The Iola register., 1882-05-26
Pleasure Party's Sad Fate-Twelve
. Lives Lost.

Z. A Pullman OILY telegram gives the fol
owing account Of the recent sad accident on
= AXE Calumet, few miles from Chicago:
Z This marvellous city of brick is filed with
&ioom and tears over the fate of a pleasure
5urty 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. cfowo
of men, women and children crowded the
landing t6 Say eoodby to the pleasure seekers.
and the fral raft left its mooring under the
most enfhusiasti6 and favorable cir.
cumstances. The lake was choppy, and
the wind blew over IN heavy gusts
when the boats sstaStedit ana many a
the cool heads ON the landing deplored the silly
attempt at gaining pleasure Though such
evident dangers. But Captain Buckiin ana
his crew had decided on q 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 win TIE
slender rig. The little craft was headed Tor the
Irondale shore, across the lake, about one ana
. half miles, but drifted southwest and be-
came unmanageahle. When about q mule from !.
the shore the boat capsized, and al In 1t were
drowned. The names ofthe victims afe:f Ma
poleon, Benjaurn r. ami James H. Bucklin:
John l. Smith; William Oliver; George Dorr;
Charles r, PIERCE; n. T. Moore: ". Q. Burns;
Foster Davis, and two unknown men, 49,
Mra Bucklin, wife Of Captain Bncklin. wit.
messed the accident fromher sittfng.ruonfwin-
dow, and Immediately gave the alarm, accom-,
panied by the mother Or young Dofr, and
three boats were manned and put out for tho
capsized sail-boat as soon as possible. Two Of
the boats, racingshel and small row-boat,
were compelled to return on account of the
heavy sea, and another saIfboaf started.S
manned by Charles Bronson and F1nk Bray
man. When they approached, within fifteen
feet of the wrecked boat they saw six men
clinging to It, ana were welcomed with glad
cheers The relief boat found it impossible 10
get nearer the wreck, and IBrayrian and Bron-
son called to the men to let 60 their hold and
swim to them. James Bu<khn attempted to
obey, but sank after swimming few feet
evidently the victim of cramps
At.this junctare the wind became moro
fierce, and the boom and mast of the relief
boaf were carried away, and tho boat dfifted
swiftly out of reach; The dyinG men olingips
to the wreck gave one long, loud cry of de-
spair, and were seen no more. The relief boat
driftsd to mud bank, and Brayman and Bron
son were compelled to get out and wade home
through marsh and mire, reaching Pullman in
an exhausted state long after midnight -'-
During the evening the shell under CONF
mand of DR.. Rankin, and bearing Frank Lin
sey, E. o. Laroy, Henry Lee and two others,
started on 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 Ben Bucklin, which were
brought back to Pullman. Other boets spent
most of the day searching for the bodies, but
failed up to six o'clock this morning.
All the men drowned were, 90 far as known,
employees of the Pullman Company, and re-
sided in Pullman.