, 1890-06-19
TWO WERE DROWNED
Sad Fate OF DIR. Gardner and a
Boy Named Forgarty, of
This City.
The Former Was Safely Ashore
Once, but Returned to
Aid the Boy.

'o'h''s W '"e vs.
roau terminus. no rN''ns N'' n",. u. "1e
% %un.ol'un"'e '',, anan W" i.n,,s, y, ,his
Haroher, P'on'',,en' W.. w WI"
wy, anu 'a'.ee ioea.',
'ohn 'o'ga'.y," s""''" '"''' '
PioNeu oS o. w. pye' IT,, A..
Ut uar""er, "nV W. ~" 'nV
south slue oi 'he river, III 'ne VI
cinity OF the electric roao terminus,
had been In the habit OF going round
by the wagon road to reach his
house. md had come to the conclu-
s,on that ~ be could build A cable
-. a. .,I s,,i,olJo ,,r
eliSt ~ "ou'a ="
both MN ana MS fanny, as ny nav
Ing such II would land MIN near
the electric road.
with the aid Of his hired man he
ven, 4, work and built "A ferry.
III, aa.,s,aa :, a aat hoot and n
WIZ" WIZ, opu '' " .,,t,'L aahad
small wire caoie, "nic" ioao'ieu
from shore to shore, fastened
on either side by means of trees and
rocks. A small rope and a pulley
was the means used for attaching
,ho hoo, Thowhole afr, ir WAS con.
.,n.,s,"'i .a, ,,,nnor tha, 4,
S''u''e' III sum '""u VIC. "
heeneu no ptope'i'iie, o"' .he 'uopg
current would carry the ooat from
one shore to the other.
IL seems that tho apparatus had
never b.en tested until SUNDAY
,,or,i,, ,,bo, tho doc,or yvho d,d
no., ,rris,, hnn'. mil enrIy in the
49, r,i,',, - ,h. rsrrv no. 90 acros.
NJ ~, ,,,,'d ,n ,y,rL aII ,i,h,
x,,h Rim, aud ahont noon DIR Gard.
ner caiIed to bis hired man. William
Fraser and proposed that they give
,ha 20 " T. "o,J ,ast h,, ,.r,.sIno
,he riyar a numher Of times The
nnri, osbniId,n" ,hs fe,rv coat tbe
do"tor nhout s50 and he supposed
,n,., a.. Ia, hs a r,,'ca cros.ed liza river
,hat % ~ orarv,Iinw m must s,rely he
aIi iii, 80 ba nrr,ncsd ,he
n,,iia,e ,Ia, i. at,achsd to the
H.. ,,aro ,,,., i'm rho ao, nt
ahp,,inn oG ,yhsn ,bev rere salnted
h,' a iov ainnt 10 years old wbo
IA 49, u',Il yn,, niea.a i"t
no I'D. av,r taop', Jir GarJner m.
',,.,.nJ Az, >, ,,nj ,ha hn,, ,,,Lo ohad
laat, H..ht,., xpaIlxaI dawn fh "a Ia MI.
ani s,,,,'S' ;ntn ,ho hna, soaiino
himseiS ~ tho how whiIs ,ho dor,or
r.,n.inad in tha c,n,ar .nd Eras.r
,onl The starn
..Nvho,, ,.. -r,,,od n, tho ,o,ddl.
-, ,h. s,ro.n, u said Mr. Er,sar 10 .
Rrv,r,v rcnnrter s.,ha n,,iiav hrnLe
anJ raf,.ad ,n Wi, .'tLor - .nd
o. ,i,a a,,r.'', ", RI lii, yar,,
ra,iJ n ca,sad ,h., hnai ,n Ill w,t.s
It,,' n,vsai, .,,d liz G.min.r iii
avarvthi inc nns.jIIc IN renair Tho
pulley sufficiently To allow the boat
tO get across.
by this time the boy, who was
an en,lIe stranger 70 Us, uesnn 90
sJ, 49,, ~ kah kh,'hi'a, ha,anad n" %a IA "" iu",n.J
overheard.
AT this point the cable broke
loose OH the north side, and the boat
then began To MI with water, ana
pretty soon poth l. ailu the doctor
80 . s''' w. 1h,,uhns hn ~" "a,.' ,i,a.
while the doctor directed himself To
the north side. 1 succeeded n reach
Ing the shore in an exhausted COLI
dition, where | was assisted out of
Tue water by some man VINO had
peun ,, nsiihg "nu saw .he aeciuen'. '',l',.
~ a, ."o 'i"ie 'nc uoe'o,
was lu',oMihs nhe, pd. MnuI l
,.aJieu 'i,, '.iu slo'. = 'o'',' sou 'o,',nS 'n.
y. e,tnei u,,l oI 'nv 10y, nn" s,a',eu %
m t,e ,,ou'e ,o' . mS,s.an.e, uut ue
"s =" SUI an oNn"ae,eu ,ono't'o,,
"" W ''e so"nu pe'ore teA.iieu
ne wy VI VIC o""N' ""''"'e w so
'a''"c'' .
""IH ho"Nhp'
"On looking toward the opposite
bank saw the doctor and he asked
me where the boy was. 4 replied
th,, h,d No, saon him o,d had
- - ~ 80, H. 80 a." " ~,
"" "'oe ,n'u so' .ue "o'us oo' vi
my "ou'h "heh 'ne ooy' VINO was
some distance away, was seen to
throw up his hands and clinch wild
ly at the mir. mt the same time cry
loudly for helm. With this the doc.
., -
the hope of saving tho bov and nc
he was sinking tor the third time, he
cried: ooh. God! save that boy -
and lust before he reached him the
boy sank.
"By this time the doctor, who was
good swimmer, began to grow fa-
tlRued from the hard battle with
the swift running current ana was
,,ea.'"s .ne SuVIe w"eu he, 700,
rcanh the Ia,er e IN .avo 'Ss" sp,, .,p "
nloyer. when The man who had as-