Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-10
|D[AIH BY Drowning
Little Daughter Of Ben Olson, a Gu
cose Carpenter. Falls Into Creek
and is Drowned.
Tributary Of Linn Creek, Swollen by
Melting SHOWS. Cause Of the
Accident.
Body Carried by Swift Current to
Anssn Street, Where 1t is
Rescued.

The swollen condition Of small trlb-
utary of Linn creek, owing to the heavy
melting of snow during the past few
days, caused the first drowning of the
present SEASON Friday afternoon. Little
Lille Olson. aged nearly . years, daugh-
ter of Ben Olson, a Norwegian carper-
ter in the employ of the Glucose Sugar
Refining Company, and living on Sixth
avenue, south of Arson street, was the
victim. The child. in company with her
brother Arthur. a years of age, Was
ipiayirs On the bank of q small creek
that empties into Linn creek east or the
flows past the Olson home and during
! the last day or two the current has been
quite swift.
The stream in which the8little girl Was
/ drowned has its origin in the hilly coun-
TRY a mile and half south of the city,
and runs thru the old Huffaker farm
and thence thru the Arson pasture. A
dam had been put in about ten rods
| south of the Olson home. for the pur-
\ pose of making better watering place
4 for the catte kept in the pasture. With
all. the conditions favorable to swiftly
running current the babes chances saf-
tor falling into the swollen stream We're
very small. AS soon as the small broth
4 er saw her struggling in the water he
ran Immediately to the house to inform
4 Mrs. Olson. She FASTENED out. but the
child was about q half block down the
Istream. The current was so strong that
4 her little body was forced thru the wires
of a barb Wire fence stretched across
! the creek bed, and on it sped until the
wagon road bridge on Arson street was
reached. BY that time about eight
minutes had elapsed. George Plucar, Il
4 Central section hand, residing at sos An
son street, saw the chiids predlcament
and, grasping a clothesline pole. which
luckily had a nail fastened in one end,
reached out and, by fastening the nail
in the childs clothing, managed to pail
her from the water.
To the adjacent home of Arson lib
bals. corner Of Sixth avenue and Arson
!. street, the little one was taken as soon
las possible, and efforts at rescusitation
were Immediately attempted. They Were
fof no avail, however, and physician
J. who was called TO the Tibbals home
!. spcll dlitlMdltS STATED tfldt INT ptpt
had undoubtedly been drowned in the
LEY water almost instantly after falling
in. There We're no marks on the body
) excepting a few scratches on the face
received by being forced thru the
J. barbed wire fence. Cornoner Lierle was
notified Immediately and looked oyer
the situaton. especially as regarded this
building Of the dam. He decided, how
!. ever. thatSan inquest was not necessary
Mrs Olson. who Is unable TO speak
English, was fairly Frustrated with
grief as was also her husband. All the
assistance possible was given by the
) ieighbors. altao the Olson house was
almost wholly surrounded by water 50
) much So in fact, that ii Was Impossible
! to reach it without the aid Of boots. Tbs
.Eunfortunate little child was very bright
!. in appearance and would have been .
. Years of age had she lived until the 24tf
inst. Master Arthur was unable 10 say
J Very much concerning the cause. eN
eepting that his little sister slipped AM
s fell as they reached the waters edge
The funeral was held this afternoon