The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-07-28
THREE DROWNED
IN SUPERIOR BAY.
Prominent Superiori e s
Meet Death in Dark
Waters.


Saturday night of Mr.. and Mrs. j. +.
Macarthur and Miss Flornce Tostevin,
sister of Mrs. Macarthur.
The tragedy occurred about II
o'clock when a party consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. Macarthur, Miss Toste
vim and Leslie Tostevin, brother,
were returning from the White City
in boat.
In the early part of the evening a
party consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Arthur, Mrs. Sidney Buchanan, Mrs.
VIM. Otis, Miss Florence Tostevin.
sisters, Leslie Tostevin, brother, and
Judge Haily went to the Lenroot
boathouse in Central Park, secured
two boats and rowed over to the
White City. They arrived safely and
took in the various entertainments
and about 1915 O'Clock started for
home.
The skies had looked threate ming
all evening and about this time the
wind had begun to blow a
little. Judge Haily with Mrs. Bucha-
nan and Mrs. Otis got into one boat
and The remainer of the party in the
other boat and started for the Len
root boat house. When a short dis
lance from the shore of Minnesota
point, the wind became stronger and
Judge Haily and party tried to pur-
suade Mr.. McArthur's party to turn
back and wait until the wind sub
sided but they We're anxious 10 get
home and paid no attention to warn
ings from the officer at the beach or
from Judge Haily and party, who did
not start directly across the bay, but
rowed along the shore of the point
and decided to go across when they
got opposite the boat house. The i'll
fated party went straight for deep
water and when opposite the Murray
McCann Mill the storm broke, in
all its fury, and capsized the boat,
thowng the occupants INTO the water,
the boat overturning and floating on
! the surface.
According to the story told by Les
| lie TosteVin, the survivor OF the party
Mrs. Macarthur was near him when
the boat was capsized and he assis ted
her in getting hold on the boat,
while Mr.. Macarthur assisted his sis
| term law, and at one time the four
were holding onto the boat. Soon he
saw Mr.. and Mrs Macarthur in the
water again and Florence at one end
| of the boat and he on the other. He
made an attempt to get over to Flor
! ence and at the same time turned to
| look for Mr.. and Mrs Macarthur, but
when he looked back Florence had
lost her hold on the boat and had fall
len into the water and never saw any
| Of them again, The boy franticalIy
called for help but no one heard his
calls. He finally managed to get on
top of the boat.
Mr.. Lenroot was on the lookout
! along the logs near the boathouse and
when the storm had subsidized, took Il
boat and rowed along the shore and
found the boy on the boat. He took
| him into his boat and lack to the
| boathouse where the terrible truth
was learned.
| Young Tostevin was in a bad CON
dition when found and was barely
of a friend, After his departure Mr.
| Lenroot with his brother went back
10 the place where Leslie was found
but could see no trace of anyone else.
! They got hold of the boat and toWed
| it back to the bOathouse, arriving at
the same time that Jucge HaiIy ana
| yarty come from the Point, and Mr..
| Lenroot was obliged to tell them the
awful truth.
Immediately after the finding of
| the boy and hearing what ne was
able TO tell the Chief of Police was
notified and searchers were sent to
look along the shore for the victims.
Sunday several boats assisted in the
search for the bodies and Monda all
day but no trace Of them being found,
late in the afternoon dynamite was
used but still with no success. Tues