Sierra County Obituaries

Edward Rowe

Submitted by Brad Sharpe

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Edward Roe

Daily Appeal � May 5, 1875, Pg. 3 

( The following items are from the Messenger, May 1st) � A young man by 
the name of Edward Roe was drowned in Boyce Bro.�s reservoir, at Scales 
Diggings, one day last week. As near as we can learn, he went into the 
water to bathe and was taken with a cramp. There was a small boy with him 
at the time and he says that he came to the surface only once after he 
sank the first time and that he only saw his hands. He ran and gave the 
alarm as soon as possible but it was too late. 

Edward Rowe

Daily Appeal - 5/11/1875, Pg. 3 - Sierra County News. -- The following items 
are from the Downieville Messenger of the 8th instant: At Scales' last 
Saturday morning Edward Rowe, aged 21, was drowned in Boyce's reservoir while 
bathing. A boy named Ben Bevans saw him jump in, rise once and then disappear. 
He ran for assistance which soon arrived; the reservoir was dragged with a 
timber or log-hook, and the body recovered, but life was extinct.