Show SAD two aud a brownel Drow nel ni oden laher A kiss for oranges tonight to night papa said the two blight little girls of mr W G wilson yesterday morning when he left his home in ogdon canyon to go to ogden he gave the kisses promised to bring the oranges and off the little ones went lighthearted light hearted to play the kisses were the last that papa got from his little darlings for they now lie in the cold embrace of the mad waters of the ogden river the most sorrowful case of drowning reported from these parts for many a day was that which occurred in ogden canyon yesterday afternoon about 4 resulting in the death of mary belle wilson aged 7 years on the ath of the coming may emily wilson aged 5 years daughters of mr W G wilson and george newby of pleasant view a young man aged 21 years the particulars are as follows hyrum perkins who has for more than seven years been in the employ of mr wilson had constructed a boat some weeks asro which he used for crossing the river above wilsons Wil sons mill dam in ogden canyon the little children were nearly always with him and he had frequently given them rides in the boat forward and backward over the river mr newby who had omy on wednesday been employed by mr wilson gave mr perkins to understand that he was somewhat familiar with handling the oars and so was taken into the boat with mr perkins and the children in returning from the opposite side of the river newby became excited owing to the swiftness of the current and would not obey perkins orders to lethis oars rest so that the boat might cross in safety without being carried down over the dam the river has raised very much since the rains and before perkins could ge the boat to shore the stream has carried it to the brink of the mill dam and it went over with all on board into the whirling waters below mrs wilson who had gone to look for her children arrived m ilmo to ace 1 l alom into allo JP erkins being used to the wafers managed to get ashore after doing all he could to rescue the children he says he saw newby standing in the water after the boat had gone over but while his attention was directed in his attempt to rescue the children newby slipped and the strong stream carried him under and ho also was drowned the feelings of the terrified mother can better be imagined than told A telephone message was immediately sent to ogden for mr john L wilson a brother to W G and a messenger dispatched to inform the father of the fearful fatality he had left ogden at 4 on his homeward was met at the mouth of the canyon and informed that an accident had place at his home what is it an accident has happened for gods sake teu mo what i asp one of your little girls has fallen into the river F then she is drowned 5 yes both your little girls are drowned 1 the terrified father hastened homo and with the assistance of many kind friends who came from ogden and other parts spent the rest of the day in searching for the missing bodies but their efforts were in vain at 9 a standard representative visited the residence in the canyon and found the parents prostrated with grief over the terrible occurrence which took from their home two little ones tho children were healthy robust i and strong never having known a days sickness they havo four children the two youngest which are now leatto them being boys acan not think that my little girls have passed away from my own premises they are caught in the rocks dose by said mr wilson in fact he continued 1 I can not realize that they are drowned I 1 picked up their little hats on the bank of the river and I 1 have them in the house why it was only last night when I 1 bot home that they got out of their little beds to tell me a little simple tale of their days play and hero tonight they are gone from us mrs wilson is inconsolable with grief over her bereavement the young man Newby has been in pleasant view for some time and has relatives residing there mr Sam Berrett being his uncle mr hyram perkins who escaped is overpowered with grief over the sad affair and has often repeated the wish that his life might have been taken instead of the childrens lives A searching body headed by joseph dark esq in making arrangements to catch the bodies at dark eccles mill dam in this city came across the body olan unknown man about 9 last evening but none of the three drowned in the canyon had been found mr dark assisted by a num berof others last evening placed a wire net across the river by the bridge hoping if the bodies should come boiar they caught amri wilson and family will have sympathy of the whole community in this sad and irreparable standard april 28 |