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Five Boys Drowned At Chicago

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
May
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Chicago, May 24.- Frank Qulnn, Charles Coates, James Coates, Charles Svec, Albert Svec and John Honis, all bcys ranging from 8 to 11 years oíd, got on a raft In Mud lake, a wide expanse of water in the south branch of the Chicago river, to paddle across. Toung Honis tcok fright just after leaving the shore, Etripped and jumped in where the water wassballow nr.d waded ashore. The other boys took the scare later, where the water was twenty íeet deep, jumped oft the raft and all were drowned.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat