Cumberland County NJ Archives News.....Horner, Asa Sons-Melancholy Accident. March 1858
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West-Jersey Pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1851-1884: March 13, 1858 March 1858
Horner, Asa Sons-Melancholy Accident.
It becomes our painful duty to record one of the most sad and fatal accidents that
has occurred in this County for a long time. We are informed that three sons of Mr.
Asa Horner, residing in Stoe Creek Township, near Seeley’s Mill Pond, were drowned
on Sunday afternoon last.
It was supposed by the parents that the boys had gone over to their uncle’s, and
would return in the morning, consequently they retired for the night without giving
themselves any uneasiness. As they did not return in the morning, the father started
over to see what had become of them, but was soon told by the little girl, who had
been down to the pond, that there was a cap on the ice. When they arrived on the
spot, the solemn reality that they were drowned, was evident.
It appears that they had, in some way unknown, got into a hole about five feet
square, which bad been cut in the ice some days previous, and there, perished. Their
bodies were immediately recovered, as the water at the head of the pond, where they
were drowned, was only about four feet deep, Their respective ages were eleven,
thirteen, and fifteen years. This sad stroke falls heavily on the bereaved parents.

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