The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-05-16
Drowned in the Carson River.

49, sAANNA 40 VAC @NA VII IVA Ca
Last Sunday afternoon Miss Lola
and Miss Ada Vonderhyde, aged 20 and
Is years, daughters of Geo. Wonder
hyde, the Carson harnessmaker, were
drowned in the Carson river. The ac-
cident occurred at the Gardner dam,
about mile below the McTarnahan
bridge. The young ladies and their
brother George and William Katie
man were in boat and, venturing too
far down stream, were carried over the
dam by the wind and the strong cur
rent of the river.
When the boat went over. the dam
the craft was turned sidewise and the
four people were thrown ont. The
two girls were sitting together and it
is supposed that they grabbed each
other and went down together.
Young Kattleman says that he saw
the girls for an instant, but in the
struggle for his own life he could rem
der no assistance. He finally managed
to reach the bank, badly bruised and
exhausted. He then rushed back up
the stream, and clinging to rock in
midstream was George Vonderhyde.
Where he was there was no chance for
Kattleman to help him, and the only
thing he found to do was to go fol-
assistance. He hurried back to the
bridge where help was secured and q
team dispatched to Carson.
Young Vonderhyde was compelled
to remain in the water for nearly two
hours before he could be rescued. He
was finally taken from his periloui
position nearly dead from exhaustion
and cold. The rocks in the river had
bruised him severely and the wonder
to all is that he managed to fight fol
life SO many hours.
ONE BODY RECOVERED.
Wednesday. afternoon the body OF
Lola Vonderhyde was recovered from
the waters ofthe Carson river.
Yesterday mornings appeal says:
From early morning crew of volun
teers had worked from boats and every
point for many yards were gone over
Emil Peterson and John Wood, who
had worked down the river to a point
about two hundred yards below the
dam, felt some object on the hook thai
they were working with. On raising
it to the surface, the body of Lola Won
derhyde was brought up. A rope was
passed, around the body and it was
lowered back into the water in order tc
prevent discoloration. Word was sent
to town and undertaken George Kitz
meyer hurried to the scene. The body
was brought to this, city in the evening
and prepared for burial. The arrange
ments for the funeral have not been
made and this will probably await the
news of to-day, as those who are
searching feel certain that the body Of
the sister will be recovered before the
day passes. The only regret is that
both sisters were not found together
and thus settle the great suspense that
is hanging over the bereaved parents
and the entire community.
1T is thought by several of those pres.
Ient at the time of the recovery of the
body, that the other girl was close and
one party stated that he is convinced
that he had bold of the other dead girl
shortly after the discovery of the first
body. The entire crew that worked
yesterday was worn out with the tedi
Gus labor and only left the river when
darkness came on. An effort will be
made to recover the other missing CIR
to-day and the search party will leave
with the break of day. 1t is the sincere
hope of the entire community that the
body of Ada Vonderhyde be recovered
and the chapter of sorrow sealed.