Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-08-15
A RISKY TRIP.
Four People Cross Lake Tahoe in
Row Boat

| al AOW DUSt
| Sunday morning at 5:45 Mrs. Jack
| Wall, and her brother Will, John
Wilson and the writer left McKin-
ney's in galvanized iron boat, 16
feet long, AZ inches beam, and IS
inches deep, aud furnished with three
air chambers. The water was
smooth and there was no wind, until
they were three or four miles from
shore, when quite breeze sprung up
from the head Of the lake, and it was
soon very rough. The waves rolled
very high, and at times the boat was
so low in the trough of the sea that
it was impossible to look over the
waves. The boat shipped very little
water, however, and the other shore
II or IA miles away, was reached III
three hours At first when it began
to get rough, the little party became
very anxious for their safety, but
when they saw how beautifully the
boat was behaving and how lightly
she was riding the waves, all fears
were dispelled, and barring sea sick
ness of the lady, nothing happened
to mar the pleasure of the trip. On
shore, however, the greatest anxiety
was felt and bets were freely offered
by people with more money than
brains that the party would not reach
shore alive. Such rash offers had
tendency to greatly brighten close
personal friends of those in the little
boat The betters would have dis.
played more judgement had they
kept their mouthes shut. The situa~
ton is better described by one of the
ladies on shore.
when the row boat left the Me-
Kinney side, one of the Hunsucker
Bros, who was on the lookout with a
glass said that the boat had disap>
peared and the crowd had doubtless
gone to the bottom. OF course this
terribly frightened US, and then one
of the Murphy Bros. told us If the
boat shipped two buckets Of water it
would sink. With people asking why
we allowed the party to leave on such
a trip, and everybody assuringu US that
the boat could not possibly live in
such heavy sea, We were nearly
distracted. When the Tallac reached
McKinney's we all got aboard on our
journey home to Carson, with mingled
feelings of hope and sadness. At
Bellevue, a lady who had been watch
ing the boat with a glass said she had
turned her head for second, and
when she looked again the boat had
disappeared We almost gave up
hope then and the whole crowd felt
pretty blue.
"When the steamer reached Tallac
a telephone m essage was at once sent
to Glenbrook inqulring whether the
boat had reached that place or not,
and when the answer came that they
were all safe and the boat loaded on
a wagon, ready to DO taken to Carson
a good hearty cheer went up and COM
gratulations and hand shaking were
INDUCED in. Those who had been
so unwise and SO unfesling as to place
money on human lives under such
critical circumstances had little to
say. The balance of the trip was
the most enjoyable I ever experienced
and where there had been so much |
downheartedness, there was joyous
laughter and msrriment."
Those in the boat say that when
the wind began to blow they took
down their awning which probably |
accounts for the boats seeming sud
den disappearance, when being
watched through glasses.
The boat was propelled by six
oars, and the time is considered first !
class, even with smooth water.