Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1898 — Three Perished. [ARTICLE]

Three Perished.

Buffalo, N. Y.. June 6.—William A. Thomas, aged 21; Joseph E. Talbott, 19, and Felix Gilmore, 18, were drowned while rowing in the harbor Saturday evening. In endeavoring to get out of the way of an approaching steamer the men overturned their boat and sank before assistance could reach them.