Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....Sellers, J. S. March 30, 1881
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Reno Evening Gazette March 30, 1881
J.S. Sellers Drowned
J. S. Sellers, the carpenter, was drowned in the river at Mayberry’s this
afternoon.  He was at work with some other men in putting a new pier into the
bridge.  The pier was being floated down to its place, and Sellers, becoming
entangled in a guiding rope, was dragged into the stream.  He was seen
struggling in the water for some time before he finally disappeared.  Efforts
are being made to recover the body.
Mr. Sellers leaves a wife and a family of four sons and a daughter.  He was an
old resident and a good, honest man, well-known throughout the county


March 31, 1881
The Body of J. S. Sellers Found
The body of J. S. Sellers was recovered this morning, and now he’s in ice at
Sanders & Neales.  It drifted with the pier down the river a mile and a half
below Mayberry’s.  The rope which drew Sellers into the water got caught around
his leg and kept him tied to the pier.  The head and trunk show many bruises,
and it is conjectured that the drowned man struck against a rock and was stunned
almost immediately after falling into the river.  It appears that the pier when
being floated down to its place under the bridge was guided by two ropes, one to
each bank of the river.  One of the ropes broke, and the sudden strain on the
other, which had been slack, in some way threw Sellers and J. L. McFarlin into
the water.  McFarlin scrambled out without injury, but Sellers was entangled in
the rope and could not get out.
The time for the funeral had not been fixed at two o’clock today.

Daily Nevada State Journal
April 1, 1881
Sellers’ Funeral
The body of J. S. Sellers was unlashed yesterday morning from the pier to which
it had been lashed all of Wednesday night, and brought down to town and placed
in care of Sanders & Neale.  It will be removed to his late residence this
morning, from which place the funeral will take place at 2 o’clock.  Friends and
acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.



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