| Show THREE MEN A dense colonl of sorrow hangs over ashley A MOST HEROIC ENDEAVOR two men ai e drowned while to sa e a comrade another em ban kment broken editor A more dense cloud of sorrow never hovered oer ashley valley than was wafred wafted here destt aday during the high water season of this year the people here ha e been constantly watching bridges and levees the oil of th valley when water soaked is as treacherous an apache saturated with whisky there is a canal made to carry mater from ashley creek around the west eide of alie valley w inch is thrown from its old washed ont channel by a k vee hi uh water broke this embankment and let the water plunge into the old gulch men have been working for more alian a week to repair the break and yesterday when completed one mr at tempted to aiosi it with a hoi he the ground being braked underneath gave way and man adivi horse wt rc washed unto the ravine two young men workman and bird seeing the immediate danger of mr wimmer rushed to his rescue they proved unable however to compete with the torrent and were both drowned mr wimmer was rescued but not until he was au anc that at this writing he is daiil to bo in great danger the boda of workman was not tumid urail late in the afternoon that of bini having been found before the iier are highly spoken of und their sud cud icema to every home ii i i one consolation that they died the noble attempt tu save the lite of another |
