, 1870-09-06
Four Young t:irls Drowned,

From 0s Ee.eaunte tTi*,, Easerprise, lna. 81.
Shortly before dark, Sunday afternoon, a
terrible r'lmor reached our yllaSc-how, no
one teomed to knoW-and passed rapidly from
mouth ter ta mouth, that four young girls. pupils
the npsUtslng Of boat a short distance un
the river. The report WAS scarcely credited,
but vas soon ccntsrnaod III its worst aspect By
the arrival OF two men who came from the
scnno Of disaster for graphing implcinents,
with which to drsg tho river for the recovery
Of the bodlae. Tie names u tnreo at the uu-
fortunate victims are a. foilowa: Emily
Louzo, aged Is years: Ellen FiLsibhon, aged
IL: and hargaret Devine, aged II. The name
OF tho fourth, who was II years Of age, VIC re-
frsin from publishing, At the earnest request
OF her relatives.
As uoar III We can arrive at tho facts. the
accident OCCURRED abont AZ follows The four
girls weut oslt for stroll, on Sunday alter-
roon- When near tho river, about 4 mile and
half above the village, four boys, Of ages
ranging from I to IL ycars, who we're in
. ride, ard tile invitation was accepted After
the hoat was pushed out into tho strcam, the
children fooliaLly commenced amusing theu-
selves by rocking it from titlc to side, au1.
while doing this, ) sudden lurch Of the boat
Crccipitated Ellen Fi:zeibbon into the water.
side from which sho fsll, tn epdeavor to aasist
htr, when their united weight capeiEel the
fr~li e1aft and lett tls'ln all struggling for life
it, the water togetlar.-
Two of the boys. aged II ami Is, saved
themselves at once hy swimming ashore.
garet, Eteysd by the boat, and. II i. 4aid, 6ctel
nohly in hIe Efforts to rave the lives OF lis
helpless companions. He assisted tic gitla to
the t,oat, and, telling them to hold on, started
s1 ENim tsEoro with little Tatsy Fitzsi55or
aged years. who c&ung to bis neck. Az lie
was leaving, one Of the poor girls, in her
terror. grabbed hin, .ty tho foot, md cluug to
it Until she pulled o1 Lila boot. When she
1-uk. Young Devinc succeeded in reaching
the ehore safcly with little Patsy. and thcn
rotnruea, tut tlis girls had Inst their hold on
the boat and sank before he could sgain como
to tleir assistance.
There were no Louees in tho the iumetl;at q
vicinity, and It aecIna that tho disaster was
Witnessed by no one not OF tue party. Tho
sad news soon tpr.al. however, and coon the
Distressed relatives and friculs OF the drown
| cd eLitlrcn thr,,nE.d to the river bank in the
I had been lost to them forever, suffering gu
Euieh which no pen CAL descrihn. The aeci-
! dent occurred about 5 o'rlock in the after.
noon. Graphing hooks were obtained. and
.}'s river vas dragged until II o'clock 4: right,
but without scccesE. Tie se,rcl' wAa rc
t~eeI 10 aud II o'clac% all four OF the ttfeles+
bodies werc brought 10 tue surface OF ths
water, o.ly short distance from where they
| went dorn.
Emily I-onzo WIS the eldest daughter Of
N:s. Deli,,a I.onzo, a poor, ha-u-w 3rkiaS 5
wiGew who iives in this vHllage,. and who:e
husband. fisherman, was also drowned
somc six or seven years ago. Ellen Fitzgib
bon was the only daughter, NO hc!ieve, O
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fitzgibbou, and Mar:are
1.eyine MAS the Youngest daughter OF Mt
and Mrs. Henry Dcrine. Bo.h Of the last
named families live on farus uottl Of tn
| village.