The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-17
REMARKABLE SCENE |.,: \ I::. d n
Two Bodies Cold III Death sil1r i

Gayly Appointed. R '.El e 8
|sat51n tt,.$lmtntioll grotto under the Ratl,--
Like lcl t,rlS tie snildctl floor, til gay 1an II
|5tnst "a paper Gel ling with bright
lcolored stei1,s and queer shaped drinking
|gtables, uttered about XII the S poDdlees foE
ERNEST i. Blandannd H. l3,lrton y holnpso1Mt
$luy#cold ii, death. Mt tie bottom OF che
NJ Lals outside under, ollr5incltes
Eos$ icc two, and. perhaps, tl,Tee, non lcpt
Itle sleep or death. There was no lack t
Idesperilte courage II no chunce that could
| be taken was not taken to- save those In
pcril and three men live oSday to tessttls-.
I3fy to this, Ss 58 # # sSg sF "a
E Dnc 1lln,; VI al Rainy, s N o. 1l,f8 South
IIAlurrlS street went 20 Wha Z seemed cr,5.
tain fdeatll:8 To save Il Bland and Il rhonnp-
SON and, although he faile ssin the Mt
Etempt, his iNnlor$ and mani 81 courage u WI
Ihc remembered by snll hose ~ no ga w hun
Thrust aside res trllnng hands and rush to-
Ethc4rcsclic s iS5 4.8 ~ i5 f3
u Tie ydcud are Ernest L. Bland ard III
Barton -rholnps with two or three5l1rllS
Eknpwll dead still Hunucr5 the ice. t
~ Those saved swerns Hugh alder,a Milton
l5Cione and III. =. Iauiney. N n
rho horrlbleAtrtgG occl,rrea about a:1O
15sP,8Ar at Rescrvoirl5 nlSn.. when more than
Sthree hundred persons were y, l1ola; he Toe.
f53Enrly i yestertlhT5yimoinli tile co Syv',Ss
Viii good. tion, butt wards! mid
Isd.tY5 4; tlinw began, he pstrl1i police
i{Narned Il he publiuthatSl IT was DANGEROUS
Ito 20 upon tho Ice. s5 N III M II:
|ttSS5llrmphrey calder, Hugh Calder and
EChIrlcs SnelsonS par orfictrs, TODD upon
|itheS bank ofEtle lake and begged; the ipeo.
Isple not u SO upon the ice. II In spite of
isthis warning more than three hunur.d
! were skating at the time OF 81 the nccl-
dent; IA "A. On 4. d "a;
III Milton Conc 35wns x the N first Nj to Il bvenk
through. lie! went q Town near tl,c south
/ end OF the island crying 4 oudl y for help,
Is! n. e. Raymond who was near at hand,
pulled Conc out, and sent him Il TO- his
u hone, N los East Grace Street. ~. III
Story Of q Eye-Witnes
MIR. Raymond and Mr. Culllail say that
( they saw three others go down Il tho
l2samc place, near tho south end .of tile.
lisland und none Of tliem cam up. These
/ are tho bodies that arc still In the lake
\ Here Is tho; story Of lfugl1 Caldcri;l
| police officer or the park, who went
1 bravaly sta the rescue3iand WhoISnllEbut2
Lost his life in; the attempt;
4 $$tt;5SS"I was ON the south side of the lake
i when l SAW II man across by the island
I so through tho lee. had Il long plank
| BY me and j showed II OH the Ice, jumped
upon the plank and with an i iron-shod
1 pole. showed myself rapidly towards the
drowning man. AS reached hin the.
] Ice gave way and 4 WAS thrown into the.
( water, went Inds:sEalSf Wiien5,I came
! np 1 swllnlaa few strokes and then sllp-s
| ported myself byi5l bis block of Ice.
Finally 1 got hold OF the plank and saw
4 the man had hold or tho}otner end. He
| held 5on for about ten minutes y think
| and then j saw allmllGt 70 of tho plank
and grab at the Ice. The edge broke
and lie went down. Three times he
came M and then he went down for good
and allie sG az 5lsi M Il 4. VI Il u
| .All5this time 4 vas hanging on tile plank
Hooking at him. lTe wns thin, With. dark
| hair: his head vas bare but I remember
ttlistillctly seeing his bnck derby lat on
| the&lec near9by.t In e, NJ Il .8
Startling Cry for Help.
! Afters he hal5 gone down i heard ~ man
behind mo break through the, Ice. lie
cried out; Help. help, twice. and tlien5lle
| was silent. 5ts Till v h 81
/ think ho was drowned, 4 saw no
negro, and i only think two wcrn down
near the island, Ell n w 81
som" people on tie shore bncklcd, some
straps together and threw them TO me.
hut they broke, After n long time some
! mon came to mo u, II boat lind Spulled
me in They put meiidn Il plank and nj,
dragged mo ashore ~ nle!lTs . 1 ~ n pc i5
n MI. CnlucrFWiSt seen lis liolHN {litAl
1.-THE Reservoir. TIC MAS In hca md very
| much exhausted
IIc was out in the center Of tile flako
wien MeAsrs, Bland nnd Thompson broke
through, ~ y 7;
\ hundred men rushed wildly forsihe
boats That were stored inlsL8 house near
by. In the meanwhile II. y, 85RaineS pull
I'd n rope from an3elcctrie lamp polo ard
went to tlie3reseuc, ~
| For Gods sake don't go, They nre IN
fifteen feet Of water, and It's Sure death
| for YOU Don't Go"
| This II what 1l.flf Ilart2ell said to
| Rnney, holding him by The arm, hut the
young man broke loose ana scrambled
out upon the Ice, two hundred pairs of
eyes upon him and two struggling lnen
100 feet away in ile iny waters. ,. 4 81
Grit Saved Him.
RalneS Mad not gotten fits, feet Milcn
! tl4yir6 gare way and duYn he went, Plirc
| grt saved i.linl, for he look tho rope In llis
| tcctl, and held on Until y ii, Hcltns aud
a, e. MDarg went out With q ladder and
taking desperate clnlncea pulled hin, out.
!! Tho doctors worked for An hour on isuinny
befOrr ne becunle conscious. III, N
jEJlstli this tm,h Messls Bland aud Thdnl-
8on Wei'e siinSgling IN tie Water, their
efforts glpMing weaker and Heir Grles