Show THREE PERSONS DROWNED A boat becoat capsizes in a slough at snake river the saddest fatality we have been called upon to chronicle in ia our jour na listic career occurred about five miles west ast dst of town on sunday afternoon last at five mr lot brown and misses annie and amelia thompson were boating in a small slough h cut off by an island from the main channel of snake river when their boat capsized and all three were drowned owned dan daa cavanaugh an eye e witness to the sad aad scene states that the boat was in a leaky COndit condition iOD and when out about fifteen feet from tee island bank the young ladies became alarmed and with screams made a rush to the bow throwing weight on one to capsize the boat aej turn themselves into the treacherous water mr kir brown and the younger sister amelia after a short struggle sank to rise no more but annie floated apparently swimming and when he cavanaugh an augh reached her after a short ran around the head of the slough and seized her he found her dead though still floating float irig an alarm was then given while the parties hurried to the scene and made diligent search through the night the body of brown was not found until about 6 monday morning and that of ef amelia about 11 mr brown was a rancher living some I 1 live five miles west of town and has been actively engaged in freighting between this he had no family in this territory but it has been said had a divorced wife in the state of kansas the misses thompson daughters of geo thompson were aged aeed respectively 18 and 16 and the very picture of bloomin blooming ff health they were in town saturday afternoon happy and pay and passed the usual compliments of the day with a news man on the streets A large concourse pon course of sympathizing S friends from town and surrounding country attended atte amed the funeral monday afternoon erno e and in sorrow and grief laid the bodies bodes of the young sisters side by bv side ip the same grave blackfoot idaho news 6 |