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Young Man Drowned

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
July
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Saturday evening a young Canadian narned D. F. Gregory, who was einployed ou the nwv roadbed of the Auu Arbor Railroad just north of the city, carne to town to do some business iu conipany with oue of the foramen and another laborer. On their way back the two young men went into the ruill race by rhe Ann Arbor Railroad bridge to bathe. This was about 8 :30 o'clock. They remaiued in the water about half an hour, Gregory being a good swinnuer, but his corupaniou could not swim very well, when Gregory suddenly threw up his hands and sauk out of sight. His companion went to help him but he was too uiuch frightened at the occurrence and too poor a swimmer to be óf any good and it was over two hours before the, body was reoovered. Dr. Kapp, who had beeu sumnioned, worked on the body for an hour or more. but Hfe was extinct. The relatives of the vtnfortuuate youug man were telegraphed to and 011 Monday morning his brother-in-law, a Mr. Osgood, of Samaría, Slouroe county, arrived and took charge of the remains, which were taken to his home in Aurora, Ontario. At the inquest held by Coroner Ball the jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning. Gregory was about 22 years oíd, a steady and industrious young man.