The Ouachita Telegraph - Ike Smith Drowns

Date: May 2000
Submitted by: Lora Peppers <lpeppers@ouachita.lib.la.us>



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The Ouachita Telegraph
Saturday, May 20, 1882
Page 3, Column 1

 Ike Smith, a darkey living at Trenton, was drowned in the river near the
railroad bridge Monday night.  His piteous cries for help attracted the
attention of Watchman Renwick, who hurriedly went to the drowning man’s
assistance, but too late to rescue him.  The boat in which he came floating
down the river was found, and the supposition is that he was asleep and was
dragged off the boat by the rope of the ferry flat.

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