MOTHER AND BABE DROWNED.
Wire Foot Bridge Broke Sunday Night at Blair Four and the Two Were Swept to Death-Husband and Oldest Son Saved.

Mrs. Maud Robinson and her son, Chalmers, aged 18 months, were drowned in the Juniata river at Blair Four, below Williamsburg, last night at 7:20 o'clock, by the breaking of a wire foot suspension bridge. The woman's husband Chester Robinson, and their oldest son, Ralph, aged 4, were on the bridge at the time but were saved.
The Robinsons were returning home arfter spending the day with friends. All four were on the bridge. Their combined weight caused the bridge to sag into the high water, caused by the recent rains, and the extra drag on it resulted in uprooting a a tree to which one end of the wire had been fastened, the ground around the roots of the tree having been washed out.
Robinson rescued Ralph and swam with him to shore. Quickly plunging into the water again, he swam to rescue his wife and babe. They had been swept down the stream to their fate.
Searching parties were organized to recover the bodies. The body of the babe was found this morning, but the mother is still in the water.
The Robinson family resided at Blair Four, where Mr. Robinson operated the drum for the Blair limestone company. Mrs. Robinson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jospeh Isenberg of near Frankstown and was aged about 23 years.

Altoona Mirror, August 20, 1906, pg 1.

The funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. Chester Robinson and her little son, Chalmers, who were drowned on Sunday evening last in the Juniata river, were held in the Canoe Creek church this morning at 10 o'clock. Interment was made in the Canoe Creek cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, August 22, 1906, pg 2.