The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02

BUTTE.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
DRowNEp IN TIE YUKON.

Correspondence Intermountain Catholicl
Butte, Mont, Nov. 2S.-On Oct 5
Tom and Dan Mcnamara. left their
home at 1929 North Main street
WalkerVille, to join their two brothers.
John and Michael. who are working
rich properly at Dawson. n. w. T.
Before starting both young men
received holy communion and made
every spiritual preparation necessary
for their hazardous trip. The brothers
left Seattle on Oct. = on the stea men.
Topeka, and departed over the pass
from SkagWay on the 18th.
They We're last heard Of by letter
from White Horse, under date OF Oct.
-, stating that on the following day
they would take passage on the Willie
Erwin and hoped TO reach Dawson by
oct. %. The young men promised TO
wire their mother from Dawson on
their arrival. 50 ifs delayed, would
doubtless have risked almost ANYTHING
TO reach wire and thus relieve the
anxiety OF those at home. AS the days
passed and no telegram came the
anxiety Of mother and sisters became
distressing and reached a climax on the
morning OF Nov. q, when 2 dispatch
appeared in daily paper stating that
five people had been drowned in the
Yukon about sixty miles from Dawson
81
Butte We're believed to be among the
number. Mr. W. H. Merrinan, a friend
of the family here, wired to Seattle for
particulars and received the following
message in reply:
Seattle. Nov %. 1899
To W. H. Merriman. Butte: Your
wire Yesterday no one seems to know
full names of Mcnamara Brothers
drowned in the Yukon
We can get no definite Information
except that they were brothers and
they With two women and another
man were drowned-accident happened |
after the people who brought the
news bad passed the place where the
accident occurred and the only infor- !
nation obtained was by telegraph |
through the operator at White Horse. |
We are now trying to get full. par
ticulars and as soon as We learn of |
anything more definite. VIII advise you |
promptly
L A. NADEAN.
Tracers have been sent from Seattle /
but may not he heard from for weeks.
The diScunsolate mother and sorrow
ing sisters cling to the ray of hope /
that the drowned men may be others I
than their loved ones.
As the boys left the rapids nearly
one month before the drowning it is
y
some landing in safety but are unable
to communicate with any point
1t does not seem possible that a
party of five persons could start on q
six day journey and be missing for so
long time without the fact being dis
covered. In this rests the hope that
the dispatch refers to some other Nc
Nam2ra brothers.
A Seattle paper states that the
drowning took place on the Yukon
above Ogilvie. Two reports are given
as to the manner of the accident, One
is that the party sought to board a
sCow bound for Dawson and that
floating ice swept down upon them
and capsized their boat. Another is ,
that al We're on the scow, which got !
caught in the ice and sank. The dead
are two Mcnamara brothers: -
Kelly; Mrs. Drumbolton, and Mrs ,
Ruhdall'' !
Besides their mother, Mrs. Mary
there are four sisters and
a 13-year-old brother. residing here.
They are Mrs Elizabeth KyRe whose :
husband is bookkeeper for the SyIrone =
Dry Goods company, Misses Mary, Dol
lie and Tessie N1cNaIl- -.
The Mcnamara fanny came here {
from Virginia City. New, four years
ago and are highly respected by ali
who know them. Dan, the younger OF :
I
setic young fellow Of % years. His !
ambition was to educate himself fer
one Of the professions.
Thomas Mcnamara, the elder, was n
- years of age, and q widower. Ills \
wife died in Virginia City, New, about :
wo years ago. He leaves three
orphan children with his mother and
sisters. Their ages are 3. and
ears. Since her sons departure, Mrs. j
has moved TO CD Maryland =
VENUE, Butte, where she at present
esides.
on Nov. -. Mrs Mcnamara re- :.
eived letters from her SONS in Dawson x
;nder date of Get. and s. They speak =
cry brightly Of their prospects and
re all ready to receive their brothers.
he letters state that those letters q,
would likely be the last mail to leave =
DAWSON this season. The same boat =
hat brought down these letters y
,rought the news of the drowning TO '
rp bpTe9vpd family.