Sad Accident

Pittsburgh, Pa., July 5.- A sad accident happened at the picnic of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Allegheny City at Forest Grove, on the Pittsburgh fc Western railroad, Thursday, by whieh fiye young people were drowned. Their names are: Nellie Burton, aged 18; May Royal, 18; Ida Cassiday, 22; Fannie McComb, 18, and Bert Freeman, 20. The five named, together with Edward Shaffer, took an old barge and started for a ride on Connaquenessing- creek. The stream was very turbulent and the barge capsized. Shaffer succeeded in reaching the shore, but the others went down before assistance could reach thein.