Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-07-09
Rad Accident.
Flvo Persons Attempt to cross the River 1,
SkiH and Two are Drowned.

! We clip the following particulars Of this sad
accident from the Toledo C0umsrciuI of Wed.
ncAday, furnished BY reporter sent 10 the
s7cnc for the purpose Of gathering all the facts :
Yesterday morning about three o'clock, An
drew Oviu, Oscr Lyons, and his wife Adaline,
and her two sisters, l,odusca and Alice Lomas
left the ball r,om at the Columbia House, Wa.
! tcrville, 10 return to their homes on the oppo-
| sio side Of the river. The skin which they
used IN crossing was perhaps half mile above Q
Watsrville, oppositc Miltonyille, at tho ferry.
The five persons got nto the sLiG and Oscar
! Lyons tnnk the oars. II was not vet quite day.
| light, deep fog hung upon tho water, which
! was swift aud turbulent. Two Of the ladiea
were 10th 20 enter up1n what seemed 10 them a
pcrlous voyage, but the others assured them
there VAS no danger, aud tho party started for
the opposite shore.
When they reached tho middle Of the river, the
boNt tipped and dipped water. Indusca was
| frightened aud jumped upon the edge Of the
| boat, while Alice spranR upon the back Of Os-
car Lyons, and tho skill CarsiIcd. Alice still
| clung to the back Of Oscar, mud he swan for
DoddS's Island, about forty rods below, which
he reached IN salty, though quite exhausted
| while Alice, through fright, exhaustion aud
siranguaIion, was barely alive when dragged
| ashore. -.
Andrew 0viu chung to the boat. which was
bottom up, aud succeeded injecting Ms. Lyons
| aud hodusca partially upinit, telling them to
| A'Np PtlNett1 Vulet Hnu Nt would get them
ashore. but LOdusca was very much frightened
| and attempted 10 get further upon the boat, in
doing which 1t tilted, aid she fGll into the water
under II. Andrew and Mrs. Lyons succeeded
! in getting her out, and III Q two werc once more
partially upon the boat when il again upset
aud got away froIn them, leaving the three al.
most forty reds frum the shnrc. Adaline sirxnd
Andrew around the boiy, aud lsoduseA cluug
10 her sister.
The young MN cIuld mt swim well With
her thus elnging 70 him an Induced her I,
iaho hold OF one leg OF his pantaloons. Thus
fixed he started down towards the island " here
Oscar aud Alice had landed. The water wa,
very rugh aud Andrews feet frequently got en-
tangled IN tho clothing OF Mrs. Lynus, when al
would ~ undcr. The last time they went un
der, Andrew had little hopes of coming NJ
again, lie reached up and mund no was nolI
the surface, however, when he made another
desperate struggle uui got once more Abrvc
water, though quite erhNuStcl. AicmN, VII,
soelus to have slnihst given up, now enquiret
how Ear il was u the shore, when tho yuuuI
nau informed her they were within Eve feet ni
the bauk and urged her t1 bold fast Ani the,
would soon be safe. The current here SCI
strongly round tho island and the Young man
exhausted as he was, found II required a des'
perate effort to- mIka headway towarda shore
lie discovered the limb ora trco almost within
his grasp, an with all the effort he could com,
maud, sprang for Il. His object was attained
but as h0 seaEed the limb Adaline lost her gra 81
nroH him and the two, when thus near tho shorc
were Loaf.
!, The three ladies' were daughters Of Mr
i George Lomas, of Miltonville. Adaliuo wa,
about 20 years OF age, Lodusca IS aud Alice
H. They were all highly esteemed by thos,
who knaN them anl Tho two who are lost weru
much beloved by their ocighbors, 90 much 5,
that iho cheeks AZ the lady who furnished %,
reporter with the 6yegoipg facts werc moistonet
with tears during Thu recital OF the incidents
cOnneeted with the sad event. s
The body Of LoduSea was found YESTERDAY
forenoon, f9w p,ds b0low where she wa,
drUNu1l, lodged IN tho roots or tree but uY I,
tho middle OF tho afternoon the remains Of Mrs
Lyons had nui been recovered. a large mum
Der N clux'nS hviug 90 blth sides II tie IivrI
turned out tn search for the lost Que, but th,
river Is 81 high and the current 81 Awilt tha
there Ia little hopes OF their success,
The aged parents OF the lost ones aud the hc
reaye1 yuurg husband have the wlrmesl sym
patties ot AL.
The rcmIias Of Mes. Lyons was reeoyere
Welu>sdiy fIreu1Nu lbou. II O'Clock, bavm
diTfod orog 600 milo FROM wL.r she wa
drowned. rF