Connaught Journal Galway, Ireland Monday, Feb 10, 1823 Volume 69 Price 5 Pence FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ICE On the 23d ult., a melancholy occurrence took place on the late of Castlestrange in the demesne of Thomas MITCHELL, Esq., in the County of Roscommon. A man of the name of CASEY, in crossing an arm of the lake, had not proceeded many yards upon the ice, when it gave way, and he sank immediately; but having accidentally found footing on a rock, he was not perfectly overwhelmed. He encouraged the hope of being saved by the arrival of three brothers of the name of KILROE, who, with true Irish courage and humanity, ran to his assistance. One of them had succeeded in fastening a rope round his waist, when the ice gave way again, and he also sunk. His two brothers, anxiously, but inconsiderately, rushed towards him at the same moment, to share alas! with a friend and brother, their premature and watery grave. The four bodies were found in a few hours after, the hand of each clinging to the rope. One has left a widow, and another a widow and a child to suffer by their loss. The father of the three KILROE is an object of great pity; old, feeble, and indigent, he little thought that in one fatal hour, his three fine lads, the props of his declining years, were to be cut off in the spring of their days. It is fortunate that the families resided on the property of a benevolent landlord. A fifth lad, of the name of KEEGAN, in endeavouring to save the rest, escaped by the ice breaking where the water was not so deep.