Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-07-26
LUMBERMEN DEAD.
Fourteen Canadian Lurnbermen
on q Drunken Frolic Perish
in the
Mattawan Rapids-Ten Tr"iumen
Killed By an Accident on a Vir-
ginia RailrOad-Four
0fa Family Drowned in Massachusetts,
Four Drowned in Minnesosa-Miners
Killed in California.

Of Family Drowned in Massachusetts,
Four Drowned in Minnesosa-Miners
Killed in California.
| THREE RIVERS, Que, July ga voya-
| geur, just arrived here, brings tidings of
dreadful drowning accident to party of
lumbermen, of which he was a member.
The drowning occurred, he states, on the
Mattawan river, which enters the st.
Maurice some fifty or sixty miles above
| Pines, a post on the St. Maurice, twenty
miles or so from this place. The narrator
formed one of gang of forty or fifty who
were engaged on the log drive for one OF
| the lumber firms doing business here.
/ About three weeks ago the drive was at
one of the rapids on the Mattawan, and
the men had procured some whisky from
the canteen. With this they got exhil-
arated, and in a drunken freak decided to
run the rapids. Accordingly one of the
| log-driving boats was run out into the
stream. Fourteen men boarded her. The
bowsman and steersman were, as is usual
ly the case. half-breeds, and in their sober
senses would have found no difficulty in
running the rapids safely. With songs,
we'll until the middle Of the rapids was
reached. Then those on the benks saw
the steersman take out his paddle for an
instant. This was fatal, as the current,
| which was terrific, swung the boat around
| broadside and over she went, throwing her
| load into the seething water. Those on
shore made all the attempts possible to
| rescue their unfortunate comrades, but to
no purpose. The water was high, the
rocks numerous and the current so swift
| that it was physical impossibiity to get
at them before the whole boat load was
drowning or dashed to pieces on the rocks
which abounded. Efforts were made to
recover their bodies and ten of them were
found. The drowned men hailed princi-
pally from this vicinity.
MISSING FLOOD VICTIMS.
WHEELING, W. Va, July 23.-The sev-
enth victim of the flood of last Thursday
night was found lodged on the river bank
below town yesterday-that of Tommy
Howley, aged five years, one of the four
children of that family drowned. Eight
bodies are still unrecovered and several
persons missing. The Baltimore & Ohio
has nearly completed temporary bridge
over the creek at Main street in place of
the one destroyed. The P. C.. & S. L. road
will run its first train out this morning.
The bridge over Whisky run, on the Ohio
side, is also being rebuilt. The Baltimore
q Ohio Company has q large force of
hands on the Pittsburgh divi sion, but pre-
liminary surveys will have to be made, as
in the case of a new road before much
progress can be made. The surveyors are
now at work. A perfect throng of sight
seers were along the road to Triadelpbia
yesterday.
TEN MEN KILLED.
LYNCBBURG, Va, July ia collision
occurred on the Norfolk & Western rail-
road yesterday morning about two O'Clock
eight miles above the city between a
freight and a material train in which both
engineers, one fireman and seven of the
crews were killed. The freight which had
left Lynchburg about midnight in cut
with the material train. Both engines
were completely wrecked and seven cars
demolished. Fireman May of the freight
train was fatally injured. A large force
of hands was at work ell day moving the
wreck and the track has been cleared. The
accident was caused, it is claimed, by the
conductor of the material train misunder-
standing orders.
FOUR DROWNED.
BRooKFIEID, Mass, July 23.-Mrs. ". S.
Jones, aged fifty, her daughter, aged
twenty, and two grandchildren, eight and
ten years Of age, while rowing on Podunk
pond last evening were drowned by their
boat capsizing. Mr.. Jones, who ac-
companied the party, made desperate ef-
forts to save the unfortunates. but his
efforts were futile and there was no one
at hand to render assistance. The acci-
dent was caused by one of the children
losing its balance and falling overheard
Mr.. Jones tried to save the child and the
other occupants of the boat became panic
stricken and in their excitement capsized
the boat. Mr.. Jones reached the shore in
an exhausted condition.
FOUR YOUNG MEN DROWNED.
ST. PAUL, July 23.-Persons in from
Lake Minnetonka report that a sail boat
containing four young men was upset in a
squall at six O'Clock Saturday evening in
the lake, opposite Northwood, and its occu-
pants probably drowned. They were seen
taking in the sail just before the storm
struck them and the boat was found bot
tom side up shortly after, with no trace Of
the young men. Search amose the cot
tages had failed to discover any body miss
ing.
mlNHhS PERISH.
AUBURN, Cal, July PA report reached
here of a fire last night in the Hidden
Treasure mine at Sunny South, thirty
miles east of here. Two miners, Robert
McKitchen and John Bauering, have been
taken out of the mine dead and several
others were fatally burned. No particulars
are yet obtainable.
TWO DEAD AND TWO FATALLY INJURED.
ZION, KY, July 23.-Near Henderson
Saturday fatal boiler explosion occurred
at the coal shafts of Williams g. Moss, by
which David Stone, the engineer, and
Moses Haskin, the fireman, were instantly
killed, and Fred Williams, Frank Troop
and Alexander Longnecker were badly
scalded. The two latter will die.
SCHOONER CAPSIZED.
CHICAGO, July 23.-The schooner Maggie
Thompson, loaded with bark, from Racine
to Chicago, oapsized in a squall off Port
Washington to-day. The crew was picked
up after some time by the schooner Nc
Brier.
A tail, fue-looking woman, dressed in
the latest fashion, entered an up town
drug store last evening, and approaching
the counter leaned wearily against it. The
clerk, who was waiting ON another Gus
toner, reached to a shelf, and taking down
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