The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-05-25
A Pleasure Party's Sad Fate-TWeITs
Lives Lost,

A Pullman Qll1 telegram gives tho fol-
lowing account of the recent sad accident on.
Lake Calumet, few miles from Chicago:
This marvellous city of brick is Hs4ad with
gloom and tears over the fate of a pleasure
party leaving here Sunday evening
shortly after seven O'Clock. at that
time a crew of twelve men. under
the command of Captain Napoleon Buck
lin, boarded the Pullman sail-boat and
started across Lake Calumet. A large crowd
of men, women and children crowded the
landing to say good-by to the pleasure-seekers,
and the frail raft left its mooring under the
most enthusiastic and favorable cir
cumstances. The lake was ehoppy, and
the wind blew over IN heavy gusts
when the boat started, and many of
the cool heads on the landing depIored the silly
attempt at gaining pleasure through such
evident dangers But Captain Bucklin and
his crew had decided on a sail, and started
despite all protests. Just as the boat left she
shipped water, and when clear of the shore
the wind proceeded to play havoc with the
slender rig. Tho little craft was headed for the
Irondale shore. across the lake, about one and
a alfmiles. but drifbed southwest and be-
came unmanageable- When about mile from
the shore the boat capsized, and ali in It were
drowned. The names OF the victims ares Ma
poleon, Benjamin +. and James Fl. Bucklin:
John L. Smith; William Oliver; George Dorr;
Charles F. Pierce; H. 4. Moore; W. o. Burns;
Foster Davis, and two unknown men,
Mrs. Bucklin. wife of Capcain Bucklin wit
messed the accident from her sittlng-room win
dow, and Immediately gave the alarm, accom-
panied by the mother of young Dorr, and
three boats were manned and put out for the
capsized sail-boat as soon as possible. Two of
the boats, a Tseina-sheH aud small row-Doat.
were compelled to ReeBEu On account of the
heavy sea, ana another sail-boat started,
manned by Charles Bronson and Frank Bray
man. When they approached within nfteen
feet of the wrecked boat they saw six men
clingtng to 1t, and were welcomed with glad
cheers. The relief boat found it impossible to
get nearer the wreck, and Brayman and Bron-
son called to the men to LET 60 their hold and
swim to them. James Bucklin attempted to
obey, but sank after swimming; few feet
evidently the victim of cramps.
At this Juncture the wind became more
fierce, and the boom and mast of the relief
boat were carried away, and the boat drifted
swiftly out of reach. The dying men clinSlng
to the wreck gave one long, loud cry Of do
spalr, and wer0 seen no more. The relief boat
drifted to a mud bank, and Brayman and Bron-
son wero compelled to get cut and wade home
through marsh and miro, reaching Pullman in
an exhausted state long after midnight
During the evening the shsll under com.
mNnd of DIR. Rankin, and bearing Frank Lin
sey, E. o. Laroy, Henry Lee and two others,
started on a search, but met with no success
until about four o'clock this morning, when
they found in the shallow part of the lake the
bodies of Smith and Zen Bucklin, which were
brought back to POilman Other boats spent
most of the day Sesrohing for the bodies, but
failed up to SIX o'clock this morning.
All the mHgl drowned were, so far as known,
employees of the Pullman Company, and re-
sided IN Pullman.