St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-20
UNDER PEPIN'S YES
Two Of st. PauPs Fairest Daughters While
Bathing in Lake Pepin Lose
Their Lives.
Miss Edith Bend and Miss Nettie Mickey,
Two of Merry Party, the
Victims.
Their Bodies Recovered After Patient
Search--Grief in the Stricken
Families.
The Remains to Be Brought Home to
st. Paul To. Day--The Fair
Victims.
UNDER PEPIN'S WAVES
Drowned i'm Lake Peuin,

Drowned i'm Lake Pepin.
Special to the Globe.
FRoNTENAc, July 19,-Miss Edith Bend,
daughter of Col. W. B. Bend, and Miss
Nettle Mickey, daughter of Mr.. Joseph Nc
Key. both Of st. Paul, were drowned while
bathing in Lake Pepin late this after
noon. The young ladies were two of
party OF nine that came to this place
from st. Paul last Saturday, and with Mrs.
Judge Hale of st. Paul as chaperone, took
a cottage belonging to Gen. Girard for a
month of recreation. The party consisted
OF Miss Bend, Miss Mickey, Miss Carrie ARM
strong Miss Amy Horn, Miss Birdie Dick
lnson, Miss Grace Lewis and Misses Elsie
and Margaret Hall. 1t was gay party up
TO yesterday afternoon, and there were
many little features that would add to the
month of recreation already planned. This
afternoon party of the young ladies went
bathing in Lake Pepin short distance
from the Lakeside hotel, and, getting be-
yond their depth, the two ladies above
named went under, and before they could
be rescued were lost to sight.
There were piteous scenes among
the fair companions of the two
victims to the lake. The information was
at once telegraphed to the relatives of the
two girls in st. Paul, and search made for
the bodies. Col. Bend arrived early in the
evening. The body of Miss Mickey was
found soon after the accident occurred,
and was taken in charge of undertaken
A. ii. Allen of Red Wing, who arrived on
the limited train. The body was but a
short distance from the spot where the
drowning occurred. Search was prosecuted
for the remains of Miss Bend by many
who had learned of the accident, and later
in the evening the body was found. The
young ladies were about 16 years old.
TIE NEWS IN ST. PAUL.
The message that shrouded the Bend and
Mickey households in pail of gloom was
received by Col. Bend about o'clock last
evening, dated at Frontenac and simply
stating that his daughter and Miss
Mickey were drowned. Further per-
ticular were eagerly sought after by the
friends Of the family, but nothing in detail
could be learned. The news coming So
suddenly and unexpectedly, completely
Frustrated Mrs. Bend, and it was feared
that her reason would give way I'M
der the terrible weight of grief.
Col. Bend boarded the limited express on
the Milwaukee road leaving for the scene
of the accident at 7:3O. William Arms
strong, Frank Newell, Edward Mickey and
Judge Hall left on the regular
passenger train at $50. The Bend
and Mickey residences were visited
late in the night, but nothing new could be
learned regarding the disaster, with the eX-
ceptiOn that both bodies had been recovered.
and Col. Bend would return with them on
the noon train to-day. Joseph Mickey,
father of Nettie Mickey, left
for the East on the morning
train, and friends of the family
were at the telegraph office nearly two
hours sending out messages with the hope
of finding him. At last their labors were
rewarded. A message reached him at
Niles depot, Mich, and reply was re-
mediately. All efforts of friends
to get telegraghic communication with
Frontenac failed up to midnight, as the
office there was closed. but little past IL
o'clock a message came through from Col.
Bend and particulars of the drowning were
received. A half hour after the telegram
bringing the terrible news was received il
had spread throughout the city, and in
innate friends of the families hur-
ried to the hotels and news
paper offices to learn if possible
more of the heartrending affair. There
were only sobs and tears in the late homes
of the unfortunate victims of the treacher-
GUS lake, and the scene was extremely
heartrending. AS soon as they heard of tho
calamity the friends of the bereaved fami-
lies gathered around them and did all in
their power to tighten the burden of ad
ico fbof f0o ~, 4L0;,. hoox
THE FAIR VICTIMS.
The young ladies were both remarkably
bright and gave great promise of noble
and useful womanhood. Miss Bend is
said to have been the flower Of her family
and combined more than ordinary intel
lectual gifts with qualities of heart
and character that made her loved
admired and respected throughout the cir
Gle of her acquaintance. Her Christian
character and her womanly impulses to do
good with her fitness for the work had
placed her at the head of a class in the
Sunday school of Christ church where
she was one of the most valued
workers. Miss Mickey was also bright
vivacious and intellectual and will be not
less missed in the circle in which they both
moved. They were bosom friends, would
have graduated at the high school next year
and would shortly have made their debut in
the select society which now mourns their
death.
Various rumors were afloat at the hotels
little after 9 o'clock. 1t was
first stated that boat had cap
sized and the entire party
of seven young girls drowned. Such an
awful calamity caused great CONSERVATION,
and many persons ran to the union depot to
catch the $50 train. When the
time came for the train to start it
was learned that friends of the unfortunate
young women were hurrying to catch the
trein. 1t was held five minutes to accom-
modate them.