'clock strong body Of
the j division ofpolioe, and an addi-
tional number Of icsmen fron Hyde
Park, arrived, but too late to rondor
ANY hidexcept IN gottfng out the bod
isG Of those drowned, 4RE thS persons
alive having by this time been rescued
and taken to the tent. Some had suf-'
fered SIMPLY from the immersion and
fright, but forty were lying more or
less exhausted 90 fliss,s at sr-ia.s
"As soon as the ice was cleared a
body Of icemon and laborsrs, with
great difficulty, got out the boats TO
that portion Of the water whore it was
known several persons had sunk, Be
fore dusk seven bodies had been recov-
cred, but it was known that there were
many moro under the ice. These will
not be dragged for until this morning.
as it is quito certain life must be OK.
tinct. It is the opinion Of the icemen
who witnessed the accident that there
are ut leasttWenty persons drowned.
The bodies, as they were brought one
by one to the shore, were taken to the
tent and their pockets searched for the
means Of Identification, but in no case
was this successful One body was that
ofs gentleman aged thirty. The 9TH
srs were those Of young men, appar-
entity in the middle stage oflife, from
eighteen to twenty years Of agea All
tho bodies when recovered had skates
upon their feet. al3di bns .samg8d2 .
"Many instances Of individual GAL
lantry took place. Ono man, at tho
most imminent risk, plunged in. and
brought several children safely out. A
gentleman, who broke through near
the southwestern shore, fell SO that his
head and chest rested on q large block
of ice, while his feet wore in the water.
There he lay smoking his pipe for q
long time while the boats wero further
out picking up as fast as possible. he
began, however, to realize his position
and, removing his pipe from his mouth
he called ont 1853 to any one who
will fetch me outr Several abortive at
tempts were made to reach him with
ropes, poles and ladders. A.man with
tho aid Of ladder reached q sound
piece of ice, and endeavored to throw
rope to him, but it fell short. He
then managed to push the ladder on to
piece of Ice further out, and standing
on the former he again threw the rope.
In dong so he fell, and in clinging to
the ladder he hurt himself and was
drawn ashore. A Agentleman then got
into an escape fitted up with barrels at
the end. Whom pushed out as far as
possible he got into the water and en-
deavored TO push the escape along, but
he did not succeed. Eventually aman
stripped to his shirt and trousers, and
a rope having been fixed to his waist,
he desperately fought his way through
the ice, and seiEing the skater round
the body, they were both dragged to
land amid tremendous cheers .df
"A man named Moore, who received
a medal two years ago for serving poo
pie under similar circumstances, was
worry active, Epd saved several per.
sons. Just as one Of the boats ap-
proaohed q sufferer he sank, but a
young man in the boat plunged after
him into the water, and brought him
up. They were both gotinto the boat.
Mr.. Wenzell, the proprietor Of tho
boat, was most energetic in his efforts,
and many persons are indebted to him
for their lives. 7oys -- ,fe,a se.v
"a young man stood on solitary
piece Of ice in the center Of tho AXE
for an hour and half, and was at last
fetched of by man who reached him
in boat. Within about half an hour
of the breaking Of the ice, large bodies
Of police began to arrive, and render
cd great assistance in dragging ropes
that had been caught by some of those