The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-31
FATHER, Mother
And CHILD LOST
Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Kupilik
Go Under When Car
Slids Over Bank.
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carried the baby to the Stickney house,
where it was revived.
Stickney meanwhile had rushed
down the river to another rifle
"These mackinaw pants of mine were
SO heavy, or l could have gone faster"
he said apoiogetically, as he told his
story.
He waded out again and this time
caught the fathers body and carried
It to shore. Kupilik was quite dead,
however. Volunteers worked hard
over him until Chief Peter Loffnes and
Claire Kern. of the fire department,
who had been called by telephone,
arrived with the city's new lungmotor.
but without avail. The firemen, who
were on the scene within few min
utes after the accident. worked for a
long time, but failed to revive the man.
Stickney tried to save the mothers
body. but the current carried 1t so
swiftly that he could not keep up.
Children Cared for by Green.
Little Oscar, the three year old. was
taken to the hospital by DIR. f. D. Pease,
who with DR.. ]. ]. Flynn, came quickly
out to the place of the accident.
There he was gaining strength last
night and was said to be out Of danger.
The three other children were
brought to the city by Sheriff James
Green and put in Mrs. Green's charge
at the county Jail. Charles alone
seemed old enough to understand the
frp nof7y ~ ci<, M
for the moment forgot their fear when
Mrs. Green gave them hot food and
mothered them.
"Frank Isn't Here"
Frank isn't here" they said, not
knowing apparently that their brother
| was dead.
Not even Charles knew until LONG
after the accident that his father was
! drowned. He helped work over the
baby after hearing that Kupilik had
been taken out of the stream.
| HoW's father doing? All Right ~
he asked Chief of Police Tom Kemr
and Constable Sam Pulliam as they
came back from the point of Stickney's
second plunge.
| No RELATIVES anywhere.
When he learned that his father
100, had been lost he broke down anC
soobed bitterly. He alone Of the fou,
understood that father, mother ant
brother had really been drowned. Ant
ne alone appreciated the fact that tn,
four orphans have not a relative upo,
whom to depend. Both Kupilik an,
MS wife came from Austria Is or 9
years ago. They have no relatives ii
this country and perhaps none in tn
old country, which is in any case Gu
OF by the war. +. A. Wilson, man
ager of the Great Western plant, sal,
last night that Mrs. Kupilik's fathe
was the only relative OF which anyon
knew and that the daughter had no
heard from him in year.
| Long in Rsfiners' Employ.
| M. s. Kupilik had been In the EN-
ploy of the Great Western Sugar com
pany for 10 or IL years. He came t
Missoula last March to assist in tn
construction of the plant here, an
since then had been master mechani
OF the big refinery. For a year be
! fore that he had served in a simila
capacity In Lowell, Wyo., and befor
then had been assistant master me
chanic in the company's plant at BIZ
lings.
III He was one of our best employees
said Mr.. Wilson last night. HE was
skilled and trusted man."
No arrangements have been mao
. for the funeral. and none will be unit
. an effort has been made to recov,
1 the missing bodies. Manager WilsC
said last night that searching parti,
| would be sent down along the riv,
today.
II Road Runs Near River.
III The road where the accident hal
pened skirts the river running along
graded bank which is only three
four feet above the water when Il
river Is as high as it is now. 1t
wide road. and there Is no railil
along the shore. A few rods west
where the accident happened is a lol
stretch of rock filled cribbing ov
which an automobile could not CO. u
. less propelled at a terrific speed.