Drownings

Toledo, OH Blown into River & Drowns, Apr 1947

Wind Blows Youth To Death in River

Toledo, O., April 6-(AP)-FRANK HORNYAK, 13, was blown by a strong wind into the Maumee River today from a railroad bridge and was drowned, police reported.  read more »

Coleman, TX 15 Drown in Cloudburst, Jul 1900

15 Drowned By Cloudburst.

Two of the Dead Were Men Who Lost Life Attempting to Save Children.  read more »

Waterloo, IA Drowning, May 1945

DEATH BY DROWNING  read more »

Bristol, PA Drowning Rescue, Jan 1910

Father and Child Nearly Drowned.  read more »

Bridgeport, CT Seaside Park Drowning, Jul 1905

THE DROWNING OF CONNECTICUT GIRL

Occurs Under Very Peculiar Circumstances  read more »

Granite Falls, MN Drowning, Jun 1887

Ole P. Peterson, a Norwegian was drowned while riding a horse across the Minnesota river about four miles south of Granite Falls.  read more »

Center, WA Coles Lake Drowning, May 1905

TWO BOYS DROWNED IN GIBBS LAKE

Boys Went Swimming While Parents Were Away.  read more »

Boise, ID. Drowning. Aug. 1903

Boise, ID. Drowning. Aug. 1903

Idaho  read more »

Carbondale, IL Drowning, May 1953

SIU Freshman Boy Drowns

CARBONDALE, Ill. AP--An 18-year-old college freshman drowned Sunday when he plunged over a dam into a rocky creek bed.  read more »

Union, MO Cloudburst Drownings, July 1929

SEVEN OF FAMILY DROWN IN CREEK NEAR UNION, MO.

CLOUDBURST, CAUSES SUDDEN WALL OF WATER WHICH CARRIES CAR AWAY.

FATHER ALONE ESCAPES DEATH.  read more »

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