Rhinebeck, NY Drownings, Jan 1860
EIGHT DEATHS BY DROWNING.---Eight persons were drowned near Rhinebeck, N. Y., on Tuesday last. A party of twenty or twenty-five persons from the opposite side of the river were crossing on the ice in a large covered sleigh drawn by four horses, when the ice gave way and the sleigh went down, carrying with it eight of the passengers, who were drowned. All but eight succeeded in getting out of the sleigh before it went down.
The Sun, Baltimore, MD 20 Jan 1860
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Jan 17, 1860
DROWNED.---This day eight persons were drowned near Rhinebeck, N. Y. A party of over twenty persons were crossing the river in a sleigh, when the ice gave way and the sleigh went down, carrying with it eight of the passengers. The others escaped.
Vincent's Semi-annual United States Register, Jan-Jun 1860 page 46
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