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FATAL and MBT-ANCHOIiY ACCIDENT.On Sunday nfiMnuon In.m j our ytllngo was ilio scone of a distressing and fatal accident Four boys, Samuel Cromwell Ilcnklc, Jumca II. Phillips, Goorgo Mai sit, and John 11. Fanget, entcicd a Canoe and paddled it close Itclow tho Tall of Lou’s milldam, in llio Ottawa Riror (Hog crook,) By accident or awkwardness the condo gof in llio su I; of the lull, and was drawn under and tipscr. Tire cry was raised ilomodistuly that the boy. were drowning, ttnd several persons who wore near tho scene of tlio accident hisicti-to their Resistance, mid by llioir efforts a board was thrown to Fntiger, who grasped ii, and was drawn to tlin shore. Menkle, who after tho iipsottiug of the eanoo had appeared quite collected, and who was known to bo a very feailess boy os well as a good ttrimmer, appears to hove lost all presence of mind; ho Imd hold of Funger when ho was drawn to the aliote, and Imd ho not relinquished his hold would easily huvo boon saved, but ho continued to cling to llio canoe, which in whirling under the foil, as was afterwards dlscuverod, strpek him nud dislocated his arm.' Ilo sunk, and with tho other two boys still iu tho s'ronm, was carried downwards by llio current, but it is said rose once afterwards to the surface, a short dis-Inncobclnw tlioj im, with his coal over his head and apparently insensible. George Marsh who roan near tho same spot and at tho earns lime, was Boizcd by Mr. J. II. Vail and borno to thcshoic, wit6easily brought to. This circumstance prob bly prevented several others who wore swimming round looking for lljo bodies, from observing Ilen-kle, as he was not noticed by any of iherr, nud he sunk for the last time. Phillips so fnr as wo can learn, was not seen by any one to riso after llio canoo first turned over.Quite a large number collected at llio dnm and every effort was tnedo to reenvar lire bodies, at first in liopus of resuscitation. Af ler it had been about an hour and a half in the river llio body of Ilenkie was found, ami ilio usual remedies applied for his recovery, but without success. Life was beyoutf rc-ckl.The body of James Phillips not found till lalo the next day, near tho place where tlonkW* had been found, and both were ta ken from the atr.-o:n but a short diatouco bo-low tbe dam. When Phillips’s body was recovered it was only by thirty or forty person? 'orming a line in tho wntcr, end oxnmining ■ ha river bottom atop by step, ft was a gloomy sight for those who but a short lime before had seen these two boys in llio warm and active enjoyment of life to view them iu the cold and silent embrace of death.Both the boys leave attached relatives to mourn their sudden aud ctil cling loss, S. C. Ilenklo was the only son of n widowed mother, snd a nephew of B. F.MufCalfj Esq. formerly a resident of this village. Hankie’? father died aomo years sinco sudi/enly in II linois, while on a lour west, with a view of purchasing land, and his mother who resides nt Troy, O., is now doubly bereaved, without the sad satisfaction of louking upon her lost ono, before the grave bud forever abut him from her sight.Cromwell had been for tho last five or six month' employed in our office, learning the printing business, and though bat little over fourteen years of age, exhibited a degree of ability and intelligence, which, accompanied with unusual energy, justified the flittering liopes which were entertained of his career when ho should have arrived to manhood.— lie was a general favorite in tho village, nnd the notice ho oxcitcd, acting 011 a disposition naturally fearless and daring to an extreme, very probably led to tho accident which resulted so filially fur liinV.James II. Phillips was a son of William Phillips, Esq., of this place, and was aged about ten yi-nrs. lie too, was a boy of unusual activity and sprig’illincss fur his age. and was tho youngest of the fiun ly. And liia loss cannot hut bo au unspeakable nlffic-lion to ins parents.The funorol of tho two bovi look place on Tuesday morning last. Aa they were together in their death, their bodies were placed side by aide in the gravo.Their funeral sermon will he preached by Rev. S. M. Beatty, on Sunday, the23rd inst. I’Up occurrence itself is calculated to recall the ntind to llio thin partition which divides the present from the unsocn woihl.
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The Kalida Venture
Kalida, Ohio, US
Tue, Apr 11, 1848
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