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A THRILUIO TRAGEDY*owning of WUlin* Mimpeo*[from the Doily of Friday.] ,William Simpeon, of Jacksonville, engi- ,»r of ooisioo No. lb«, 0. ft A. railroad, Jsompanied by Lori DeLong aod N. B. ,irk, wool ekiff riding yeeterday evening, jit beforo dark, noar tko packet landing. I ]ben tboy woro noar tko middle of tko I j•am, Simpson and Clark uodrooood and ( at in bathing. The oiorm oamo opdie tboy wore io tko water, and toe , nd drove tko skitf down otroam in opito Jtko at moot effort* of Mr. DeLong, who I named in it. Tko oar look* woro brok* I and tko skiff reodered almoet unman* | •able. Tko wind and warn overwhelmed 1 • owimmors, and tkoy bogao to oah for .liataooo.but la opito of DeLong’o groatoot J ertione, it was impossible to roach | mpson, and, after a long struggle, utter-g orieo for help, ko'sank noar tko mlddlo J tbo river, oppoeite the tobaooo ftotory, | id was soon no more, lli* loot word*, jtoken with agonizing Joarnostnooo, w#r** Iror Ood’o sake,kelp wel I oan do no more.”flor ko disappeared, Mr. DeLong turned is attention to Mr. Clark, who wasill swimming and making effort#i reach the skiff. After being awhile st in the uarinevs, aod when Mr. eLong had given up all hops, a Hath of ghtning disclosed Mr. Clark still bravelytrimming. He told his friend io theSltf to keep oool and save him. At last is swimmer, after one failure, got hold of n oar and wa* saved, when about oppo-Ite Henry street. It was a very narrow seape for Mr. Clark, who was in the rater over an hour, battling with the Eomenae wavas. Mr. DeLong was so utter-f exhausted that he was almost helpless or hours, after the necessity for exertionrae over.The scene, while the two men were batting for life with the remorseless waters, mild the rushing wind, the rolling waves md the HaeLes of lightning, was ludescrib-ibly thrilling. Sooo eftsr the eiorui oorn-nenood it was so dark that the swimmers ■Quid only be seen by the fleshes from theilouds while their voices, oalllog for help, irged their ootarade in the boat to almost lupertauman exertions. After feimpsoD bad disappeared, the silence of Mr. Clarkled Mr. DeLong to believe that he also hadperished, and when the skiff was so nsar that he could reach an oar, bis fingers aiQrst refused to hold on to tbs wood; hi
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Alton Weekly Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Thu, Aug 15, 1878
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