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FaT.IL ANU MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.On Sunday afternoon Injuj'^nr village was iltc scone of a distressing anil fatal accident Four loy#, Samuel Cromwell Ilontclc, James II. Phillips, Goorjjo Marsh, and John U. Fanguj, enlcicd a Canoe and paddled it closu below I ho fnll of Leu’s milldam, in tlio Ottawa Riror (Hog crook.) By. accident or awkwardness the conoo gaf in tha su k of the lall, and was drawn under and upset. The cly was raised immediately that the boys Were drowning, and several parsons who worn near the scene of llto accident hislcn-to tliqir asaislauce, and by tliair i Hurls a i hoard was thrown to Fangcr, who grasped it, ntnl was drawn to tha shore. Hunklc, who after tho upsoitiugofthe canoe had appeared quits cnilected, and who was known te bo a very feailoss boy ns well ns a good swimmer, appears to have lost all presence of mind; ho had hold of Fangcr when ho was drawn to the shore, and hud ho not relinquished his hold would easily Imvo boon spved, but ho continuud to cling to the canoe, which in whirling under the fill, as was afterwards dlscuverud, strpek him and dislocated his arm.' lie sunk, anil with the oilier two boys still iu tho s'renni, was enrried downwards by tho current, but it is said rose onco afterwards to the surface, a short distance below tho d im, with itis coat over his head and apparently insensible, lirorge Marsh who roso near tho sumo spot and at ihcsamo limo, was seized by Mr. J. II. Vail and bomo to the shore, waft easily brought to. This circumstance prub ibly prevented several others who were swimming round looking for lljo bodies, from observing Ilen-kle, as lie was not noticed by any of them, and ho sunk for the last lime. Phillip* so far as wo cun loirn, was not seen by nny one to rise after llm ennoe first turned over.Quite a large number collected at tho dam and every efTur! was mndo to recover the bodies, at first in liopas of resuscitation. Af tor it had been about an hour and a half in the river tlio body of llcnkle was found, and the usual remedies applied for his recovery, but without success. Life was beyoutf rc-cal.The body of James Phillips Ww nut found till late the next day, near the place where Hcnklu^s had been found, and both were la ken from the stream hut a short distance below the dam. When Phillips’s body was recovered it was only by thirty or forty persons 'orming a line in tho water, ond examining ■ bo river bottom step by stop. Ft was a gloomy sight fur tlioso who but a short limo before had seen these two boys in the warm nnd active enjoyment or life to view them in the cold mid silent ctnbraco of death.Both the boys leave attached relatives to mourn their sudden nnd a Hiding lo.4. S. C. Ilcnklc was the only son of a widowed mother, nnd a nephew of B. F.Metcalf, Esq. formerly a resident of this village. Jfonkle’s father died soma years sinco sudi/enly in Illinois, while on a tour west, with a viaw of purchasing land, nnd his mother who resides nt Troy, O., is now doubly bereaved, without the sad satisfaction of louking upon her lost one, before the grnve hud forever shut him from hor sight.Cromwell had been for the last five or six . monthlt; employed in' our office, learning the printing business, nnd though but little over i fourteen years of age, exhibited a degree or ability and intelligence, which, accompanied i with unusual energy, justified the II.tiering i hopes which were entertained of his career when ho should have arrived to manhood.—1 lie was a general favorite in tlio village, and 1 the notice ho oxcilcd, acting on a disposition naturally fearless an-J daring to an extreme, very probably let! 10 the accident which ro-- suited so futally fur liinV.James II. Phillips was a son of William Phillips, Esq., of this place, and wns aged about ten yenrs. He too, was a boy of un-, usual activity ond sprig'itliness fur Ilia age. ami was the youngest of the fntn'Iy. And his loss cannot hut bo an unspeakable nrfl'c-, lion to iris parents.I The funoral of tlio two hoy4 lode place on Tuesday morning last. As they were together in tboir death, their bodies were placed side by side in tho gravo.1 Their funoral sermon will he preached by r Ilcv. S. M. Beatty, on Sunday, the28rd inst.1 I’Up occurrence itself is calculated to recall 1 tiie mind to the thin purtitiun which divides I the present from the unseen world.
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The Kalida Venture
Kalida, Ohio, US
Tue, Apr 11, 1848
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