Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-04-04
| 7OTs SAVED
,,.hans in Fort Wayne's
, sh We're Rescued

,sm ChIedyU
ssbts
Halt.frozen and without
' w.. eight children and their at
nlp rere rescued from the Fort
w. o.rhau Asylum by Captain
q y. "a Garland and his crew from
~ ' ~ life saving station. Cap
s' .and and six life savers re
~, ~ chicago from Fort Wayne
W, surf boat. but Immediately
~ ,o Terre Haute to continue
rescue work.
'tsir Carland's story was graphic
'g " how he and his men arrived
|, y, . vi just after four children
y, death when an attempt was
Wv !. rescue them. Five trips to
..~,om we're made by Captain
y, ~ and each time a boatload was
..tply across half a mile OF
y, sowing water. Besides the
w., four matrons and six men
r.cued from the building.
Garland Tells Story.
=. arrived at Fort Wayne when
v,,sr was highest" said Captain
nd mo sooner had We arrived
=. report reached US that the
,,sn we're marooned in the Orphan
INN One attempt had been made
~,eue them which ended disaS-
,,v for four Of the children and
Snve men. The small rowboat
,blrb the would-be rescuers had
.ad the building overturned after
n the children had been taken
second-story window. All we're
Fnsd.
rmditlons IN the asylum were aw-
1ben six men and myself finally
mod the building. In one small
buddled together half frozen
hungry, were the little girls and
gvith their attendants.
Ymy we're crying, a few were
#D from exhaustion! One of the
na had tainted.
Afraid to Trust Boats.
Al first they refused to trust their
rs 10 our boats. They had witnessed
fate of the first boat and we're
hid We finally carried twelve OF
little ones out of the second-story
blow and then our fight back start
It needed the comPined strength
every man on the boat to
t the current and prevent the
i from oyerturning. Then we
n hampered by the cries of the
liren and at times the one matron
took with Us would become panic
rien After getting to shore the
ltel were placed in the care of
Echants of the town, and we went
1iOr another load.
Eereceived a different reception on
r@eOnd arrival at the asylum. A
hut Of JOY went up when they heard
the first load had been landed
Ay, A little confusion resulted
the natural anxiety Of the tots to
slO the boat. No one was hurt,
never, and after five trips we sue
sled in removing all the children
lheir attendants TO safety.
The merchants thanked us for
'G We had done. One of the ma
'S told US the children had not had
lmeal for As hours. They had run
81 coal and were breaking up the
lI'aFe in the place for fire wood.
snre they kindled in the middle Of
oom, Drawing the danger of the
'4s building burning up"
Strings 200 Peru Children.
aarleS H. Thacher and his wife,
i've at 1860 Groveland avenue,
4ea here from Peru, Ind, with 200
children, many of them now
.als.
man IN Peru, having a boat, de-
~aed $50 from Thacher to take the
away There was another wom-
IL The marooned house, and the
.4an refused to take her.
Snot was fired and the man fell
" Me boat, dead" said Mr.. Tbach-
NJ TEACHER escaped with his wife
NC other woman in the boat. A
-u man, DR.. Hupp, offered a boat
FlVV to take his wife to hospital,
Oelng imminent visit from the
Inc man refused and the doc
sucked him out of the boat with
@FA A Winona college student
:" tne doctors wife to the hos
! saere baby was born. mother
'ald being saved.
ITO In Stolen Boat Drowned.
~ slse unknown men were drowned
!, W "hen leaky boat, which they
"Oaen, sank. The boat was own
! Oliver Wilson, a farmer who
A. ! NssF the water line of the inter
y ~ tracks, Wilson discovered the
!, : when the three men were zoe
! rom shore. When they had
~. nan mile, they appeared in
.ss The Wilson family watched
.s 1en struggle in the water and
rye .peaf' No effort has been made
!, ,'VOSer the bodies.
) LOgansport heroic work was
! v The crew sent from Lake
n. anu by the cadets from Culver
i, 'S academy in saving lives.
! s4y J. pathetic INCIDENTS marked the
I Of rescue.
cDaa more than 5000 persons were