Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-25
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The Two Boys Lost from
tFKl the Duarte.
THE SNOW MELTED AWAY,
And Mr.. Applegate Discovered
Their Bodies but Few
Yards Apart. if

SoME time since the HERALD pub
lished an extensive account of the,loss
Of two boys who started from the
Duarte, near Monrovia. on hunting
expedition. While they were away
from home a heavy storm came on,
and the parents of G. F. Odeneal and
Vincent w. Applegate became much
alarmed. The boys, both of whom
were attending school, thought to
spend their vacation by taking a
hunting trip in the mountains, and
left their home in the Duarte on the
28th Of December, taking with them
their rifles, blankets and provisions
for three days. AS they had not re-
turned on the Sunday following, their
departure, fears began to be enter
tanned that all was not we'll with
them, and on Monday. James Apple
gate, father of the younger boy and
friend or two, went to look for them.
As related their blankets and KNAPP
sacks were found, but no trace of
where the missing ones might be.
The coming of the storm made the
search quite difficult and the small
rescuing party returned for reinforce
ments. The heavy rain of Tuesday
afternoon and night made it impossi-
BILE to start back then, but on Wednes-
day morning, fifty earnest volunteers
from Monrovia and Duarte started
early to renew the search.
After reaching the camp that the
boys had occupied, and tracing them
to the edge of precipice, where they
had endeavored to light a fire, but
failed, the party descended into the
caf1on, appearances indicating that
the boys had taken that course.
Further search here discovered bot
tie in which the boys had enclosed
note, bearing their names and dated
the 28th, the day which they left
home, and on a blazed tree where
some one had previously written a
name, the boys had written their
names. Near this point the caf1on is
branched in three different directions.
The party was divided into three
squads, and each of the cations ex-
plored. But the still heavy rains that
continued to fall made the task diff
cult, and to add to the terrors of the
situation snow on the higher portions
of the mountains fell to depth of
nearly two feet, making it impossible
to dc but little satisfactory work.
This party was compelled to return,
but Mr.. Applegate did not give up the
search, and continued it until yester-
day, when his search was rewarded
by finding the bodies of both boys,
about nine miles from Monrovia, in
one of the caf1ons. The warm rains
of the past few days had melted the
snow which had covered them, and
when discovered they were only few
rods apart, showing that they had
struggled on together. AS soon as
the bereaved parent discovered the
boys one of his companions conveyed
word to Monrovia, and Coroner Mere
dith was notified. He was unable to
60, and telephoned to the Justice of
the Peace to hold an inquest. A large
party of men started for the spot
where the bodies were found, but
were not expected to return until this
morning.
G. F. Odeneal, the elder of the two
boys, was "a years of age and re-
cent arrival from the East, having
come out with Mr.. Applegate. Vim
cent Applegate was IA years of age
and was a lad of very bright promise,
and his loss falls heavily on both Mr..
and Mrs. Applegate.