Kentucky Death Certificate #539.
Occupation: Farmer.
Son of John Thomas Black and Margaret Jane Newcom-Black.
Drowned in the high water at the bridge over the Tradewater River near the mouth of Cypress Creek near Sturgis, KY.
Mr. Black and his sister, Miss Alice Black, were on the way from their home to Sturgis and were making the trip in their buggy. As they reached the fill on the Crittenden County side of the bridge and had started to drive on it, it is said that they noticed a number of logs that were floating about in the high water that was running over the fill.
They decided that these logs might frighten their horses and started to turn around to go back home. In turning the front feet of the horse, the horse and buggy and the two people were plunged into the water several feet below.
Mr Black was said to be an excellent swimmer and made a desperate effort to reach safety, but was unable to do so. His heavy boots and long wool winter coat, when saturated with water, was also a hindrance to his efforts to swim and save himself. Miss Black could not swim but held to a log until she was rescued by G.C. Snell, who was crossing the creek in a boat. Mr. Black was within a few feet of the log where his sister was when he sank.
There were several witnesses to the accident, but they were unable to do anything for the victims as they were on the other side of the backwater and unable to swim.
It was about an hour before Mr. Black's body was recovered and efforts were made to revive him. The horse, held under the water by the weight of the buggy also drowned.
Mr. Black was 70 years old and had lived all of his life in the home where he resided at the time of his death. He is survived by three sisters, Miss Alice Black. who made her home with him, Mrs. J.W. Hughes of Repton and Mrs P.D. Robertson of Springfield and a brother, Len Black, who also made his home with his brother.
Occupation: Farmer.
Son of John Thomas Black and Margaret Jane Newcom-Black.
Drowned in the high water at the bridge over the Tradewater River near the mouth of Cypress Creek near Sturgis, KY.
Mr. Black and his sister, Miss Alice Black, were on the way from their home to Sturgis and were making the trip in their buggy. As they reached the fill on the Crittenden County side of the bridge and had started to drive on it, it is said that they noticed a number of logs that were floating about in the high water that was running over the fill.
They decided that these logs might frighten their horses and started to turn around to go back home. In turning the front feet of the horse, the horse and buggy and the two people were plunged into the water several feet below.
Mr Black was said to be an excellent swimmer and made a desperate effort to reach safety, but was unable to do so. His heavy boots and long wool winter coat, when saturated with water, was also a hindrance to his efforts to swim and save himself. Miss Black could not swim but held to a log until she was rescued by G.C. Snell, who was crossing the creek in a boat. Mr. Black was within a few feet of the log where his sister was when he sank.
There were several witnesses to the accident, but they were unable to do anything for the victims as they were on the other side of the backwater and unable to swim.
It was about an hour before Mr. Black's body was recovered and efforts were made to revive him. The horse, held under the water by the weight of the buggy also drowned.
Mr. Black was 70 years old and had lived all of his life in the home where he resided at the time of his death. He is survived by three sisters, Miss Alice Black. who made her home with him, Mrs. J.W. Hughes of Repton and Mrs P.D. Robertson of Springfield and a brother, Len Black, who also made his home with his brother.
Kentucky Death Certificate #539.
Occupation: Farmer.
Son of John Thomas Black and Margaret Jane Newcom-Black.
Drowned in the high water at the bridge over the Tradewater River near the mouth of Cypress Creek near Sturgis, KY.
Mr. Black and his sister, Miss Alice Black, were on the way from their home to Sturgis and were making the trip in their buggy. As they reached the fill on the Crittenden County side of the bridge and had started to drive on it, it is said that they noticed a number of logs that were floating about in the high water that was running over the fill.
They decided that these logs might frighten their horses and started to turn around to go back home. In turning the front feet of the horse, the horse and buggy and the two people were plunged into the water several feet below.
Mr Black was said to be an excellent swimmer and made a desperate effort to reach safety, but was unable to do so. His heavy boots and long wool winter coat, when saturated with water, was also a hindrance to his efforts to swim and save himself. Miss Black could not swim but held to a log until she was rescued by G.C. Snell, who was crossing the creek in a boat. Mr. Black was within a few feet of the log where his sister was when he sank.
There were several witnesses to the accident, but they were unable to do anything for the victims as they were on the other side of the backwater and unable to swim.
It was about an hour before Mr. Black's body was recovered and efforts were made to revive him. The horse, held under the water by the weight of the buggy also drowned.
Mr. Black was 70 years old and had lived all of his life in the home where he resided at the time of his death. He is survived by three sisters, Miss Alice Black. who made her home with him, Mrs. J.W. Hughes of Repton and Mrs P.D. Robertson of Springfield and a brother, Len Black, who also made his home with his brother.
Occupation: Farmer.
Son of John Thomas Black and Margaret Jane Newcom-Black.
Drowned in the high water at the bridge over the Tradewater River near the mouth of Cypress Creek near Sturgis, KY.
Mr. Black and his sister, Miss Alice Black, were on the way from their home to Sturgis and were making the trip in their buggy. As they reached the fill on the Crittenden County side of the bridge and had started to drive on it, it is said that they noticed a number of logs that were floating about in the high water that was running over the fill.
They decided that these logs might frighten their horses and started to turn around to go back home. In turning the front feet of the horse, the horse and buggy and the two people were plunged into the water several feet below.
Mr Black was said to be an excellent swimmer and made a desperate effort to reach safety, but was unable to do so. His heavy boots and long wool winter coat, when saturated with water, was also a hindrance to his efforts to swim and save himself. Miss Black could not swim but held to a log until she was rescued by G.C. Snell, who was crossing the creek in a boat. Mr. Black was within a few feet of the log where his sister was when he sank.
There were several witnesses to the accident, but they were unable to do anything for the victims as they were on the other side of the backwater and unable to swim.
It was about an hour before Mr. Black's body was recovered and efforts were made to revive him. The horse, held under the water by the weight of the buggy also drowned.
Mr. Black was 70 years old and had lived all of his life in the home where he resided at the time of his death. He is survived by three sisters, Miss Alice Black. who made her home with him, Mrs. J.W. Hughes of Repton and Mrs P.D. Robertson of Springfield and a brother, Len Black, who also made his home with his brother.
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