FROZEN TO DEATH.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9052, 11 February 1908, Page 3

FROZEN TO DEATH.

TRAGEDY OF ROWERS CAR-

RIED OVER A FALL,

A terrible tragedy occurred near Providence, Rhode Island, on December 22nd, when three men who were rowing on the Pawtucket river ventured too near the falls and were carried over. One of the men was frozen to death in full view of his would-be rescuers. f One of tho men managed to reach a lifebuoy thrown from a bridge, and made his way safely to the shore. The others, two brothers named Arthur and Alfred Jackson, were carried over the rocks at the bdttom of the falls.

Alfred Jackson failed to grasp a rock, and his leg was caught in a crevice so that he could not move. His brother, who bwept by him a moment later, caught him, and they clung tjgether. Frequently the water from the j falls covered them completely. Rescue parties on shore tried repeatedly to reach ths men with buoys and ropes, but they floated down stream. Finally Alfred caught' a buoy and tied it under his brother's arms, and the latter was dragged ashore,

Alfred, however, was unable to release his leg, and he finally became unconscious. Four men in a rowboat pulled as near as posasible, and made a line fast to a rock, which they afterwards attempted to carry over him. During this effort the boat was capsized, and Dr. Westcott, one of the occupants, was nearly drowned. Another boat made repeated but fruitless attempts to reach Jackson, who finally froze to death. The body is still wedged bolt upright between the rocks.