Knoxville, Tennessee
Row Boat Accident
July
30, 1896
COST THREE LIVES.
Terrible Accident at a Pleasure Resort in
Tennessee.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 31.--Three people
were killed and drowned and a fourth seriously
injured in an accident at Lake Ottossaee, an
outing resort three miles from Knoxville
Thursday afternoon. The dead are:
CHARLES PERRY,
aged 18; WALTER WRIGHT,
aged 21, and
MISS CARRIE PHIBBS,
aged 17. The injured is
Mrs. Forester,
a widow, who was chaperoning the party. The
party was rowing on the lake in the park in a
light rowboat, and through carelessness they
came in the course of the chute boat as it came
down the steep incline into the water. The chute
boat, loaded with ten people, dashed down the
incline at a terrific rate of speed and hit the
water with much force. It rebounded into the air
and on the second bounce struck the rowboat with
its occupants. The crash upset the row boat and
killed its passengers, with the exception of
Mrs. Forester, who came to the surface and
caught on to the upturned boat, where she clung
until assistance arrived.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens
Point, WI 31 Jul 1896
Transcribed by Audrey. Thank you,
Audrey!
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