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- Newspaper Article - Wednesday, November 16, 1898 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Fatal Fall of Gardner Towles - Gardner Towles left his brother's home in Adams, Jefferson County, Wednesday evening, for his home less than a quarter of a mile away. The night was very dark and a heavy storm of rain and sleet was falling. This was the last seen of Mr. Towles alive. Mrs. Towles thought she heard him call and went out, finally going to the home of Ira Towles. Not finding him, a search was begun which lasted all night. Early Thursday morning his hat, pipe and one shoe were found in what is known as the Lorraine Gulch. Later the body was found several rods away in some underbrush. The gulch is eighty feet deep at this place. Mr. Towles was 60 years old, a mason by trade and leaves a widow and three children. He had been a resident of the town of Lorraine all his life, was a man of good habits, and was widely known throughout that section. Near the roadway is a fence in which runs near the edge of the gulf. Mr. Towles evidently started to follow this fence in the direction of his home. In some way he became confused, it is thought, and fell off the edge of the bank, about fifty feet, where his body was caught in the brushes, evidently by his foot, and when his shoe gave way he fell the rest of the distance to the bottom of the gulf.
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1838 - 1898 (60 years)
d. 4 Apr 1897, Lorraine, Jefferson, New York, USA