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FIVE DROWN IN THE KOOTENAI111waaiwnatNVPwdsiahS'hThe ferry hoat here capsize! when near the middle of the Kool enai river yesterday afternoon, with j111 seven people on loard. Three ofjal those on the hoat were drowned ami the other four reaohe I shore after some harrowing experiences.Those drowned were: A. C. Ii •j Frantz, the ferryman; Beecher H Loucks; Frank Murray, 6 years old.Those who escaped were: Mrs.j Matti Roderick, Win. Harmon. John Fredericks and a young man u named Larkin. crThose killed hy the cahle were: |l:l John Mullinex and Theo. Wall. | * All those on the hoat. were washed off hy the swift current when the al accident happened, except Mrs. Roderick, who obtained a firm hold and hung on. Desperate efforts were being made to rescue her from s’ her perilous position, when the •' cahle gave way and there was a ^ second accident, with two fatalities. I w When the cable gave way it came down upon the crowd underneath, killing John Mullinex and Theo. Wall, sweeping some into the river and injuring quite a number. John Mullinex had his face terribly smashed by the big iron rope, and Theo. Wall received injuries from which de died. Numerous others were hurt more or less seriously.Just lefore the cable gave way Henry E. Kuphal, in an attempt to rescue Mrs. Roderick, had gone out to the capsized loat on the cahle, and had succeeded in getting the | woman in a letter position, when a r log came down the stream anil | struck the loat, catching Kuphal’$ c leg and pinning him fast. Charles 1 Marshall then went out on the cable to help Kuphal, hut before he * could get him loose it gave way. ( The giving way of the cable caused :l the ferry hoat to partially right * itself and it swung across to the * north bank of the river, where it lodged against some logs a short j* distance from shore Kuphal was 1 thrown into the river and picked 1 y up by Ed Dawson a short distance! * below. Mrs. Roderick and Marshall clung to the hoat, being eventually rescued ly Ed. Dawson, who crossed the swift stream in a rowboat.Win. Harmon was washed down the river for about a mile and a half, clinging to two planks, which aided him in keeping afloat and in reaching the shore in safety. The Larkin boy had a similar experience, but was washed down the river for about two miles before be could get to shore. John Fredericks was able to swim out without any great difficulty.A. C. Frantz, the ferryman, kept up until opposite the Remp ranch, when he went beneath the waters and was seen no more. Beecher Loucks and little Frank Murray met a similar fate.—Libby News.et[r
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The Whitefish Pilot
Whitefish, Montana, US
Thu, Jun 23, 1910
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