FATAL ICE ACCIDENT.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3930, 28 March 1870, Page 5

FATAL ICE ACCIDENT.

Three boys we're sliding on a pond a^ Y(o).la^On, near Nottingham^ wlien '^he jce gave wav, "and tWdf tfyem, George and benjamin |lattliewg; agecl 13 ancj H, fell in. ' At the in'qugst. tl^e third boy, Glai"ke ? aftgr dojyjrib'; HighW th,e accident Qcgurred, said :—"lgot: — "I got within two yards of the deoeaaed, and both of them spoke to me. I got a rail which was lying close to me, and pushed it to them ; one end rested on the ice, a.ud the other w«in my iaiius. George got hold of it first, and then Benjamin cried out, ' Oh, dear, ' and I said to him, 'Lay hold of George,', and he did so bj- hia co^at-coliai'. ' George le^ 1 go '6f the' rail 4 several times, but ne came up again with Benjamin hold of him, and he got hold of the rail again. This lasted a quarter of an hour. Twice I pulled George parbly on the ice, all his body being out of the water and one leg, but Ben|amin haying hold qf him pitfled, bjm \r\ 9,gain. Ah l^stC-leovge saia, ". I can hold rig |qn^e'r, aiid wish yqix good-bye. 1 They both went down, b,ut came up again, and George cau.ght hold Qf th§ rail. Benjamin then aaid, <0w you aave \\&f I replied, 'I don't think I can,' Benjamin then said, ' Goodbye ; I shall have to go.' Both of them began to pray, and they went down. They rose again, but were unable to take hold of the rail again, and they were drowned." The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," and praised the boy Clarke for his kindness and gallantry. ' iIA