The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-12-28

I Sorrow and death are everywhere,
bot rarely sssert themselves under cir
cumsfances ~ distressing ~ Ia the fol-
lowing inssanc. of fatal misAdv-nture
". II. Ostrom started las, week. with
has wife and eigb: children. fran a
ranch IN Pine Grnv- GaIci,. C3iora H..
for distance of ab,.t twenty mile, ~
small park On tile South Platte,
i whore he expected ,u -yeasl the winter
Ar. O-tFom had .,se.,oasi, visited ,he
park. and lad bull. house for the pro-
lection 1t his family He had removed
most of his effects. and 90 Friday
morning he started with his family and
few articles of household furniture
and wearing apparel When the trav-
eiers were few miles from the place
where then intended to stop. the wagon
was overturned, and Mr.. Ostrom Was
killed by the accident. They had
passed over the toughest portion Of
the road. and about four o'clock came
to small stream, over which . man
could step with ease One Of the two
mules sh,ed. throwing the wagon 70
one side. and ovsrturning it. Mrs o.
from and her children were thrown some
distance of to one side. and Mr.. Ostrom
threw himself un'ier the wagon to pre-
vent its falling upon them. He WAS
caught square under the cross-bar of
tile wagon bed There was weight
of 800 pounds upon him.
Mrs. OstroC, got upon her feet as
soon as possible. aud found her husband
10 ka..k ha - 1
was not grestly hurt. He told her to /
get lever aud pry the wagon of from
him. Slss tried bat could not move it,
He grew paier and paler. and in less
than ave minutes after the accident he
was dead. At this time the oldest son.
who was driving . COW, came up. He
and his mother were both unable to re-
move the load from the body of the
dead husband aud father. And they
we're compelled to uncouple the wagon
and drag It Of with the mules.
No means would avail anything to re-
store life. There we're the poor woman
and her eight children fifteen miles
from human being in the heart Of
The Rocky Mountains, and night upon
them. The Oldest Of the children was
only fourteen. and the others were very
small The nearest house was fiffsen
miles back over the same road, through
he mountains tina. they had Travelled.
so. with the dead body Of her husband !
yinR in sheet by her side. and her
children and the beasts Of the noun
lain wild to keep her company. the
brave woman determined to spend the
night
large Ere WAS built and the child.
iblc. But at this sseDon 10 10 very
old in the mountains, and. do what {
he might. the little ones suffered. She |
,ever thought Of her own comfort. and .
he and her oldest boy kept tho lonely
,igil through an almost endless and |
'ery cold night
With the first ray Of daylight the
,ercaved mother began To make prepa-
ations for her return. The wagon was
,odpled together and the mules were
The children and the dead
,ody Of the husband were put IN the
wagon and the party began to retrace
heir footsteps. The body had frozen
.tiff during the night The road was
10 bad that they did not reach any
house until niue o'clock OF Saturday
night.
Mr.. Us,rom came from Mobile, Ala,
10 Denver. in 1869 He Was carpenter,
and was q frst-class workman. He
was man Of rcfined manners, and
very popular. He was forty FIVE years
Of age, I