PRE-XMAS TRAGEDY

Inangahua Times, 22 December 1931, Page 4

PRE-XMAS TRAGEDY

PRESENT TO A CHILD WHO TRIES IT OUT ON FROZEN | LAKE ICE BREAKS AND CHILD DROWNED 1 ALSO SIX WOULD-BE RESCUERS Per United Press As-n. —H» Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) VANCOUVER, December 20. A fearful pre-Christmas tragedy over took a small community ten miles from Muskegon, Michigan. . Orville Oman, aged seven, received! a present of a hand sleigh and took It l on an ice covered lake for a try out. | Suddenly a crash came and the horrified parents saw him disappear. Father, mother and brother tried to lescue successively and were drowned. Then three young men, brothers named Morgan, rushed to the rescue, f&king a boat with them, hut this overturned and all were drowned. Morgan’s dog raced frantically home and made much fuss and attracted help. The seven bodies were recovered.

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