Drowned. - We learn from the Clinton Democrat that Ellis Askey of this county, was drowned in the schute opposite Lock Haven, on Monday the 7th inst. It seems that in order to get his raft into the schute it was necessary to "snub" when the rebound of the cable jerked him into the water at the suck of the schute. He manfully struggled against the angry breakers until he reached the "big break" near the lower end; after which he was not seen.  Two of his sons were on the raft and were horrified witnesses of the father's death-struggles. The deceased was counted one of the best watermen on the river, and many are the wild adventures and hairbreadth escapes related to Ellis Askey.6718
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A well known pilot on the Susquehannah River, who lost his life while at the post of duty, at Lock Haven. He was survived by his widow and nine children, of whom three sons and one daughter (Mrs. Norris) still [1911] are living.6716