Born at Askhahm, Westmoreland, England -- Drowned in Fond du Lac Harbor
DEATH BY DROWING
IN THE FOND DU LAC HARBOR
William Bourbank, of Stockbridge, Meets With Sudden Death While Attempting to Get on Board a Boat.
Wm. J. Bourbank, (sic) a resident of Stockbridge, was drowned in the Fond du Lac harbor Saturday afternoon about 3:30 o’clock.
Just as the steamer B. F. Carter which had brought an excursion from Chilton and adjoining towns cleared the dock for the return trip, bystanders and passengers on the boat saw a man rush wildly along the pier. As he reached the edge he paused for a moment hesitatingly, seemed to measure the distance that separated him from the steamer with his eye, then he stepped back a few paces, took a quick run and sprang into the air. Either he had misjudged the distance or overrated his ability to make it, for he fell short striking the railing of the boat with his chest and in a second the waters of the harbor had closed over him.
The steamer immediately hove to and a number of people crowded to the edge of the dock ready to render the man assistance as soon as he should rise to the surface. For several minutes they waited but he failed to rise, then pike poles were sent for at the No. 5 engine house and the bottom searched. After nearly three quarters of an hour the body was recovered by William Supple. Every effort was made to resuscitate the man but all in vain as the last spark of life had been extinguished before the recovery of the body.
When the body was turned on its face, blood as well as water flowed from the lungs through the mouth and nostrils, proving that internal injuries had much to do with the man’s death.
The body was recognized by friends as that of William J. Bourbank a wealthy Englishman and a resident of Stockbridge. He was 31 years of age and had been in this country eleven years. He had recently returned from England. His only relative in this part of the world is Thos. Winter a wealthy Stockbridge resident. ( cut off)
Chilton Times – August 15, 1896
DEATH BY DROWING
IN THE FOND DU LAC HARBOR
William Bourbank, of Stockbridge, Meets With Sudden Death While Attempting to Get on Board a Boat.
Wm. J. Bourbank, (sic) a resident of Stockbridge, was drowned in the Fond du Lac harbor Saturday afternoon about 3:30 o’clock.
Just as the steamer B. F. Carter which had brought an excursion from Chilton and adjoining towns cleared the dock for the return trip, bystanders and passengers on the boat saw a man rush wildly along the pier. As he reached the edge he paused for a moment hesitatingly, seemed to measure the distance that separated him from the steamer with his eye, then he stepped back a few paces, took a quick run and sprang into the air. Either he had misjudged the distance or overrated his ability to make it, for he fell short striking the railing of the boat with his chest and in a second the waters of the harbor had closed over him.
The steamer immediately hove to and a number of people crowded to the edge of the dock ready to render the man assistance as soon as he should rise to the surface. For several minutes they waited but he failed to rise, then pike poles were sent for at the No. 5 engine house and the bottom searched. After nearly three quarters of an hour the body was recovered by William Supple. Every effort was made to resuscitate the man but all in vain as the last spark of life had been extinguished before the recovery of the body.
When the body was turned on its face, blood as well as water flowed from the lungs through the mouth and nostrils, proving that internal injuries had much to do with the man’s death.
The body was recognized by friends as that of William J. Bourbank a wealthy Englishman and a resident of Stockbridge. He was 31 years of age and had been in this country eleven years. He had recently returned from England. His only relative in this part of the world is Thos. Winter a wealthy Stockbridge resident. ( cut off)
Chilton Times – August 15, 1896
Born at Askhahm, Westmoreland, England -- Drowned in Fond du Lac Harbor
DEATH BY DROWING
IN THE FOND DU LAC HARBOR
William Bourbank, of Stockbridge, Meets With Sudden Death While Attempting to Get on Board a Boat.
Wm. J. Bourbank, (sic) a resident of Stockbridge, was drowned in the Fond du Lac harbor Saturday afternoon about 3:30 o’clock.
Just as the steamer B. F. Carter which had brought an excursion from Chilton and adjoining towns cleared the dock for the return trip, bystanders and passengers on the boat saw a man rush wildly along the pier. As he reached the edge he paused for a moment hesitatingly, seemed to measure the distance that separated him from the steamer with his eye, then he stepped back a few paces, took a quick run and sprang into the air. Either he had misjudged the distance or overrated his ability to make it, for he fell short striking the railing of the boat with his chest and in a second the waters of the harbor had closed over him.
The steamer immediately hove to and a number of people crowded to the edge of the dock ready to render the man assistance as soon as he should rise to the surface. For several minutes they waited but he failed to rise, then pike poles were sent for at the No. 5 engine house and the bottom searched. After nearly three quarters of an hour the body was recovered by William Supple. Every effort was made to resuscitate the man but all in vain as the last spark of life had been extinguished before the recovery of the body.
When the body was turned on its face, blood as well as water flowed from the lungs through the mouth and nostrils, proving that internal injuries had much to do with the man’s death.
The body was recognized by friends as that of William J. Bourbank a wealthy Englishman and a resident of Stockbridge. He was 31 years of age and had been in this country eleven years. He had recently returned from England. His only relative in this part of the world is Thos. Winter a wealthy Stockbridge resident. ( cut off)
Chilton Times – August 15, 1896
DEATH BY DROWING
IN THE FOND DU LAC HARBOR
William Bourbank, of Stockbridge, Meets With Sudden Death While Attempting to Get on Board a Boat.
Wm. J. Bourbank, (sic) a resident of Stockbridge, was drowned in the Fond du Lac harbor Saturday afternoon about 3:30 o’clock.
Just as the steamer B. F. Carter which had brought an excursion from Chilton and adjoining towns cleared the dock for the return trip, bystanders and passengers on the boat saw a man rush wildly along the pier. As he reached the edge he paused for a moment hesitatingly, seemed to measure the distance that separated him from the steamer with his eye, then he stepped back a few paces, took a quick run and sprang into the air. Either he had misjudged the distance or overrated his ability to make it, for he fell short striking the railing of the boat with his chest and in a second the waters of the harbor had closed over him.
The steamer immediately hove to and a number of people crowded to the edge of the dock ready to render the man assistance as soon as he should rise to the surface. For several minutes they waited but he failed to rise, then pike poles were sent for at the No. 5 engine house and the bottom searched. After nearly three quarters of an hour the body was recovered by William Supple. Every effort was made to resuscitate the man but all in vain as the last spark of life had been extinguished before the recovery of the body.
When the body was turned on its face, blood as well as water flowed from the lungs through the mouth and nostrils, proving that internal injuries had much to do with the man’s death.
The body was recognized by friends as that of William J. Bourbank a wealthy Englishman and a resident of Stockbridge. He was 31 years of age and had been in this country eleven years. He had recently returned from England. His only relative in this part of the world is Thos. Winter a wealthy Stockbridge resident. ( cut off)
Chilton Times – August 15, 1896
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