Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-03
PETER RAsKoFF, LEeRAND COM.
pANY EMPLoYE, GOES TO
QUICK DEATH.
ovERHEATED AND BATTLES
IN SPRINGFIELD POOL
Cold Water Brings on Cramps and Man
browns Before Companions Can
Save Him-Had Been in This coun-
try Year and Saved s4oo-Wife and
Babe in .Far-oH Bulgaria.

six more months papa will be home. At
East Quarry there lies dead the hus-
band and father, victim Of drowning.
The relatives 1880 miles away are I'M
lily, and will not know until mail, sent
today by friends, conveys the intelli-
gence to the little town of voditza.
Peter Raskoff, 80 years old, and a
strapping big fellow In the bloom of
health, went into the old No. hole at
East Quarry shortly after z o'clock
Friday evening for a plunge. The day
had been so excessively hot that the
cool waters Of the river and old hole
were eagerly sought Iby the quarry
man..
The No. 4 hole is a springfield pool,
twenty-five feet deep in its deepest
place. Out of 1t was blasted all of the
rock that was used in the construction
of Marshall county's court house. Be-
cause of the spring the waters are ex-
ceptionally cold, and Raskoff, overhead
ed as result of his days work, had
not cooled off sufficiently to Withstand
the sudden shock.
Companions Watch Him Drown.
George Meniff and Merino Meihoff,
two native Bulgarians, and the former
Raskof's partner" were with him at
the time. Raskoff was noticed to sud-
denly go to the bottom. and rise again.
Not an outcry was heard, altho the
4. H. ~ TN,,r
and up again, and again, and the body
sank. It was all over so quickly that
the mans friends We're. dazed. Rev. A.
q. Kendall, pastor OF the LeGrand
Christian church. who, with several
LeGrand friends, was down for a swim,
got to tho spot where the man went
down nrst, and five minutes later had
recovered the Body. Anton johnson,
Roland Pemberton. and Hiram and
Tunis Olson, OF LeGrand, were there,
and DR.. Mills, Of LeGrand, on his way
to the river for a plunge, took charge
OF the work of resuscitation- DR.. M. NJ.
Evans, was also called. and with DR..
/, Mills did everything they could to re-
stoRes life. All efforts were without re-
suits; even tho the man had been in
the water only few minutes, and had
sumed that the sudden shock resulted
in heart exhaustion. The mans body
was found in seven feet Of water.
Coroner Jay Notified.
Coroner E. w. Jay was notified OF
the death and. drove to LeGrand ir
his automobile. Another auto, driver
by Charles E,dridge, of the Eldridge-
Beebe Company, took Manager j. w
H3,,r ~ Rfn ND N,Sop rx
Company: d. A. Wilbur, the under.
taker: Carl Heitschu, and Times-Re.
publican man. The coroner did no
theswitnesses showed conclusively tha
the death was accidental.
Over $500 on Person.
In the trousers pocket of Raskoff
lying on the bank of the pool, wa!
found the mans savings of year IL
this country, In the sum of s410. Al
OF this sum with the exception OF 500
was in gold. Coroner Jay ordered th'
money turned over to Manager Bur
roughs today. and the bulk of it will
: be sent to the widow in Bulgaria.
Raskon entered the employ of thu
LeGfand Quarry Company two week
ago, coming from Kellogg, Mimi, il
y company Win MS IrlenO MenlH. I'M
two have been comrades for a Ions
time, living in the same little town
Voditza, and serving three years to
gether in the. Bulgarian army.
Aside from his wife and baby sol
Raskoff is survived by his parents an
Ave brothers, all of whom are in Bull
garia. Raskoff had expected to re
turn to Bulgaria next winter.
The funeral was held this Afternoon
at o'clock, tnterment taking place il
Pleasant Hill cemetery, a half mil
east Of the quarries. Rev. Mr.. Dash
Ter, pastor Of the Friends church of LIE
Grand, had charge of the services.