The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-06-01
MICAIGAMME RIVER
CLAIMS MORE VICTIMS
BERT GRIBBLe AND WIFE PROBABLY
DROWNED WHILE FISHING
OVERTURNED RAFT WAS FOUND
Note Was Pinned to Camp Door Where
They Started ard Signs OF Rats
launching Found.

lt Is very probable that Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert GribLlo wers drowned in the
Miehigamme river last Tuesday. All
Indications 80 TO show such an end
beiell them. A searching party found
a note in the camp where they stayed
on Monday night and below that found
an overturned raft with hsh pole be-
side II, both Of which articles are sup
posed to have been used by Gribble and
his wife in fishing trip down the
river.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gribule lett Charming
about three O'Clock Tuesday morning
for the purpose of going to the Miehi-
CANINE river and floating down from
DuBeck s camp 10 Kelso. Their inten
tion was to get 10 Kelso about the time
that the afternoon passenger. coming TO
Crystal Falls. got there 50 that they
might come to Crystal Falls and Mr.
Gribble might return on the evening
train TO his WORK at Charming.
They failed to appear AT the train on
Tuesday and Wednesday morning Mr..
tiribble's mother and his employer at
Charming asked for them, as Mr.. Crib
ble had told his boss that he would be
back Tuesday night 10 work and also
told his mother 20 put up his dinner so
that he could start right back Tuesday
evening He worked nights transfer
ring freight
The fact of their disappearance got
noised about town and searching
party including VIM. Gribble, Sam
Jacobs. VIM. McGibbons and others
started out Wednesday afternoon TO
search for the missing ones They
headed for DuBeck camp and when
they got there they found note writ
ten by Mrs Gribble pinned TO the door.
The contents OF the note praised the.
camp as place OF rest and expressed
the hope that il would not be destroy
ed
Evidence was found that a raft mad
been launched in the river near the
camp 50 the searchers started down the
river and when about a mile north Of
the mouth of the deer they found
ratt overturned and beside il on some
sweelers.a fish pole that Mr.. Gribble Is
supposed TO have been using
The searcders arrived here at four
O'Clock Thursday morning and immed-
lately another party equipped with
boats was made up and went by special
train to KeIso where the boats we're put
in tire river aud systematic search
started
This second party had such trouble
with the engine OF their boat that they
We're unable 70 do anything that alter.
noon. n the mean time two of the
party, VIM McGibbon aud r. Dixon
went to Charming and crossed to
the Michigamme by the same route as
the Gribbles took They started 1T the
camp, descended the river TO about the
place where the other party had found
the rait There they founu "a woman's
hat and veil Lower down they found
the overturned raft Righting il. they
found box and in the box was Crib
ble's coat. They found near there
what they thought were tracks where
a man got ont Of the river 80 they fol-
lowed them and near the river bank
found Gribble's Rat The hat had
evidently laid in its position all night
Ior { was badly chewed up by procu.
pines.
The two men followed what they
mink are Gribble's tracks for some
ime but night coming on and their
'omrads not putting in their appear
'nce with the lannch. they decided 10
% 10 kelso who're they found that she
'ther members of the party were nm
ible 20 get their boat started and All Of
mem came home on tte evening train.
A praty Of aboat IL was organized
ma started ont yesterday morning.
mother party was organized during
he day among the workmen AZ the
treat Western location % 90 10 the
pper Fence waters and scour the
woods 70 look for Gribble in case he
4 lost.
Word last night was that no further
race of the missing had been found.