Submitted by:

Carol Couch

WACO TIMES HERALD

JULY 5, 1899

WEDNESDAY

CHILDREN DROWNED

Boat Capsized in Big Creek and the Little Ones Were Swept Away.

    Marlin, Tex.July 4 - Robert Brockington, a negro, his wife and two children and another negro whose name is unknown, attempted to cross the Waters down the mouth of Big creek when the boat struck the main current, the negro whose name is unknown jumped overboard which frightened the Negro Brockington's wife and she too fell overboard. The boat capsized. The two men and woman got out all right, but the children drowned.

   Several horses and cattle were drowned and untold damage was done to crops in this section. At present there is only one bridge in this county that can be crossed.