Tragedy on the Lake: Three Snohomish Boys Fall Through Ice
A winter afternoon skating excursion turns fatal for two young local boys.
The story, cleaned up
A cleaned-up reading of the newspaper page: spelling and layout repaired, one story lifted off a crowded page. It follows the original closely but it is not a transcription. The original page is below; read it if a detail matters.
Port Elliott, Jan. 26.—It is reported from Snohomish this morning that three boys, named Horace Lowe, Arthur Sun, and Clayton Packard, were skating on the lake back of the city yesterday, when the ice broke and Horace Lowe and Arthur Sun were drowned. Clayton Packard narrowly escaped. The two bodies were recovered late last night, around 11 P.M.
“The ice broke and Horace Lowe and Arthur Sun were drowned.”
This tragic report from 1876 serves as a stark reminder of the long-standing, volatile nature of Washington’s winters. While Snohomish has grown from a frontier settlement into a bustling historic community, the dangers of thin ice on our regional waterways remain a perennial concern for residents during the cold months.
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