Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1901 — Eight Prospectors Drowned. [ARTICLE]

Eight Prospectors Drowned.

The steamer Hasting, from Skaguay, brought forty Dawson passengers and |300,000 In gold dust to Vancouver, B. C. Eight men who started from White Horse for Dawson In scows on June 10 are missing. The scows have been found wrecked at Freeman's Point, and the eight prospectors,are believed to have been drowned. Their names are: George McLeod, J. McGuire, D. O’Connor, F. Lynch, Antoine Currene, G. Tyveil, J. M. Taylor and T. MoDonald.