Show A MAIL DISASTER two Inq enzer drowned in lit tho show low A fatal disaster occurred at lone mile pine crossing A T on the ast dinst at half past five m in the evening we learn from WD kartchner ri er that john Per perking kini the mail carrier was ta taken ken sick supposed to be with smallpox small pox and nowlin kartchner Kartch ncr drove the tile buckboard to holbrook and back to snow flake in a cold rain being badly chilled he prevailed prevailed upon georgo george gardner to drive rive to about three miles above the latter point and brother perkins further insisted on him driving right through he had bad on board two soldiers as pass passengers at the first crossing they met meta mr fr J D who directed them where to cross crois and nod they got over all right they then drove on to the second cro crossing taing of the show low which had become greatly swollen with the recent rallis rains brother gardner seeing tho tile danger of doing so refried to drive into the stream the soldiers insisted he lie should do so ro and after much urging he lie made the attempt As soon as deep water was reached t the I ae horses backed and became unmanageable age able soon the tile hind bind wheel of the vehicle struck a rock causing one of the soldiers to fall out he ile immediately sank and was seen no more the current waa was so swift and strong that the buckboard buck board was carried a considerable distance down stream the other soldiers lost his presence of mind leaped out of the vehicle and swam downstream down stream A As he lie was carried rapidly down he be shouted for help two gentlemen air mr wolfang wolf an J mr roberts held beld out sticks for the tile drowning man to seize but lie was carried along alfonc so rapidly that they bad to run along the bank to keep along with him F finally the capo cape of the unfortunate mans coat washed over his bicad causing liim hini to sink and he be was drowned the driver goo geol gardner had a narrow escape having to swim yards in in tile ra rapid id current of the ani the boraca were both drowned the mail was lost but it was not us as valuable as usual having baving but one registered letter in tho tile lot on hearing of the disaster disasters bishop Stand fird and ten inari at once started for the scene of tile accident on the tho tile bislis bishop p and party found the dead horses homes the mail bags harness harne amaud and oilier other property bishop hunt and four men also proceeded to the cro crossing crosing sing to aid f in n search sear cli duerel becs |