The body of John Fonda of 215 Saratoga Street, Cohoes, was found in the water this morning near Montcalm Landing by several residents of that section, and nearby was the body of another man, Richard E. Dwyer of Cohoes. They had been struck last night by a train, possibly the second section of the Cohoes excursion. Mr. Fonda and Richard E. Dwyer of 6 Columbia Street, that city, went on the excursion of the Cohoes Business Men’s Association and Board of Trade, and got off to fish at the landing in Lake Champlain. When the train reached there last evening and their friends did not see them get on, it was thought they had missed the train and would return home later. This morning a telegram was received in this city stating that the body of Fonda had been identified by papers in his pockets. Edgar Ashline, Manager of the Wilcox Department Store at Cohoes, where both men were employed, and his assistant, Gilbert Robert in company with undertaker Arcade G. Boivin, went to Montcalm Landing this morning to bring the bodies back and complete identification. Fonda is married and is survived by a wife and three children. The Semi-Weekly Times, Troy NY, Friday afternoon, September 3, 1915.
The body of John Fonda of 215 Saratoga Street, Cohoes, was found in the water this morning near Montcalm Landing by several residents of that section, and nearby was the body of another man, Richard E. Dwyer of Cohoes. They had been struck last night by a train, possibly the second section of the Cohoes excursion. Mr. Fonda and Richard E. Dwyer of 6 Columbia Street, that city, went on the excursion of the Cohoes Business Men’s Association and Board of Trade, and got off to fish at the landing in Lake Champlain. When the train reached there last evening and their friends did not see them get on, it was thought they had missed the train and would return home later. This morning a telegram was received in this city stating that the body of Fonda had been identified by papers in his pockets. Edgar Ashline, Manager of the Wilcox Department Store at Cohoes, where both men were employed, and his assistant, Gilbert Robert in company with undertaker Arcade G. Boivin, went to Montcalm Landing this morning to bring the bodies back and complete identification. Fonda is married and is survived by a wife and three children. The Semi-Weekly Times, Troy NY, Friday afternoon, September 3, 1915.
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