Tragic Occurrence.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 50, 31 January 1885, Page 4

Tragic Occurrence.

A sad .affair occurred near j C!hi-cagb/sbme:;sme-:ags. Ten mfen enC jdby^m;the .cpnstructipn of d wafer, tnfrnel*were drowned m plairj <viW '• of the village; ■'.. They; were employ r ed upon ihe Work of sinking tlje tun- , pelj an<^ coiifbructing a. new cHb at a point m Lake Michigan one mile' ■frgnjihe shpre.; Al?Qve:th,e.-pisb had been constructed' /a platformj forty feet square; snpported byj poles I^yuridi together ' !Jfe»vif bhains. ; IJ^oii;;tihe;pktf6rm 'had i*n bqilt a { ' ■•sfnktfccibiri,' m 'wHich thfenl'en stept ' |n f d:lia'd iHdt tifeahij* having lived .tl^ere fdx, ihre^'%peid^ The plat- : form" ''was' s,u'^p6rted_ b^jf "heavy tim\]be.rs Vesting w l , ■P»s?. J ,, ;^ n ! our ,jb ( Qfprc the_ 4isaster/ : the ;/ sea so, heavy tliat por tipn.s, of '^th c . plafcr' ifornvwere was,Jiecl awa,Y»j ,The men i awoke ; . and fpnnd the spray with ( every wav.e washing tliQ,sid& <)f'tlieir ; •.<hut i i---:.T-heyi : "we < re.not'niuelv.alarmed, * aft d ■ proceeded to getwibreakfast, •which'' they; succeeded tW ; eating. The storm coutilrued- irt; fury, 'and' .finally a great wave struck the cabin';" ■and' cafried 1 it^alfly into the foiling s6al anil ( Hv?th it every man uppn,the frail structnrel Twelve bf the four- . teeri"men' '' 'succeeded ' m climbing upon the huge stringers, and (lying, ifac'e downVrwithl. their arms -around : thfe beimV they ' awaited the I arrival of a'ssistahce. ' 'Evety 'moment ■iri- 1 ,creajse^ 'their danger, and thd waves witli terrible force tore th^m pne ]by ,one . from . .the , apchor^ge, until .o^lytwp re,ipainqf| fl f \