Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-18
BOTH SANK TO DEATH.

BOIH SANK TO DEATH.
Mr.. Tinsman and his companion
apparently were making better pro.
gress. Mrs. Eide seemed to be assisting
herself to great extent, while Tins
man, cool and collected, was holding
her with one arm and swimming with
the other. One hundred or more yards
from where the accident occurred
there is an island in the river, the
current passing swiftly on both sides.
Mr.. Tinsman and Mrs Eide swan ar.l
were carried by the current iowa Il
the south channel and when near the
island, he apparently became tired
and rolled over on his back to float
This frightened his companion anu
she grabbed him across the body. He
went down, but only for a moment
and when he arose to the surface ag-
ain, he caught the woman for whose
life he was battling, but was too weak
/ to continue the struggle longer. They
both remained on the surface a NOM
ent, and then like their companion;
| who had gone to their death a few
| minutes previous, they sank to tn =
watery grave
HAPPENED IN A MINUTE.
So quick did the awful accident hap.
pen that it was some time before the
many picnicers on the grounds knew
what had taken place. Someone start
ed for Reno to give the alarm. Within
an hour Chief Of Police Leeper was
Informed and had started search par.
ties up both banks of the river &c
search for the bodies of the unfortr
nate young people. Soon hundreds hal
joined in the hunt and before night
almost every foot of the stream be
tween this city and Laughtons was
patrolled by one or more persons ey
cry one intent on saving the bodies
from being swept down the river into
the lake to what would probably Dc
their eternal grave
! FIRST BODY FOUND.
Within an hour after the four PEG
pie went to their death, the body u
Mrs.@Dde was discovered G, L. and y
L. Dadghton were patrolling the soutI
bank of the river On the opposite
bank and about one quarter of mil,
from where she sank, they saw III
body Of Mrs. Eide The clothing ha'
caught on a willow and the body va
being firmly held.
| Charles Larson, cook in the Ell
ploy Of Sullivan's camp near by, wa
on the north bank His attention va
called to the floating object and i
lost no time in bringing the corps
to shore. By this time aid had arr.
ed on the scene and the body was tel
derly placed on a board at the sid
of the stream. There was a fires
wound over the right eye, while tn
: head was terribly bruised and Gu
showing with what terrible force tn
woman had been swept over the rocl,
bed Of the river Life had not bee
extinct long, for one of the wound
was still bleeding
!, BODY OF MISS MCMILLAN.
The body of Miss Mcmillan, lodge
r among the willows this side of tn
, electric light dam on the north ban
| of the river, was discovered by tW
. Indians who had been engaged
( the search for some time J. l.. He
, ron and John Michael were drivin
+ near the point at the time. They We:
0 summoned by the Indians, who to-
:. them of their discovery. AS best the
t could the gentlemen placed the corp.
i in their rig and brought it to ii
mOrgue, where it was turned ov.
t to Coroner Updike. The body Civ
= evidence of the journey down the ri
er. There is a deep cut on the hea
while one eye was closed. There W
n also a number Of scratches and bru
a es about the face and head, viii
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