St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-06-20
Shocking Calamity Five Persons
CALAIS. VT, June 10. 1873.

Shocking Calamity. - Five Persons
| = Drowned.
CALAIS. VT, June 10. 1873.
Mr.. StOne-D Dear Sir: The little vii
lagc called mo. 10" i'll this town. was
thrown into Il great state of excitement
and mourning this beautiful Sabbath
afternoon. 10y the drowning of five per
| SonS in the No. 10 pond. The facts as
near as | can gather them were as fol
lows:
a party of eight or ten took boat
and went up the pond to what is called
the point. a tavoritc place for pic
nicing. After their arrival. several
other boats went up. and upon the re-
turn trip Nh. Fayctte Tichout. wife and
child. Mr.. Clark Gray and two children,
Mrs. Simeon Martin. Mrs. Shubcl Fair.
Mrs. Amasa Mcknight, Mrs. W. Chase
and daughter and grand child. Mrs
Melvin Tichout. Mrs Moses GoodelI.
Miss Anna Toby. Mis-. Melvin Nye and
child. and Miss Alma Sloan eighteen
III all. got into one boat. They had not
gone far from shore before the boat
began to ill with water. and all ON
board became aware that they must
sink. or course Il panic cnSucd. and
soon all were in the pond. Mr. Tichout'S
child WAS the first overheard. and the
father leapcd III to rescue it. and both
were drowned: also. Mrs Tichout. Mrs.
AmaSa Mcknight. and Miss Anna Toby
five ont of the eighteen.
There WAS another boat just ready to
leave the shore when the sad calamity
took place. In this boat was McSSrs.
Melvin Nyc. :. Fair. and Addison Mer-
rill. They Immediately went to their
assistance. hut their boat was small and
caution WAS necessary to save any. The
first time they took two ashore. then
returned and got three. and again and
got four thus saving nine of the lob
teen. y Young Nh. Tichout with two
Ladies' WAS nearly across the pond when
the accident took place. He landed
them and went to the rescue. and helped
save some. and also had the sad cx-
prIicncc of taking the lifeleSs body of
his mother into his boat. Two bodies
of the five that were drowned have
been recovered Mrs. Mcknight. aged
about 20 wears. and Mrs. Tichout. aged
80 wears. Three bodies remain in the
the water i very deep and il is Doubt
FIJI if they are recovered until the bodies
Iisc.
d" not care t" witness another such
scene. The cries and means of friends
were such a. only Sudden anguish can
call forth. The aiI seemed full of cries
of ''oh, my father ''oh. my mother -
''mN wife :" my child - The rescued
were brought down to this little village
and all care possible was taken of them.
The dead were properly cared for. and
at this hour the village is hushed with
mourning and sadness.
30 l.. M.-The boats have Just re-
turned from the search with the body
of MIR. Tichout. He was found in about
thirty feet of water. The shawl be
longing t" his little giIl came up with
him. An anchor was dropped where
they found the body. and hopes are
entertained that all will he found. 4
large boat with torch lights has Just
left t" prosecute the search. The news
of the disaster soon spread about the
town and at this hour hundred or
more people are here. Many wild ru-
morS We're spread about, one to the
effect that the whole boat load were
fever high.
One mother, Mrs. Toby, was absent
when the accident happened. She
heard of it when three miles away; she
knew that her daughter intended to 90
upon the pond. Her ride home was one
of anxiety. When she arrived and
learned the fate of her child. her means
We're most pitiful. Yours in haste,
ID.
Our correspondent wrote us these
further particulars by later mail
SEARCHING FOR THE BODIES.
As soon as the excitement cooled
down so that people thought and acted
like themselves, they commenced max
ing arrangements for the recovery of
the drowned. Grapples were soon made
and some four OF five boat-l loads went
searching. About o'clock in the
morning the body of Miss Toby was
recovered. The search was continued
for the Teachout child, girl of 6 years.
all the next day and portion of the
night. until they were driven from the
pond by storm.
THE FUNERAL.
AT - o'clock on Tuesday, the funeral
services commenced at the houses of
the deceased, Rev. Grin Davis otliciat-
ing ut Mrs. Meningitis and Rev. L..
Warren at Mr.. Teachout's. after which
the remains were taken to the church
III East Calais, where Rev. l.. Warren
preached sermon. When the services
at the church had proceeded us far as
the opening of the sermon. it was an
nounced that the body Of the child had