Word was received from Atlin on Monday afternoon of the tragic drowning of Jack Innis, popular deck-hand of the British Yukon Navigation Co. employed on the launch Tarahne.
It is understood the launch had only left Atlin when Innis, who had been
engaged in scrubbing the upper deck of the vessel, was found to be missing. The launch immediately commenced a search and the body was discovered shortly after.
After efforts to resuscitate the youth proved futile, the boat returned to Atlin, but he failed to respond to medical treatment.
While no one witnessed the lad's fall into the lake, it is believed he
fainted and fell off the upper deck which is not railed in. Friends of the deceased state he was subject to fainting spells. The fact that no water was found in the lungs points to the likelihood of this happening.
This was Innis' second summer in the country, being employed last year
on the steamer Yukon, of which his uncle, I. MacIlveen, is chief steward.
Quiet, reserved and of likeable manner, Jack will he missed by a host of friends and acquaintances in the district and by his fellow workmen in the company.
