Drowned In Bridgewater

A Young Man From New York Tips Over a Boat in Joslyn Lake.

A sad case of drowning in which a young man from New York city lost his life, occurred at Joslyn Lake near Bridgewater station, seven miles east of Manchester, last Thursday evening. Louis Fischer, of New York city, a young man of 21, had been visiting his uncle, William Westphal, for some time. Thursday he was out hunting with Wm. Sauder, Geo. Glatz and Alfred Westphal and about dusk they started to cross the lake in a boat. Fischer was considerable of a dare-devil and it is said rocked the boat until finally it upset. The others of the party finally reached the shore but Fischer sank. Large parties of men dragged the lake for his body. His body had not been found Monday although all kinds of grappling apparatus had been used and dynamite exploded.