. . . the person who was drowned in the river on Saturday evening
last, proves to be Mr. Francis T. Rich, of this City. The circumstances connected with this fatal
accident are such as to call forth the sympathies of our community in behalf of
the family who have thus been suddenly deprived of their only means of support. Mr. Rich arrived in this city with his family
in the summer of last year, having emigrated from Gibraltar, Europe. In traveling so great a distance their
pecuniary means became very scanty, but being a mechanic, he hoped soon to
obtain employment, but failed in doing so until winter, when he was employed by
Messrs. Sunderland and Kendal, during the pork packing season. This being over he was once again unemployed
until last Monday, when he again entered upon what was likely to prove a
permanent situation at the hands of a Mr. Turner, living at Oquawka
Junction. Having labored there a week,
he was on his way home to stay over Sunday, when within a few rods of the shore
at this side of the river, he broke through the ice, and all efforts to save
him were ineffectual. Thus a family
consisting of his widow and four young children have been left destitute of any
means of support and are thrown upon our sympathies as strangers in a strange
land. Any relief offered in their behalf
will be thankfully received by Messrs. A. J. Messenger and S. T. Acres, who
have undertaken to visit as many of our citizens as may be convenient, and
anything left with Mr. J. P. Brown at his bookstore, but such as may not be
called upon, will be properly applied.
– Published in The
Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 22, 1862, p.
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