A sad accident in which four lives were lost occurred at Otnabog (Queens Co.) Saturday afternoon. Four colored children, Ettie McINTYRE and Lizzie McINTYRE, age 16 and 17 years, respectively, daughters of Benjamin McINTYRE; William McINTYRE, the 12 year old s/o John McINTYRE and Bessie WILLIAMS, the 12 year old d/o Abe WILLIAMS of St. John, started in the afternoon to take some berries to Dell VANWART's store across the river. They made the journey over all right, crossing the river in a dugout. They sold their berries and started to return home with some parcels they had purchased. The Otnabog river is not very wide and is very shallow, but contains many bad holes. No one saw the small party after they left the shore. It is presumed that the three girls seated themselves in the dugout and the boy shoved them from the shore, springing in after them. In doing so he upset the dugout and the four occupants were thrown into the water. Some time after the boat was noticed floating bottom up and a couple of hats near it. An alarm was sounded and a crowd gathered around the boat. The bodies were found in a hole about ten feet deep by Samuel VANWART and were hauled out with a pole. The boat had not drifted far from the scene of the accident. The river at that place is not more than 50 feet wife.