National Affairs: National Affairs, Jan. 9, 1950

This was the tragic end of an afternoon’s walk two youngsters took through the woods of Bedford, N.H., to nearby Sandy Pond. Two firemen are lifting out the bodies of Irene Biron, 12, and her cousin Robert Bourque, 7, after hacking out a 25-ft. channel through ice to reach them. A search began when the youngsters failed to come home at dusk one day last week, continued through the cold, foggy night. The bodies were discovered next day when a posse of neighbors, relatives, police & firemen saw the shimmering red & white of Irene’s sweater beneath the ice. Guesses were that Robert had first fallen in, that cousin Irene—who could swim—had drowned trying to save him.