The morning call., 1893-02-28
HUNTERS MISSING.
E. Frost and A. r. Church
Start in a Boat.
THE SKIFF FOUND BOTTOM UP.
No Trace of the Two Men-They Are
Given Up by Their Friends
for Lost.

Last Saturday afternoon Eugene Frost,
secretary of the McNear electric road of
Oakland. and Albert r. Church of the firm
Of Dolliver 81 Bros. Of 573 Market street,
concluded to go duck-hunting. They were
both in this city at the time, and after
making few preparations started for Ala
media in order to secure their guns and
necessary ammunition. Then they went
over to Oakland, where they took the P. NJ.
"hunters' train" and got off at Bridges, a
small station in the marshes near Alviso.
They walked over 10 q cabin belonging to
them and used only when on excursions Of
this character. There they cooked supper,
after which they started out to hunt; but as
the weather was very cold they returned
and retired for the night.
Early Sunday morning the men made q
| fresh start and secured their small boat
| intending TO set SAIL in order to 90 far out
| in the marshes where the game was more
| plentiful. They were then at Chinese
| fsherman's camp and invited the mOngOls
TO go with them, but as high wind was
| blowing they refused for fear of capsZiD2.
| This somewhat discouraged the white
| hunters, who concluded to delay their
| trip.
| In the afternoon. however. they deter
/ mined to face the rough weather, and
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started up large slough toward the bay.
| This was the last seen OF them.
| Yesterday morning, as the Chinese fisher
| men were getting their nets ready for a
/ haul, they discovered small boat floating
| bottom no short distance from the shore,
| and recognizing it as the one In which
| Church and Frost had set sail, they at once
| sent word to Oak land where searching par
| ties were instituted and went TO the scene of
the accident. searching each slough and
| every Nook and corner OF the marshes, but
| TO no avail. The Chinese were asked to
| assist in the search but they fatty refused,
| as they do not like to handle or assist in
| recovering corpse.
| No trace of the men could be found, and
| il is believed that their boat was struck by
| squall and that they were drowned.
MIR. Church is Sen-in-laW To Thomas
| Deliver. and resided with his family at 1102
| Tenth street, Oakland. Eugene Frost lived
| at 2039 Buena Vista avenue, Alameda, with
| his wife and children.
Mr.. Dollver said yesterday afternoon that
he fully believed that the two men were
drowned, and that all the hunting for them
would be of no avail. His daughter is
greatly affected over the me- and she has
given up all hope of ever seeing her hus-
band alive again.
No word had been received from the
missing men up to a late hour last evening.
Mr. McNear hestated about expressing an
opinion. but said that if no tidings were re-
ceived soon he would be compelled to ad-
NIT the worst.
One of the officers of the electric road.
who also was anxionsly awaiting tidings Of
the two men, stated that he had about
given up hope and was forced to the con-
clusion that they had been drowned.
The searching party was increased with
the night and the tules were secured in the
moonlight, but the anxious relatives in
oakland went to bed without receiving any
word of hope.