The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-12-26
BOAT CAPS|zES,
TWO ARE DROWNED
IN the TREACHEROUS YAKIMA
Victims Were Aged Men-Bodies
Recovered About Twenty
Four Hours Later.


day morning at 10 o'clock, when
, Timothy Trembley and Malguire
Trembley, brothers, were drowned
in one of the channels of the Yakima
river at Yakima City, just below the
Old Town creamery Timothy Trem-
bley was IS years old, and his broth
er, Mcguire, was ~. These two men
with Theodore Trembley and his II
year-old son, have been cutting
wood on an island aross from Old
Town, and up to Sunday were
crossing the river in a boat, but
after crossing they were obliged to
walk quite distance before arriv-
ing at the place where the. were cut
| ting. Sunday they thought they
would start out and examine the riv-
er and see if they could not get a
more convenient crossing, which
would shorten their walk. While
they were going down the stream
they got into swift running water
and the boat capszed. The fou.
men were thrown into the river.
| Theodore Trembley and his son
SWAN ashore and landed safely. The
two older men, However, chung onto
the capsized boat and were drowned
! further down the river. 1t is Won
dered at how the two younger men
were able TO get out of the rive
without losing their lives, as the
current at the point where the boat
capsized is very strong and the wa
ter is about 20 feet deep and the
channel about 100 feet wide.
Timothy and Malguire Trembley
| came to Yakima about September l.
| 1906, from Vancouver, Washington.
They were both born in Quebec,
Canada. The oldest brother lived
in Clark county, Kansas, before go
| ing to Vancouver, about D years
| After he had been in Vancouver a
short time he went back to Quebec
and brought his brother Malguire
to Voncouver Both brothers fam
lilies of sons and daughters live in
Vancouver, with the exception of
Theodore Trembley, one of the occu-
pants of the boat, who is a son OF
Timothy Trembley, and Clara Trem-
bley, wife of Theodore, and daugh-
lived in Yakima until about two
weeks ago, when they went to Yaki-
ma City, rented "a house and started
cutting wood. Last Saturday Theo-
dore Trembley and mis- family ar
rived at Yakima City and started
housekeeping.
| Sheriff Grant stated last evening
! that he was notified about Il
O'Clock Sunday that two men were
drowned in the Yakima river at
Old Town, and with Frank Sin
clair, Lou Buckholtz, Alex Sim
|
lice Cayou started out Immediately
with grabbing hooks. ropes, ETC., and
arrived at Yakima City about ITO.
They Immediately started the search
for the bodies and were assisted by
several Old Town people, who show
ed considerable interest and a de-
sire TO help in the work Frank Sin
clair and l.. Buckholtz took boa;
and went down stream to where the
men were drowned, and men were
placed on each side of the river
| to search in all the hooks and cor
ners of the river. This work was
kept up until they were overtaken
with darkness and were Obliged to
stop the sarch. Yesterday morn
ing Sheriff Grant and Frank Sim
clair and L. Buckholtz started out
again for Old Town. The sherM
also engaged a Mexican to assist in
the work. When they arrived at Old
Town they started the search again
with party of local citizens. Aft
err going down the river short dis
lance they found the boat in which
the men were about a mile from
where it capsized. upside down on Il
rifle, and all that held 1t there was
the current from both directions. A
thorough investigation was made Of
the rifle which went across the river
about Is yeards. At that point