Show ESCAPE DROWNING S TO DIE ON TRACKS Government Meet S Fate After Battle With Death I. I F Feb Fb b. b 22 Saved Saved from S S drowning after a terrible struggle In the tho I Icy y wat waters rs of or the 1 S river only to be run down and killed b by a train on reaching shore shor was th the thc S fate of two government cs atS at Lock No 3 and nU a a companion who aided J S t In t the e first rescue was badly Injured S 'S Tho The dead S- S J. J W DRAPER aged ased 32 FLOVIN B. B GARRETT aged 28 8 S The Injured red t C. C E. E STONER aged scalp wound S S one ono shoulder blade broken S Sh Shortly before the railroad tragedy Draper slipped and fell Into the river jas as the tho three men mon were lea leaving their theirS S S work His Ills cry for Cor help was heard b by Garrett who Imme Immediately lately plunged ed Into the river to save SIlve his hla friend who was t. t unable to Reaching Draper GarI Garrett Garrett Gar Gar- I rett attempted to keep himself and his partner on the surface by treading WaS wa wa- S ter tel Becoming exhausted however b by his efforts under the great handicap of or trying Tto tow Draper and the thc Ic icy coldS coldness coldness cold cold- S ness of the water ho he sank carrying carryingS Draper with him When they arose S Stoner had hall procured a boat hook and with 1 this managed to tow tho the two to men S ash re While hurrying along lIonS the railroad tracks to their home to chan change e their cloth clothes s and nd Ch chatting happily on their narrow escape the thc three men were Iere S struck by a a. fast train |