The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-02-21
CATASTROPHE WlTlIcSSED AUTO
PARTY ON TlESIlTFLINE DRIVE
We're Children of A. G. and Warren S. Pip
pin, Latter from Pueblo On Visit-Fire
Department Called Out and Did Good
Work-C0nvicts Sylvester Craig, Jimmie
Station, and Captain Barber Recover
Bodies After Much Effort in Icy Water

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Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Pippin Of 401 Pike
Avenue. and Alvin Pippin. age IL. son
of Mr.. and Mrs- Warren 8. Pippin o.
Puehlo. vern drowned In the reservoir
at the head OF Pike Avenue. Sunday
noon when the Ice upon which they
we're playing. gave way. The children
were in tho waier perhaps twenty min
utcs. and doctors who arrived q short
time afterwards worked on the chill
dren with the pulmotor for several
9cuns but. without result.
The only witnesses 10 the tragedy.
which Is the most startling that has
occurred hero in years. were Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Brntiy OF sls Greenwood ave
nue and Mr.. Lawrence Talbert. an In
valid from Illinois They were IN an
automobile on the Skyline Drive and
had just rounded monument curve.
whore they had stopped moment to
watch the two children on The ice. the
reservoir being In plain sight about
five hundred feet below and a hundred
yards distant.
Mr.. Bratty and bis parry wore gaz.
tug at the children and werc comment
ing on the possibility Of the Ice not
being safe on such . warm day. when
ruddeniy they saw the children disap-
pear from sight. Bratty Immediately
jumped from his car and started down
slse precs6sssus ssds = shss shosbaci
whi,c his wife and Mr.. Taibert began
yelling 1t the top Of their voices for
help. They were 80 far away however.
that their appeals raised no response
Rratty. In tho meantime. npcd for
ward. ninging himself rcckiessly
down the almost psrpendtcular drops
of hundred feet or moro. He siid.
rolled and fell until he reached the
comparative level stretch when he
rushed onward with all his strength
and speed. As he went down the
steep side he glanced toward the reeer-
,oir and saw the boy in the hole. bear
ing himself up with out-ssretched arms
on the leo. II seemed to him that
the girl was hanging desperately to
the boy and that the boy was excrtins
every bit OF his strength to hold both
himself and the girl up. Al Bratty
reached the bottom Of the incline he
saw the Ice give way and both victims
isappeared. When he arrived at the
reservoir only broken Ice and the large
hole were in evidence to tell him the
location of the children.
He at once plunged into the Icy
wntcrs Of the reservoir which takes an
abrupt drop of three or four feet and
Bratty soon found himself up TO his
neck. but stiyi several feet from where
the children went down. He attemp-
ted to swim but could do nothing. what
with his heavy clothing and the float
ing ice which impeded his progress.
When he saw he was helpless he at
,nce returned TO the embankment. ran
.iown to where he could bo heard and
called for help.
Among the first to nrrive were T.
&. Dabney OF 42o Pixie Avenue. n
short distance from the reservoir, and
J. 8. Shaw. Of J, M. Anderson and
Company. who was cruesing Pike Ave
nue at Fifth street In his automobile
when he wAs Attracted BY tho cries
for help. when D&hney arrived he
sAw that nothing could be done with,
out ropes and ladders no he ran and
te,ephoned the fire department who
were soon on thci Scene. Bomeone else
selephosaed tho penitentiary and con.
victs Sylvester Craig. Jimmy Station
and one othor with guard Bglie Green
m charge. wore sent ON the run to tho
reservoir which II Just outside the
pen walls. ~.
For the first lev moments Il was
not Known Whose children had been
drowned buf the essysitsd cries Of var.
,6ous ones sonn attracted ths Pippins
and . kravs fear swept over them Inn
nsdiatsly. nhslr .ssuspsciona were
ssrsagthensd whsn Il ,wAs rsmembered
that ths lietls hoy and sifl hsd climb
ID The reservoir hin = shees time pro,
vioue while p1ayino horps.
when he Dir truck arrived the