Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-22
4 SAD CATASTROPHE

la SAD CATASTROPHE
The Husband of Mrs. Lulu Kendall
\ Thompson Drowned Near Chad
| ron, Nebraska.
The sad news reached here last Sat
urday of the drowning of William
Thompson, the young husband of one
we'll known here as Miss Lulu Kendall,
a teacher in our public schools last
year. The young couple were married
in this city just four weeks and day
before this catastrophe overcame the
groom. They had been on camping
tour in this part of the Hills and we're
returning to their Nebraska home near
Lakeside in company with a party of
other young people. The following ex-
cerpt from the Chadron Journal gives
the particulars.
"When they arrived at a point just
south of the register station where the
wagon road runs parallel with the rail-
road track, they found the road under
water. The ladies alighted and walked
down the track while the two gentlemen
remained in the light covered wagon
and started to drive through the water.
The road fat this place is beside the
channel of Lone Tree creek and an en-
bankment leads down to it. Heavy
rains Wednesday accounted for the
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tered the water when one of the horses
floundered off the road and down the
embankment, carrying the wagon and
other horse with him. Henry Thomp-
son was driving and his brother was
standing up holding on to the bows of
the vehicle. The horses found them
selves in water over their heads. They
gave several violent lunges, overturn-
ing the wagon, Henry jumped out but
was unable to swim. Meantime, Mrs.
and Miss Thompson had run down
from the railroad track. The former
reached the edge of the bank and held
out her hand which Henry attempted
to sieze. He could not do so and sank
into the murky water with an agonizing
scream. Mrs. Thompson saw her hus-
band go down with the buggy. She ex.
pected to see him rise. Her grief was
ineXpressible when he did not do SO.
Her appealing cries were unheeded, as
the rest of the party was still several
miles behind. The muddy waters gave
not up the form of the man she loved
her husband of but four weeks. FL
nally, when all hope was gone the
young women sped down the track
They knew not whittier they were 60
ing. They crossed the big bridge over
White river and for mile they sped on.
Exhausted and grief-stricken they saw
the farm house of w. A. Birdsall and
sought assistance. Mr.. Birdsall finally
learned from their almost unintelligi-
BILE remarks the cause of their sorrow
and hastened with all speed back to
Dakota junction and telephoned the
dispatcher in this city. He immedi-
ately notified Sheriff Dargan, who soon
gathered a company of men who has
tened to the scene ofdisaster and after
much effort the bodies of both victims
were recovered aud brought to this
city and the sad news sent to the pa
rents of the deceased and the mother
and brother of the grief-stricked, Wild
owed BRIDE"
The news of this untimely sorrow of
Mrs. Thompson was received by her
host of friends in this city with the
deepest sorrow and many of them
have sent condolences, but oh how
weak are words to express our sympa-
thy and how little can we do to assuage
the sorrow and anguish of her who was
compelled to see the light of her life
go out beneath the waters of this tur-
bid stream and she powerless to aid
him in his death struggle. 1t is truly
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