Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — SIX PEOPLE DROWN AT TOLEDO [ARTICLE]

SIX PEOPLE DROWN AT TOLEDO

Three Men and Three Women Perish Before Aid Reaches Them. Late Wednesday night six persons were drowned in the Manmee river abreast of the most frequented dock in Toledo, while hundreds of people listened to their cries for help. Shortly after the pleasure steamer Pastime passed down the sailors on board the State of New York heard cries for help coming from the river. The steamer's searchlight was brought into play, and it showed six persons—three men and three women —struggling in the water, bnt there was no trace of a boat. In a few minutes one of the steamer's lifeboats started to the rescue, but when it had covered half the distance the searchlight showed that all the struggling people had disappeared.