The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-22
Those Drowned are H. H. BigeIow, Mrs.
Ralph Mather of St. Paul and Guide
Howard Schaefer Of this City.
Bodies Of Mrs. Mather and Mr.. Bige|ow
Taken to St. Paul Yesterday
Morning by Motor Hearse.

season without any serious accident,
the news of Saturday morning in
dicating the drowning of three in
Eastwood Lake fell with sickening
force on the people of this city.
Parties coming in Saturday found a
pack sack and canoe paddle afloat in
the bay facing the Wilderness Outftters
resort and between there and Chicago
Island. Investigation disclosed that the
pack contained personal belongings of
H. II. Bigelow of the firm of Brown
& Bigelow of st. Paul.
Later an overturned canoe and
another pack and tent were found.
The canoe was one used by Guide
Howard Schaefer of the Red Ball Out
ing Company and in which he had
made a trip through the Canadian
waters with his party.
DR.. C. w. Trowbridge of Oak Park,
Illinois, who was on a trip accompanied
by his father and mother with Frank
Mizera as guide, spoke to the party
on Friday evening at the portage at
Eastwood Falls and where the Wilder
ness power boat had gone to get DR..
Trowbridge and party on their way
home after. two weeks trip in the
border country. The Bigelow party was
invited to use the launch for the trip
to the Lodge but refused stating that
they would come in the following morn
ing.
All indications point to this having
been attempted Saturday. Indications
also point to the swapping of the
canoe when the south arm of Eastwood
was recahed. The wind was blowing a
gale at the time from the southwest
and the finding of the packs and canoe
along the north shore of the bay in
dicates that the accident happened
about there.
Mayor Harri at once recruited a crew
OF men in te city to go to Eastwood to
search for the missing. This crew was
further augmented on Sunday when
Charles Ward, general manager for
Brown & Bigelow, arrived from St.
Paul to direct the search. More men
with boats and all manner of graphing
hooks worked day and night in the
search for the bodies and men patrolled
the islands and shore lines near the
bay in the hopes that one or more
OF the three may have swan ashore.
Ralph j. Mather, R. P. Galloway and
others joined in the search. MIR. Gallo
way Is a brother-in-law of Mr.. Bigelow.
Mr.. Ward and MIR. Mather, so reports
have 1t, were on their way here to join
the party when the news of the drown
ing reached them and fastened their
departure. Roy Sudieth of the st. Paul
police department with a car load of
graphing hooks accompanied them
here. Sudieth is an expert in locating
drowned persons.
Tuesday was a desperate day on the
lake as a veritable gale made dragging
hazardous undertaking. The services
OF Oscar Rignen of the Scenic Airways
also were used and the Curtis-Robin
plane assisted in the search. Wednes-
Gay more men were sent out and the
services of Emil (Spike) Erickson were
secured to assist. Mr.. Erickson is re-
cognized as one of the best and his
services have been in demand in cases
OF this kind. He has met with the
best of success.
The crews have been quartered at the
Eastwood Lodge of the wilderness Out
ntters where also boats were re-
Questioned. Meals were served at the
Lodge under the able supervision of
Mrs. Mary Melavosich.
The body Of Mr.. Bigelow was taken
from so feet of water about 500 feet
from Chicago Island and near where
the overturned canoe was found. The
remains were brought to the city and
prepared for shipment to st. Paul at
the Laing Mortuary. Roy Sudieth of
st. Paul and w. j. wenstrom of this
city were in the boat which secured the
body of Bigelow.
Later In the afternoon. the body of
Mrs. Mather was lifted from the water
about rs feet from where the body of
Bigelow was found Mrs. Mather was
recovered by Warden Gilbertson and
Eric Kehus from about so feet of water.
Deputy Coroner Robt. Opel of Lake
County viewed the bodies of Bipelow
and Mrs. Mather and held that de-
ceased came to their death by drowning
He deemed an inquest not necessary.
The remains OF Mr.. Bigelow were
taken to st. Paul yesterday morning
funeral car from the Baird Mortuary
Arrived at about 8 o'clock and left
shortly after arrival with the body.
Inc body of Mrs. Mather left in the
LANG funeral car at about the same
Time. Laurie Luhtanen and Frank
Laing accompanied the car.
Up to the hour of going to press the
body OF Howard Schaefer had not been
found although the crew is bending
every effort to locate the same. Mr.
Ward is still here supervising the
search for the remains of the un-
fortunate guide.