Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-09-10
ma. Ea1OEalck d. sNANDr DROWNED
Last Thursday Afternoon While selnIna In
chsusa Creek Near CsbBs lalIl.

L I Z ID
The sad news of the drowning of Mr..
+. "a. Brandt in Chauga creek last
Thursday afternoon was q shock to his
many relatives and friends in Walhalla.
BE, in company with his two brothers,
Messrs. Henry and John Brandt, and
several others, were out on hunting
and fishing trip, and the accident oo-
Cured while Mr.. Brandt and his brother
in-law, Mr.. Chas. Burnside, were seining
alone In Chauga creek, near Cobb's Mill.
Eoout eight miles from Walhalla. They
Nere In water about up to their shoulders
aud Mr. Brandt is supposed to have
been attacked with cramps. He sud-
denly loosed his grasp of the ssin, sink
ing with little struggle and rising some
distance away In water about six and 8
half feet deep. Mr.. Burpside made
every possible effort to reach his broth.
he reached Mr.. Brandt and attempted TO
render assistance the drowning man
grasped him frantically, pulling him un-
der the water and making it difficult for
him to save himself and necessary to free
himself from the hold Mr.. Brandt had
taken upon him. AS ssoon as Mr.. Burnside
was loose and could again act for him
self he caught the seiD and attempted to
get Mr.. Brandt to save himself by catch
ing to it; bnt the efforts were futile, and
he went down the second aud last time
His body was recovered In about half an
hour, and every effort made to revive
him. George and Herman Keil, small
boys, were present, but could render no
assistance. Messrs. Henry and John
time, but too far to be summoned to
their brothers. relief, and Mr.. Henry
Brandt returned short while 1fterward
only to find his brother drowned and to
help rescue him from the water.
Mr.. Frederick Herman Brandt was
born in Walhalla, April 8, 1868. Since
boyhood he had been q consistent men,
ber of the Lutheran church, and was an
humble Christian and an excellent citi.
zen. He was happily married on August
10, 1895, to Miss Nina Karrer, who, with
two children, survives. To them, to-
gether with his aged parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. 81: l.. Brandt, his brothers and sis
ters and other rela lives here and else
where, we join with hosts of friends in
extending heartfelt sympathy in their
hour of deep affliction. In his death q
kind and loving husband and father is
removed, the church loses an ever faith
full member, and the community in
which he has lived and in which he was
SO we'll and favorably known loses one
of its staunchest citizens. Mr.. Brandt
was the third to the oldest of q family of
marks the only time this large and happy
family has been visited by the grim
reaper.
The remains were laid to rest in the
cemetery of the Lutheran church Satur-
day morning at 10 o'clock, the funeral
services being conducted by his pastor,
Rev. j. G. Schaid, assisted by Rev. j. G..
Brodfuehrer. An unusually large con-
course of friends. of the deceased were
present to pay the last sad tribute to the
departed.
Pastor Schaidt's text was Psalms 1871,
"Lord help! For the godly man ceas-
eth" Rev. DR.. Brodfuehrer followed.
He read and remarked briefly on Isaiah
40, and 81, Comfort ye my peoplel
They that wait upon the Lord shall re-.
| new their strength"
Mr.. VIM. j. III. Brandt and Miss
Johannah Brandt of Charleston, arrived
in Walhalla Friday night, in answer to a
telegram announcing his death. Miss
Johannah Brandt, who had been on a
visit to her father and family, returned
to Charleston on the morning of the
| fatal accident, and had reached the city
| only short while before she received
| the sad message.
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