The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-25
DOWN TO DEATH.
Two Children Drowned in
Antes' Mill Pond Yester-
day Afternoon.
Lilly, Aged Twelve, Loses Her
Life Trying to Save Her Sister
Rosa, Agod Nine Years.

Not little excitement was Occasioned
about half-past o'clock last evening, by
the report that two little girls had been
drowned in Antes' mill pond, the elder one
having lost her life in trying To save her
younger sister.
At once a BAZOO reporter FASTENED to
spot, little To the northwest of the
Missouri Pacific freight depot, where quite
humber had collected and were discuss
ing the sad affair, the particulars Of which
are about as follows:
About ) o'clock i'm the afternoon Lilly
and Rosa. Dunnigan, daughters of John
Dunnigan, aged twelve and nine years re-
spectively, in company with three or four
other children, were at the pond in ques-
ton, playing. Around the pond is a wire
and board fence, purpOsely put there
TO KEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
The gate on the west side is gone, however,
50 access to the water is easy. The chill
dren had been there some little time,
walking along the bank and throwing
sticks into the pond. On the west side of
the pond, or, more properly, in the western
portion thereof, is we'll some forty feet
deep, but the fact is known to but few.
The tw little Dunnigan girls were On the
bank immediately opposite the well,
which Is but few feet from
the edge, when the youngest slip
ped and fell into the water, and in an in
stan had sank into the depths of the WE'LL
Her sister Lilly was by her side at the
time, and at once started out to save her. She
knew nothing OF the we'll, so waded into
the water for the purpose of rescuing Rosa,
when she, too, sank from sight.
The other children who were present
were too much frightened to render any
assistance or to
CALL FOR HELP
at any place in the immediate vicinity, but
ran of to the residence of Mr.. Dunnigan,
on st Louis street, where VIM. Dunnigan,
brother of the little girls, was apprised
of the accident. Instantly he fastened to
the pond, but the little innOceuts were then
down in the we'll, having been under the
water several minutes. Lon Skinner hap
pened along while search was being made,
and rendered valuable assistance. Both he
and young Dunnigan commenced diving
down into the we'll, and at last the bodies
were found on the bottom. A lengthy pole
was procured, to which grappling-iron
was attached and after some minutes, work
BOTH BODIES WERE BROUGHT TO THE SUR
FACE,
after having repOSed i'm the water for pc
riod of thirty minutes or more.
BY this time quite a large crowd had
collected, and universal sorrow was ex-
pressed for the parents and relatives of the
unfortunate children. The bodies were
taken at once to the Dunnigan residence,
when Doctor Abel was summoned,
and everything possible was done
TO resuscitate them, but to no avail, and
after working with them for half an hour
the bodies were laid out in the west room
of the house
When the BAZOO man arrived at he
scene the residence was filled with sympa-
thizing friends, while gaping crowd held
possession OF the sidewalk aud commented
ON the calamity.
A little boy, whose name is unknown,
aged about eight or nine years, who was
with the children when the accident &C.
Cured, was met by the reporter and inter-
rogated as to further particulars, but he
was still
Toe: BADLY SCARED
10 give anything like an intelligent &C
count of the sad affair. He said he left
he pond as soon as the children disap-
peared in the water, and was of the num-
ber who conveyed the information to
young Dunnigan.
BY o'clock last evening the news OF
Inc drowning had spread throughout the
central portion Of the city, and scores of
people were constantly passing from the
house to the pond, and vice versa. OF
his number there was not one whose SYM
pathy did not go out to the afflicted rela-
ives in their hour OF bereavement.
The accident was unavoidable, but there
S no doubt but what both children could
nave been saved had any adult been i'm the
ricini,y at the time Lilly waded into the
water alter her sister.
The funeral of both was preached from
he Catholic church at three o'clock this
afternoon.