Thomas Milbourn, for 20 years a clerk in the Culp dry goods store was drowned in the Mahoning river at a point just above Schuff's landing early Sunday morning.

Mr. Milbourn was a member of a boating club which has a club house on the banks of the river east of Webb street, and on Saturday night he and a number of members of the club went to the club house at a late hour with the idea of spending the night there.  They had not sufficient bedding and so took the gasoline launch, which is the property of the club and went to the boat house at the Recreation club, where they knew some of the members were stopping to borrow a cot.

When they arrived at the boat house they awoke Bur Mercer, Fred McDonald, Harry Schooley, and Charles Filson, and after getting the cot asked the boys to take a ride in the launch, as the night was fine.  This all agreed to do except Mercer,  who thought he would prefer to sleep.  The rest of the men of the Recreation club, and Clyde Vick, H. W. Vick, Alec Bonner, Mr. Milbourn, and Ole Gulbrenson, boarded the launch and started up the river.

They made one trip up to what is known as the "island," which is the spot where the launch usually turns about for the trip down the river, and back again to the bridge, and were on their way up on the second trip.  At a point just east of Schuff's landing there is a snag which is submerged, and another which protrudes from the water.  They avoided the visible one, and in doing so ran onto the other, with the result that the boat was upset in about seven to nine feet of water.  All the men in the boat could swim except Milbourn and McDonald.  The former went to the bottom at once, and it is believed that there he grasped the branches of the snag or the weeds which grow in the bottom of the river, and was never seen alive again.

McDonald was aided by the rest of the boys, and assisted to a place on top of the log which protrudes from the water, and there he supported himself until he was assisted to shore.  All the men made desperate efforts to find Milbourn but in his struggles he had gone some distance from the spot where he was last seen.  Realizing that their friend was gone they gave the alarm and had the patrol wagon with officers aboard to come down, and the search for the body was commenced with hooks and boats.  The accident happened at 2:37, and it was something more than an hour when Harry Schooley succeeded in lifting the body from the water.  Every effort at resuscitation proved unavailing and the body was taken to Cassaday's morgue where it was prepared for burial.

The dead man would have been 39 years of age Monday.  He was born in Augusta and spent all his early life there.  The funeral will be held from that place Tuesday.

The deceased was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Woodmen and these orders will hold their ritualistic services at the home of J. S. Mong this evening at 7:30 and 8 o'clock.  The house will be open from 7 to 9 o'clock this evening and the friends may call between those hours.  The body will be taken to Augusta at 10:33 Tuesday morning where the services will be private, in charge of the Rev. Henry.

Mr. Milbourn is survived by one brother and one sister, M. S. Milbourn , treasurer of the Alliance Machine Co., and Mrs. J. S. Mong.