Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-27
A household SErec,:,s

a ielles III INC new 10Ik EGraI dan,
Johns, N. f., May II, says: "a&
The quiet little hamlet of BrookI,, :.
vista Bay. IVES, on the % Ill.,. tho a, ~ b1ti
very sad accident. 10 such oniet oSs;ce t'i
bic village, the abode of small Ius; auu h9e
tloo, suah melancholy Incident As 7 p'la;.
to uotod carries dismsy and panic cvD L ssts
threshold. Brooklyn is ono Of Icu u,'' s':'I
comfortable settlements Of recent data , W a's
o, one OF tho many fiords that bresI s,S SIols:
the cast line OF the northwest arm Of RaIl,
BAY. Hlther many families of 6sh[rn.nu.IHth
retired from tho eastern coast Of Ne.Ev..ES'':
to endeaVor to improve their circums ,."t
combining the pursuit. CT agriculture w,.EST
OF the deep sea fishery. The village" .,n III
90 an arm OF tho lay. aud looks over o rmuNS!
oosey rural hamlet called BIoomfli, R ,'GH'
had no schoolhouse, and the cAidrcn ,,Nfa
peasants were accustomed to cross thu G;o!N
arm over to Bloomfield to tho general "uci
IN tho winter and carly spfiog timo On ,S V''s
because sffording q shorter mode Of tr,r' c,
10 the summer season by means Of s,ry h 81
but when tho water was rough Dad wind wa wa
tho longer route arounl tho arm was aj,a.'i5
AS tho sprlog advarc!d tho I've of,i,I.'
more and moro insecure road for III, riI.,
school Children. 10 this uncertain And ,,". ,ts
erous c)Idiliou OF tho loo Samuel p,e ist' 'Io
home 10 Brooklyn with his three Children " T."
boy and two eirlS. tho eldest CT wh(Y' w.
named Tercs,. When no had entered un"n"
100 he pltcld thu three ch,ldfen on tie .,i,,
a vehicc which is locally c,Ilcd "nan',''as
and pushed off Irom the shoro in tbr G;,a ',''
OF Bloomfield. When they hail pfode,dsj,I'n
two hundred ysrjs on th,ir iou:lcy Tt;..,
lne young Girl OF thirteen year; al A., ..
Urged by tho Sc :et Consciousness o, imam,
death, Jumped 0if tho sleCg1 SD pt1r.s.l.
her father that shc would walk aud TIM; H,I''
his burden for him. Sho followed Lchir}I
1athoT tor about orc hundred yards, a,,7, u,..
suddenly the 100 gave away with era aqll.
sledgc, With tho two chi.urcn aai lhnir faith.
was precipitated into tho water. Teresa, rl
YVES now within half dem cards Q: t,,v,.,
log gar in tho ica bridge. rushed - tie rn..,.
CT her fsther, sister aod brother, Tn. fl -.
tho embrace of death. When her c,as :.
tojk 10 the droadiul accident tia. la! O.;
| takcn her dear cces she usIc-aL A r,;,-
shritk.
The youoc gals fcao;io cy was h,a-, :.
man named L,thbridso, the solitary sp.,s a.
from the shore CT tho melancholy Cc,or,.;.
The substance OF his acc,uat CT the ae.i,; M, p.
witnessed ty hms,lt, il the fl,l,Si0.: W,.
bis attention was Drawn By r271sa'sa.aa,-.
shrlck to tho sts1o sni1 tho icn h y. c;s
fastened to tho spot. HleanwhiD tie a.,
rushed to the very edge CT the c,un.S,,a.
| AID 8 God with her hand cu.si?ctchc! ,.2,.
her father, when s.iieoly Tho senior ,.,
gave way aud she sack SD roao % ulo,a. l.
tho time Lathtridrc had reached ;ha &c \,
death The two yCuGgtr chlllscn had Disappear
aad were neyer seen sftr. Thlic la,c -. :.
douth II ciEilated by tho c1yreut t,w.es,
! oea!h tho 100 that bJra them nRsy when 4.
had orc, sulk under the !oe crust. l.ail,n.s
by means OF q small pitc, Of rope he haprea.
to havo with him at The timo AMI by a,ii r;
great dMlog. s1c,eedcd ia dragsisg Sam /. /,
in an appa; eotIy ift 81 cotd.tioa ous Of 4:
beLunbing water aGd IaCdiug him safety d
the ice, from which no was conveyed h:mr l.
some OF his nelshboriug friends, WHO were C.
o)lecilcg from all siles to tho scene. S.Yc.
of tho men wish various appliances s,u :htJ
recover tho bodies CT the three lated calder
but oil tiforis proved uosvaiiug. NeilEcr
the two younger children nor the young lcrtia
Teresa was seen any more. Tho remors.!,,
wavc had closed over them aud had co1sisnr
their tcudrr youug bodies to chilly auI ulrlr
less tomb. As soon 90 the dismal in,c!!i.rcc
OF the o0mi ito wreck OF all her earthly hog,
had reached the poor Ia 81 her sho saooncI eva
into what was thought by her n,iyhb;ri TT
az endless sleep. Reason c)uId II" logger m,,r
taio lis EN- Eire. 50 that whom the ill ctcd Rica
awoke from her sumtcrs tho dark CESS OF ualr
had shut out tho VISION forever from her eye
Tho children are gone, the mother lives i, n
wolll Of realities. and the bu1hatd is to- Iik
TO have followed tho vani ,hcd iacas CT H., hI
oacs.