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lag. John Brewer. Il fT.asiin. Va
Ahous 81 years of axc. weru drowned
ia the Cape Fear rtve-. tv- tnil~s ee
low Wilmington Saturday night
canoe in which they w.rc returning
IL a steam launch up the river from
dcceIng sxrendifsoa. was earsfEsA b.
a seaail Two 9th = comfzsnssAs - =
duckins eaaoo we're unable sn rescue
the men. on aoossnt o' the Storm
Searching parties ia chartered tags
and steamers have been unable .o fsnd
any traces of the bodies. and II II hish
~ probable that they have been swaE
lowed up In the auagufife Into which
the men were prectpi,ated when The
beat turned over.
The tragic death of the men cast
gloom over the entire ci1y Sunday
and Notwithstanding the cold. There
were more volunteers for tho search
Ing parties than there wcre boats To
accommodate them. The ducking par
~. which consisted of Measrs. Gore.
Brewer. George fIarriss and William
Sneeden. the latter being steno-
gTapher In the Law Offices of Messfs.
Russell g. Gore. left the city yestcr-
day afternoon AT } O'Clock on the steam
launch Mermaid. in charg. If Captain
Hall owner and master. from whom 1t
had been chartered for the trip. The
launch vas moored about a mils this
side OF Clarendon plantation, On III.
Brunswick side of the river. FIVE milez
from Wilmington. Brewer and Gore
had one small canoe. and Harriss aud
Sneeden another. the hunters proceed.
ing down the river for trip through
the rice fields of the plantation In
search of duck. The party had spent
about two hours at the sport. AMI were
returning 10 tho steam launch. when
sGuall came up about dark. CapsiEin:
the small boat in which Hrewer and
Gore were seated. the two being
thrown oat in 4 quagmire. whore the
government has been dumping mud
from the channel of the river. the wa.
ter being not over three feet In depth.
The two men took hold Of each end
o. the captized boat, and shouted tc
Messrs. Harriss and Sneeden in the
other canoe. 4 short distance ahead.
The second boat was put about with
small for the four men. aud Harriss
and Snceden told their companions
they would go on To the launch mile
distant, and come back for them. The
launch was reached. and Captain Hall.
Ill the larger boat, put back To The
rescue. with Nessrs. Harriss and Snec
den. The gale increased in fury. how
ever, and the large boat was grounded
oh Lnn do hn
men struggling in the quagmire. Mr..
Harriss then jumped into the smaller
boat and again tried TO reach the men.
but the canoe soon filed with water.
and Mr.. Harriss had TO Dc dragged
back aboard the Mermaid He heard
the shouts OF Gore and Brewer. and
yelled to them to go ashore. Their
shouts soon ceased and the men on
the Mermaid concluded that the two
men had gotten ashore. The larger
boat was then headed toward VIII
mington. reaching here about mid
night Mr.. Harris secured a buggy.
and. crossing the river al the ferry
here, went over on the Brunswick side
and proceeded down the river TO a
point about where he thought the men
should have reached the land No
traces of them could be found. and
though both sides Of the bank were
searched diligently Sunday. nothing
has been seen of either of them. 4
dog i'm the capsized boat came home
Sunday, and later the canoe to which
the two men were clinging when last
seen. was picked UP off the jetties in
the river some distance below. The
| presumption is that the men became
exhausted by tie cold and the excrtion
| necessary 10 keep to a foothold. and
| that when their shouts were no longer
| heard by those Oh the Mermaid. they
| sank down and were lost.
| The weather was bitterly cold, and
| ice had already formed in the bottom
| OF the canoes when efforts were being
| made TO save them.
Mr.. Gore was a son Of Mr.. ID. l.
| Gore, a we'll known wholesale grocer
| and capitalist here. Young Brewer
| was a son of Prof. j. B. Brewer. for
meraly principal of the Chowan Bap
| tist Female College. of Murfecsboro
later of Wake Forest. and now princi
pal OF a :hoolc At Franklin. Va.