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South Bend, IN St Joseph's Lake Drowning, May 1890

Posted July 16th, 2008 by gendisasters

A Sad Drowning

South Bend, Ind., May 8. -- Ellsworth Hughes, son of the traffic manager of the Denver & Rio Grande and nephew of United States Senator Ingalls, was drowned in St. Josephs lake this forenoon. He was a student at Notre Dame University and was rowing with two companions when the boat capsized. He was 18 years old and would have graduated in the scientific course next year.

Aspen Weekly Times, Aspen, Pitkin Co., CO 10 May 1890
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