The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-27
DEATH OF S. E. BARNEY
DROWNED BHILE ON 4 FISHING
 "TRIP ON LAKE CHAMPEAIN.

me sad news or the drowning oL NIT. Samuel F. Barney received yesterday brings sadness to many hearts, MT. estimable citizens, widely known both in this city and state, and a man whose death is a loss to the city as well as a matter of grief to his large circle of warm personal friends. A telegram announcing the fatal accident was re- ceived late Wednesday night by rela- tive who resides in this city, but no definite particulars were learned until yesterday afternoon.
 Tn the information then received 1t was stated that the accident occurred in MaQuam Bay, an arm of Lake Cham plain, just above St. Albans, during Wednesday afternoon. MT. Barney. with guide, had started out for a days fishing at Long Reef, near But ler's Island. The boat in which they went out was an ordinary skiff and capsiZed in stiff breeze which arose during the afternoon. For three hours after the capsizing MT Barney and the guide clung to the overturned boat. At the end of that time MT. Barney be- came exhausted, and, being unable to hold fast to the boat any longer, sank in one hundred feet of water. The guide, however, held out and drifted with the boat to the breakwater in sight of the Hotel Chanlplain, where he was rescued.
 MT Barney went up nearly a week IA i0in fro naUi6 I Clark the we'll known builder and Dr. Rollin McNeil of this city, who left New Ha- ven two weeks ago on a trip to Lake Champlain--a trip which they, as also MT. Barney have been accustomed to take for number of years past. MT. Barney took rooms at the Lake Cham plain hotel, where Dr. McNeil and MT. Clark were already domiciled. News was received here early this week of MT. Barney's arrival and that the in- dications were promising for good fish, ing.
 At one time there were sixteen New Haven people at the hotel. MT. Ed ward I. Atwater and wife and William A. Bronson, the druggist, and wife, of this city, were among the number. They arrived home last Saturday night and the late MT. Barney took the same rooms at the hotel that MT. Atwater and wife were occupying. Ex-Mayor Atwater of Derby is also at the hotel. MT. Atwater, speaking last evening of the sad fate of MT. Barney and the shock the news of his death has caused in this community, said that Maquam Bay was treacherous sheet of water. on which storms and gales arose almost without moments notice. In these gales the waters of the bay, which is six miles wide, are lashed into fury and become extremely rough, and even old sailors used to the lake dread them. In one of the gales while MT. Atwater was there on this last occasion house in the vicinity was unroofed and trees were blown down. It is the custom for the visiting tourists when going out fishing to go alone accompanied by a guide. MT. Barney undoubtedly went out to fish for black bass on the occa- sion when he lost his life, the lake abounding with these fish.
 The late MT. Barney was a scion of an old New Haven family and was de- scended from Commodore Barney. He was sixty-five years of age and in his youthful days attended the famous Lancasterian school, kept by the late John E. Lowell, and was leading and active member of the Lancasterian School association.
 Early in life he learned the dry goods, business, and about forty years ago be- came a member of the dry goods firm of Winship & Barney, prominent firm in its day, whose store occupied the site of the store now conducted by the Charles Monson company on Chapel street.
 The firm was notable in local trade for nearly twenty years. The senior partner, Leonard Winship died short time ago. After the dissolution of the dry goods firm the members began to manufacture ruff1es, and also did a large real estate business. In the lat ter business, however, they were not successful and met with financial em- barrassment. Winship & Barney were the builders and the owners for several years of the Elliott house,a venture which was made in times of inflated prices for real estate, and which proved disastrous.
 For several years past MT. Barney had charge of the office of Dr. F. J. Toof on Crown street, and it was while temporarily occupying the same posi- tion that Thomas Toof, son of the physician was killed by the explosion which occurred in the Pfeghar factory about two years ago. More recently he had been identified with the life and accident insurance business of John c. North & Co.
 MT. Barney had during the greater part of his life been prominently con- nected with church work In St. PauPs Episcopal church. He was junior war; den of that church from 1869 to 1877, parish clerk from 1860 to 1869, vestry- man from 1859 to 1869 and from 1880 to the time of his death.
 He leaves three children-Professo Samuel E. Barney of Sheffield Scientific school Miss Eunice w. Barney and Miss Frances B. Barney, who is a teacher in Eaton school Another daughter, Elizabeth H., was the wife of Burton Mansfield. MT Barney had resided during recent years at No 503 Orange street
 Word was brought to Dr. A. E. Win chell. the family physician of the Bar ney family. by MT. Enos A. Kimberly who received the telegram Wednesday