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IW'TAl AND MET ANlt;J|IOLY ACCIDENT.On Spndny nflpraoop last j our village was iho scene of a distressing ami fatal accident , Four boys, Samuel Cromwell Ilcnkle, James , II. Phillips, Goorgo Muislt, mid John IL , Fonget, entcicd a fetnoe and paddled it close | below iho Tall of Loo’s milld.im, in llio Oita- , wa River (Hog creek.) By accident or awkwardness tlio condo gaf in Iho ail I; ’ of the , Tut!, and \vnn drawn under and tipsci. The cly was raised immediately that the boys Wore drowning, And several parsona who worn ncsr iho scene of the accident hasicn-lo their assistance, and by their efforts a board was thrown to Fanger, who grasped it, and was drawn to tlia shore, ilenkle, who afi or tho npsottiug of the canoo had appeared quite colloctod, and who was known to bo a very feailoss boy ns well as a good Mviramer, appears to hove lost all presence ol'rnind; bo had hold of Fanger when ho was drawn to the shore, and had ho not rcliu-■piishcd his hold would easily liovo boon spvoil, hilt ho continued to cling to the canoe, which in whitting under the foil, as was afterwards discovered, struck him and dislocated his arm. lie sunk, and with theotlier two boys still iu tho 8r«ant, was carried downwards by the current, but it is said rose once afterwards to the surface, a short distance below tho d im, with his coat over his head and nppatontly insensible. George Marsh who rose noar tho samo spot and at , ihcsamo time, was seized by Mr. J. II. Vail and barno to the sltorc, was easily brought to. This circumstance probably prevented ' several others who wore swimming round looking for tljc bodies, from observing lien- , kle, as he was not noticed by any of tlierr, ' and ho sunk for the hat time. Phillips so t far as wo can learn; was not seen hy any one ; to tisa after lint canoo first turned over.Quite a large number collected at llio dnm and every effort was rnndo to recover the bn- ' dies, at first iu hopes of resuscitation- Af I ter it had been about an hour and a half in the river the body of ilcukie was found, end the usual remedies applied for his recovery, , but without success. Life was beyond re- ; cat.The body of James Phillips Wits nut found till late the next day, near tho place where , HcnkluSi had been found, and both were ta i ken from tho stream but a short distauco bo- ' low the darn. When Phillips’s body was ro- 1 covered it was only by thirty or forty persons rorming a line in tho water, and examining j 'he river bottom stop by stop. Ft was u t gloomy sight for those who but a short lime j before hud seen these two hoys in the warm and active enjoyment of lifts to view them ; in the cold and silent embrace of death.Buth the boys fcavo attached relatives to 1 mourn their sudden nod dll cling luiS, S. 1 C. Ilenkle was the only son of a widowed mother, and a nephew of B. F. Metcalf, Esq. . formerly a resident of this village. Ifoiikle’s father died some years sinco sudJenly in II- 1 linois, while on a lour west, with a vlftw of ( purchasing land, and his mother who resides _ at Tioy. O., is now doubly bereaved, without the sad satisfaction of looking upon her lost I ono, before the grnve hud forever shut him 1 from her sight.Cromwell had been for the last five or six , month' employed in our office, learning the i printing business, and though bat little over I fourteen years of age, exhibited a degree of ability and intelligence, which, accompanied j with unusual energy, justified the (Uttering hopes which wcro entertained of his career : when ho should have arrived to manhood.— j lie was a general favorite in tho village, and | the notice ho oxciled, acting ou a disposition , naturally fearless and daring to an extreme, I very probably led to1 the accident which ro- ' suited so filially fur liittt.James II. Phillips was a son of William , Phillips, Esq., of this place, and was aged , about ten years. lie loo, was a boy of unusual activity ond sprig‘tllines9 for his age. and was the youngest of the fnrn'ly. And his loss cacnot hut bo an unspeakable affile-lion to ins parents.The funorol of tho two boy4 look place i on Tuesday morning last. As they were to- i getlicr in thoir death, their bodies were placed side by side in the gravo.Their funo.-al sermon will be preached by Rev. 6. M. Beatty, on Sunday, the23rd inst. , I’Up occurrence itself is calculated to recall J ilie mind to the thin partition which divides ' the present from the unseen woiW.
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The Kalida Venture
Kalida, Ohio, US
Tue, Apr 11, 1848
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