Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-07-11
FIRST EDITION.
sad Picnic ON Saturday.


STRUGGLING IN THE wATER-DIsTREssINa |
SCENES.
ELDRED, Pa, July 10.-A terrible casualty |
occurred at seven-mile Pond, three miles
from this place, last Saturday. A mile and
half from the pond is the farm house OF
Thomas Bream. A year ago his only son
William, went to Buffalo to work, and on
the I'd of this month he was married to a
Miss Annie Chase, of that place, and came
on with his bride to spend few days at the
homestead. To-day they were to have re-
turned to Buffalo, and on Saturday rare
well mic was given them at Seven mile
Pond The picnic was attended by doz-
en- or two of the neighboring farm people.
About o'clock in the evening, prepara-
tons having been made to go home, Mrs.
Bream, the BRIDE and Emma Bream, her
husbands sister, expressed a wish to be
royed around the lake, and the husband
seated them in the boat, together with Mag
| gle Sanders and Friend Vance. The boat
| was
OLD AND wEArHER-BEArEN,
and some older peoplein in the party protested
against 30 many going out in 1t. Vance had
been fishing in the boat during the day,
and declared that it was perfectly safe.
B.eam rowed out to the middle of the pond,
where the water is very deep, and the boat
was drifting idly about, when Vance rose
| suddenly to his feet to point out to one OF
the ladies someobject on the shore. AS he
arose his whole weight was brought on the
bottom of the boat, and one OF the worm
eaten boards broke in two, making an
opening through which the water rushed
rapidly. Young Bream pulled hard for the
shore, and Vance shouted for another boat;
but the boat filed so rapidly that in less
than a minute it WAS swamped, and the in
mates were
STRUGGLING FOR LIFE IN THE POND,
a hundred yards from shore. Old Mr..
Bream and man named Simon Turner ran
along the shore to get another boat, which
was some distance away, while George
Bates and Burt. Wade jumped in the water
and swan out to the aid of the struggling
party. Young Bream, who was good
swimmer, grasped his wife when the boat
sank, and would have reached the shore
safely with her had she not, in her terror,
clung to him so tightly that his movements
/ were hanpered, and he could only work tc
keep himself and her aaoat until the arriva
| of aid.
Vance, an expert swimmer, went at one ce
to the aid of Miss Bream and Maggie San
dars, but both threw their arms about him
and rendered him helpless, 20 that
THE THREE HAD SUNK TWICE
, when Bates and Wade arrived. Brean
shouted to them to help Vance and Eht
girls, as he could keep himself and wife
afioat until they could help him, Ratei
4 seized hold Of Miss Sanders and tore hel
= loose from Vance, as they were again dis
appearing from view. Wade tried to eepa
rate Miss Bream from Vance, but could moi
loosen her grasp; SO he told Bates to swim
, ashore with Miss Sanders, and he woulC
? support Vance and the other girl unit
I. hoo ho
The elder Mr.. Bream and Mr.. Turner fount
that the boat they had gone after was hal
!, flied with water, and had no oars nor ever
r q paddle, and was consequently useless II
g the meantime, George Bates had reached
- land safely with Miss Sanders and handet
her over to her friends, who succeeded il
restoring her in short time. He thel
started back but Braam suddenly sank, witt
his wife, and
Il DID NOT RISE AGAIN.
There was no one on shore who eculd swir
but the father of the young man, and he
p though nearly seventy years old, plunge
n in the water and started for his drownin
son. He had taken scarcely stroke whe
the young man disappeared beneath tn
Q surface, his wife still clinging to him. Th
Q old man swan to the spot ready to seiz
g them when they came up, but they did no
o reappear.
1t Bates succeeded in getting Vance an
l. Miss Bream ashore, by the aid of Simo
1t Turner, who had gone to the old bos
l. turned out the water, torn off plank fror
II the side, and padded to the spot just i
10 time, but
l. VANCE WAS 30 EXHAUSTED
n that he could not be restored. Old MI
. Bream had to be taken by force away fror
ID the spot where his son had gone down G
l. he would in few minutes have share
10 like fate. Next morning Bate
and Wade had SO far recovered a
r to be able to look for the missing bodies
10 They were found at the bottom of the pont
J. their aTnas entwined about each other. Th
y clothing of Bream had caught in project
IS ing root or snag, and he had thus been hel
IN beneath the water until both he and h
u bride were drowned. He WAS tWenty-si
4 years OLD, she eighteen. Vance was twer
re ty-five, and cousin of Bream. He wa
3. soon to have been married to Miss Maggi
in Sanders, who was rescued by Bates, and
a. almost insane over the tragic death of he
n, lover.