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eeclt;atintrtlitPcc11Terrible Scene*The Pekin, (III ) Mirror relates the t particukd£ of a most distressing circum-t stance, which occurred on the 15th ult., J;11 1 near that town. A Mrs. Bantz undertook j to fordo a large creek, with her five chil- j 01 31 dren in a two-horse wagon, and the swollen Cl £; stream floated them all o(F, turning the wagon over. Three of the children were drowned. The scene is thus described:— Railway City Times.M The mother caught the two youngest •! children under one arm, and with the oth-■1 cr hand caught the end of a limb which t ’ hung in the water. The oldest twelve 1 years of age, drifted down the stream one p! hundred yards, and lodged against a hang-! ^• j ing willow. He had scarcely crawled up-1 ev k j on it when his little brother came along, | l I but, with the presence of mind perhaps ; ^ . | unparalelled, he caught him, but was un-'4 ’ able to hold him out of the water. While holding his head above the wator, his drowned sister came floating by; he caught her and bold her for some time, but being unable to save both, he lot the body go,_ and rescued the living child until asistance was rendered.The cries of the mother soon brought the neighbors to the spot, but they were all on r j the opposite side of the stream, and could 1, render no assistance until they went to a t! bridge, situate about two miles below to j get across. *A large dog belonging to the family; j*( swam to the woman twice, caught her I * clothes and jerked them several times, and i took a bundle ashore. When he returned, j ^ she gave him the babe, but he failed to get! ^ it ashore, and the child was drowned.By this time her grip began to fail, and she called for help to save her remaining | child. She remained in this perilous situation three quarters of an hour, strugling to save her children before she let them go, and remained there an hour afterward While some were gone to the bridge, those that remained made desperate efforts to reach the sufferers, on horses and by ! swimming, but the current was too strong for them. When those that crossed at the , bridge came to the boys, two of them ! swam to them and got them to the shore is i without difficulty. The same two men swam to the mother and found her most exhausted, but sueecded in getting her to the shore,hitaisP‘Ievitire\g-tlt;bn)-cutlb:0 it!i after sinking several times.o j Discovery of a Diamond in Manciies-ct l tkr.—We learn frnm the Pant of thisadone
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Peru Wabash Valley Olio
Peru, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 23, 1854
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