Show five of a merry party are drowned in jimtown reservoir connellsville pa jan 15 of six who formed a skating party persons near hera reservoir tho jimtown at they are tonight fave were drowned john 19 years old jimtown Jim town pa of george cochran 21 years ot age spring grove near jimtown Jim town frank cochran jr a brother 17 years william old 23 year old ot jimtown Jim town elizabeth fulmer 17 years old a sister miss fulmer and george cochran started toward the center of the reservoir but had not gone far when the ice broke and they thrown into the water As the other members of at the apo the party gazed horrified above tho ur two heads reappeared face cochran supporting the girl with band clinging to the broken one of the ice with the other in an instant a human chain was formed by the other four ano clasped haada with andrew mack thi only survivor the line nearest the at the end of shore just as a hand was being beached leached out to graap miss fulmer there was another crash of aco frach cochran luxner and william fulmer had also gone down the thin ice giving way under their combined weight maak was obliged to dash to acore helpley Hel ples to save be saw his merry companions of a few minutes before go to at a late hour tonight none of the bodies and been recovered |