Connecticut western news., 1922-07-20
HOW LAKE BUEL WAS
 NAMED BACK IN 1872
Sheet of Water Was Known as Six Mile
 Pond

| the bathing and scenic beauty in ant around Lake Buel know how it re ceived the name The followin; will be enlightenihg:
 On Thursday, July 23, 1872, on, of the saddest drowning accidents T Berkshire county occurred at Lax, | Buel. A company of seven younG people were out rowing on Six Mile pond (now known as Lake Buel) when their boat capsized, and three of the party were drowned. MT Samuel Buel, who was at work in { neighboring hay field, by almost super-human efforts, succeeded ir saving the lives of four persons, anC for his heroic act this sheet of water was renamed Lake Buel Those drowned were Almond Benton, ageC 19, Ruth Mills, IS, and Betsey Gar. field, 21. Jackson Tracy, Lucy Upham, Cynthia Upham and Abigail 'Buel were saved. The following poem was written at that time. Hark! hear the sound, the solemn
 sound
 Salutes the ears of all around, We start-and shudder at the news, And weep for those unhappy youths. The fair, the virtuous and the young Become the subject of our song, Of birth and education good All in the heat of youthful blood. In prime of life in numbers seven, This youthful recreation given, With blooming prospect see them And mark their footsteps through
 the grove. To wonder pond they repair, To sail for recreation there, At length the destined place they
 reach,
 And stand and gaze upon the beach. Methinks their enterprise looks dark, But notwithstanding all embark In small boat, twas far too small To accommodate them all h. y left the beach and lonesome shore,
 And sailed full twenty rods or more, WhpTe gloomy prospects did appear, And struck their minds with dread
 and fear.
 Dangers stood thick on every side, The pond was deep an,. long and
 wide,
 Their enterprise they did regret, And sighed for their unhappy state. Their tender hearts began to<tAu,{ Their blooming faces then
 pale, their very features seemed td That some of them must bid fa1 Fer relatives and parents kind. " ls And all enjoyments left behind. jE With longing eyes thay looked to
 shore, They rocked the boat and turced it
 Der. # What human heart can hep but melt, To think how these young peuLlc felt Bound in their robes they strove to
 swim,
 Struggling for life the. sighed anG
 screamed.
 Some caught and hung upon :re
 boat,
 While others did around them float, They cried alas, but all in vain Till Buel heard the peHj". strain. This youth so active, bravc and keen, About the age of seventeen, Was struck to hear the solemn sound, And o'er the rugged way did bound. His manly talents to display, Then strove and swan with all his
 might,
 But, of the melancholy sight. His sister hung upon the wreck, And cried as if her heart would
 break, Two others struggling by her side, The boat a rolling on the tide. Fair Ruthy sunk and rose no more, While Tracy swan and got to shore, Young Benton labored hard to save, Till buried in his watery grave. Struggling for life, Lucy enclosed, Him in her arms as she supposed She thought she must unloose her
 hold,
 Or both be drowned she since has
 told. She let him go amidst the flood, Then sunk and on the bottom stood, She passed as t'were the bangs of
 death,
 Lost her activity and breath. c+i1l boy ,.oosoo hr;o