The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-09-05

81 u II common enougii to hear Of children
drowning In the numerous bayous and
other streams In aud about the city, but
rare indeed that these accidents are ac-
companted by the Same terrible details as
surrounded the case occurring In the cen.
!tral part OF the city, q little after noon
yesterday. About the hour nent oned Q
lmulatto child named Minnie jackson,
while picking her way along tho slippery
edge OF the bayou near Linden street,
clipped and fell into The stream, and was
instantly swept away from the bank and
out into tho. current. Her criss for help
attracted the attention Of number Of per.
sons to tho neighborhood but they were
powerless to help her, as the current was
very swift and tho bank Inaccessible. The
alarm spread rapidly down the bayou, but
not IN time TO save tho child. Tho current,
swollea 10y ths heavy rains, was as .sswift
as mill. - and che stroam in many
places very deep. Tho child san,; once be.
ioro passing under'the B ale street bridge,
but rose ngaiu'to the surfare fifty yards
furti or down tho stream. It passed. under
tho bridge with almost Incredible rapidly
In plain view Of over ons hundred people,
who stood on tae bri,lge and on tot, of the
steep banks on eli her side. Floating
arouad the bend, it neared the west bank,
AMI seemed about TO Lodge, but was again
swept out into tho middle of the stream
and carried bsyond Gayoso street, where
tclephoned, aud while Sergeant
Kuhnholz ran down to the Adams
street fridge, Captain O'Haver rolo 10
the meush OF Wolf River, i'll tho
hope Of stopping tl,s body SHOULD efforts
to detain it further up be unsuccessful.
Chief Davis tells .aphic story OF the
chase: He said he was staining near the
Beale street bridge, when he heard that a
child had fallen into tha bayou south OF
the bridge. and was being swept down
stream. It appeared moment
later, passed under tho bridge, and
appeared upon the surface beyond. He
gained tho bank Of the bayou, which at
this point is very high and almost perpen-
dicular, and at the moment tho child
passed rapidly by. From where he stood
1t was imposs bic for hin to reach it, and
he called OH two ne srccs who wcro stand
ing on the opposi e ban :, vi hin two feet
| 81 the wafer al a point where tie bank is
AZ" siAN SioPAuSs uuu Wucfe tHS CucTenG
forms sort Of ed ". They could have
saved tho child only by s.rc c;liag out
| their hands, but stood as If made of woo !,
and allowed it to pass by. AS It was again
swept out into the current it; face could bo
seen upturned, while one hand reached
| out imploringly. Grief Davis, turning
sick at the sight, aud with .his blood boil
ing with wrath a. the unaccount able con.
duct OF the two darkies, then ran down to
the Gavoso street bridge, il the hope of
saving the child there, but was nom mt
too late. As he reached the bridge the
body passed out from under, struck a
snag, was whirled over, AMI disappeared.
He ran some distance further down, but it
did not again appear. A white man just
| above Linden street threw oil his coat AMI
was in the act Of springing into the
| stream, but was prevented by his wife,
| who threw her arms AROUND him and held
him close. He could have saved tho child
he had been allowed to do so. The
child's mother saw the accident from her
window, and was so paralyz.d with fright
that she could not leave her chair, but sat
and wrung her hands in anguish.