The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-02-14
Aguinaldo from Hong Kong
CHICAGO SKATERS PERIL.
Sixteen of Them Carried Out Into Lake
Michigan On Ice FlOes-Ten of Them
Were Rescued

Were Rescued.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Sixteen skaters
living in the suburbs of Rogers Park
and Lake Forest were carried out into
Lake Michigan on ice foes Sunday.
Ten of them were rescued and during
the entire evening searching parties
made fruitless efforts to secure some
trace Of the missing six. The missing
are:
Attorney Elmer D. Brothers, employ
ed in the office of Attorney Luther
Latin Mills; Miss Orel Manney, II
years old, niece of Attorney Brothers;
Chauncey Nancy, nephew of Attorney
Brothers; George Mallory, student at
Lake Forest university, home in Pom
tia, H.; Guy Caron, student at Lake
Forest university, home in st. Anne,
ILL.,; Arthur Fletcher, Ravenswood park.
All of those who were rescued were
carried out on the ice off Lake Forest
and two of the number who ventured
on the frozen lake there are supposed
to have been drowned. The remining
three of the 1G were carried away on q
foe off Rogers park, and the Chicago
life savingcrew spent the night search
ing for them.
Attorney Brothers left his home at
435 Ashland avenue at noon Sunday,
accompanied by his niece, Miss Orel
| Manney, and his nephew, Chauncey
| Manney. Mr.. Brothers, who is promi-
nent among the amateur photograph
ers of the North Shore suburbs, ven
tured upon the CONCEALED surface of
Lake Michigan, hoping to take some
snap shots at the beautiful towns
within easy reach of his camera. After
travelling safely over the ice to con-
venient point from the Shore Mr..
Brothers adjusted his lens and took a
number of pictures
A sudden change of wind brought
conditions upon which the party had
not calculated. Half mile to the
north the ice suddenly broke. The
vast force eXerted upon the foe near
|
party were, caused rapid disintegra-
ton. Before Mr.. Brothers realized his
position, escape was impossible.
Sunday night at dusk Mrs. Brothers.
reported to the police. The latter inn
mediately repaired to the lake shore.
Fully mile out faint flashes of light
could be seen. Between the shore and
the points where the flashes were seen
fioated immense cakes of ice. The po-
lice officers tried time and again
to find an opening in the floating
mass through which a boat might pass,
but without success. Finally a tele-
phone message asking for aid was sent
to this city. Several life boats were
loaded upon trains and started to the
rescue.
Tugs were unable to make the
slightest impression upon the pack
and after several fruitless efforts this
mode of rescue was abandoned
Guy Caron and George Mallory, stu
dents at the Lake Forest university
started from their boarding houses tc
walk to Waukegan on the ice about
noon. They had not passed from sight
when the change of wind, above noted
caused the ice field upon which they
were to break from its mornings The
two young men had not reached Wan
legan at midnight, Sunday, and al
hope of saving them has been aban
doned.
Three more people were added to the
list of missing Sunday night. They
are Sydney Morris, Charles Mobey and
a policeman from the Sheffield avenue
station whose name is not known
They started out together at o'clocl
to aid in the rescue of the missing stu
dents. Nothing has been heard from
, them since and they are supposed to b.
, ad1.ift on the lake