A regular feature looking back at what was being printed more than 100 years ago in the Bristol Daily Courier. This week’s entry comes from the June 23, 1921 edition of the newspaper.
Body of Harriman Boy Fished From Canal By Chums
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The first drowning to occur in this immediate vicinity occurred yesterday when nine-year-old Albert Ladue, 350 Hayes street, Harriman, lost his life in the canal near the Bloomsdale road bridge.
The lad had left his home, but a few hours before and like other boys had gone to take a swim.
Whether or not he was attacked with cramps or ventured beyond his depth can only be conjectured.
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The body was found by some of his playmates shortly after three o’clock.
Two doctors were rushed to the scene and the police from Harriman were summoned but life was extinct. Albert was dressed in his bathing clothes.
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Arthur Aungst, chief of the Harriman police, today requested that, in cases of discovering persons overboard, or other accident cases, those making the discovery communicate at once with the police or fire bureau of the Townsite.
“We have equipment here for recovering bodies from the water and we should be the first to receive the report, or else word should be sent to the hospital,” he said.
When the policemen reached the scene yesterday, it was quite some time after the body had been recovered.
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Life was probably extinct when the body was taken from the water, but Chief Aungst believes nothing should deter his men being called in times of such emergency or the immediate dispatch of the supposed corpse to the hospital.
The father of the drowned lad is quite prominent in Harriman. He is employed in the shipyard and plays with the Merchant Baseball Team.
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A little sister is also a mourner with the father and mother over Albert’s untimely death.
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