Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-18
THE RENO TRAGEDY.
s.yo % the Unfortunate Victims Re.
covered from the Truckee.


sso Of the Unfortunate Victims Re.
covered from the Truckee.
The following account of the drown-
ing OF the four people IN the Truckec
T.. or last Sunday is FROM the Reno !
journal CT yesterday:
Four young people, three of them
among the best liked and most Iowa
: ~5Zv,4Ats CT Reno, the other a
- pei, Us BUSINESS man Of Chicago,
LEI .-e..tn II the raging waters
tie 'iruckee river Sunday after
"..~.. p ,.a...4 but two o. the bodies
ave been recovered, though both
oanhs OF the river from Laughtons to
Glendale are lined with peop4e, every
enc intent Gu bringing the lifele IS
J-4.as u the shore.
SWEPT lyrO Err GRITTY.
t IS seldom that :. the lister Of
r. tyNl. tnat ulC-e appalling acct
la1t happens Surely never before has
the entire people had more cause to
! "a SAD a.ld tlfat they are is evidenced
by the universal expressions of synl-
patty fer the grief stricken relatives
and friends Of the young people, VIII J,
! in the midst Of happiness and pleasure
5T2r3 swept INTO eternity.
OCC JRRED NEAR LAUGHTONS.
The dread accident occurred at
Aaughton's Springs about six miles
| west Ct Reno Sunday afternoon at 2:30
! 0c!ccll. It was beautiful day and ma
AZ people were at the resort enjoying
an outing. Mr.. Jacobs and Miss Eliza
! beth Mcmillan were together 1t IS
| thought they were met ON the banks
OF the stream by F. w Tinsman and
| Mr8. Saoie Z. Eide.
FATAL FERRY CONDEMNED.
| THUS faI 10 one knows just how the
! quartet was tempted to go to its
death, though it is thought that some
! one proposed to ride across the river
! On . cable ferry. The ferry is an old
affair, condemned years ago as unsafe
| ay the owner. WHO made it a point o
| deep the car locked. Sol1e one. how
| ever. had unfastened the lock. Some
| times. persons have yentared the trip,
| but wert always tod it was at their
| peril. A. the most, not more tn IN
| three perscns could ride in the car
at enc time and this would be al great
risk.
WARNED BY AN INDIAN.
The river during the past few weeks
has been running bank full on account
Of the rapidly melting snow. IS a re-
suit. the cables even without any
weight On them, were down within a
few feet Ct the water
No one noticed this, however, until
the fCur members of the party entered
the car preparing for the journey thai
was destine to be to their death. A.
this juncture, an Indian approached.
He re8lized that it would be an inlpos-
s:b:I:ty for the young people to reach
the opposite shore in safety, and as
, best he could, he cautioned them not
| TO go It seemed as if destiny had
ordained otherwise, for the next nom
ent one Of the occupants gave the cal
d shove and it shot out over the
[ water. But it was only for a second
!; When but few feet from the shore
| the cable swayed and the car struck
; | the water Deeper and deeper it sans
/ | with It's human freight, until the cen
/ ter OF the swift and turbulent stream
= Tas reached. 1t was here that the ter
: | rife curr, III struck it and in a momen
4 the frail and rotten box capsized anc
L was broken into many pieces.
Il both women ;c~ear:cd as they fe,
themselves being swept into the wa
ter.
WITNESSED DEATH STRUGGLE.
This noise attracted the attention
J. of MIR. Laughton and Ned Morris,
e ditch tender They fastened to tn
scene as rapidly as possible and arri4
= ed in time to see the four people f1ou
- dering in the water. Mr.. and Mrs. Wa,
e ten and Fred Coleman, also witnesse
- the dread accident. The story Of M
~ Morris best relates what followed:
/ MORRIS STORY
u They came to the surface abo,
~ thirty feet this side of the car. Mr.
'e EIDE and Mr.. Tinsman were swimmin
for the south bank while Mr.. Jacot
l: and Miss Mcmillan were heading ft
the north shore Norris was maxim
ID a brave fight Miss Mcmillan was elm
d ing to his back, excited and screar
ing
HEROIC FIGHT FOR LIFE.
THE young man apparently VIZ
swimming strong, but from his a
y