The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
MANY MINOR ACCIDENTS HERE
William Goodfellow browns in Pad
docks Lake, Cashier Walenciak
Drowned In Pike River-Little Min
mi Grulke Blinded by Fireworks.

Death and serious injury marked the
passing Of the double holiday in Keno
sha Two boys were drowned since Sat-
urday afternoon and several people met
severe injury as the result Of the OBJ
servance of the nation IS birthday in
the city and county.
The Dead.
William Goodfellow son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Goodfellow Of Lester
Court, drowned at Paddocks Lake on
Monday afternoon while bathing.
Cashier Walenciak, aged fifteen, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Walenciak, Ra
cine avenue, drowned in Pike River,
Saturday afternoon.
The Injured.
Mimmi Grulke, aged eight years,
right eye probably burned out when
she was struck by sky rocket.
Six Racine men, all severely injured
when au automobile went off the road
between Kenosha and Racine.
In addition to this there were the
usual number Of burned fingers as the
result of the Incorporate use of gun
powder and other explosives and there
are lot Of bandages on the hands and
faces of Kenosha boys and girls today.
The injury to the little Grulke girl was
the only serious injury to be reported
to the police as result of the celebra-
tion, but the doctors report the usual
busy time taking care of minor injuries.
One of the saddest accidents of the
day was the drowning of William Good
fellow at Paddocks Lake. With a
number of other boys, all about four
teen years Of age, he had gone out to
Paddocks Lake to take part in the cele-
bration planned by the Old Settler IS
Club. Just after noon young Goodfel-
low and two other boys had put on,
their bathing suits and had gone bath
ing in the lake. Goodfellow Owed from
raft and it is declared that he never
came up again. 1t is thought possible
that he may have struck his head on a
rock on the bottom Of the lake The
caused great excitement at the lake
and within few minutes expert swim
mers had been called from several of
the camps to search for the body but
they were unable to locate it. Tele-
phone messages were sent to Kenosha
and Police Officer William Biennemann
and John Mahaney, the veteran mem
Der of the Kenosha coast guard, went
out to search for the body. They drag
ged the lake until late IN the evening,
but found no trace of the body. The
dragging of the lake was being contin-
ued today. Where the boy was drown
ed big weeds had grown up in the lake
and this made the search for the body
very difficult. The parents of the boy
were not at the lake at the time the
accident occurred and when the news
of it was brought to them in Kenosha
they were Frustrated.
Young Goodfellow was school boy
and he had worked part of the sum
mer at the barber shop of his grand
father, w. J. Dickhaut
Pike River Claims Victim.
The drowning Of Cashier Walenciak
took place on Saturday afternoon just
after three o clock and he was one Of
the numerous victims of the treacher-
Gus old swimming hole in Pike River
just north Of the sanitarium. He had
gone swimming with four other boys
of his own age and waded out beyond
his depth. His companions made an
effort to save him but he went down
and hurried call was sent for aid
Captain Fountain and the members Of
the coast guard, hurried to the scene
of the drowning and after a few
minutes work managed to recover the
body of the boy. Every possible eff
fort was made to resuscitate him by
the life savers and by the members Of
the police department who had taken
the pulmoter to the scene of the acci-
dent. None of the efforts awaited any
thing. The body Of the little boy was
taken to the Hansen morgue and the
funeral was held from the Polish
Church on Monday morning with in
terment at the Polish cemetery. The
drowning of the boy came as a great
sorrow to his parents and relatives
Arrest Follows injury of Girl
Little Mimmi Grulke was injured near
|, the corner of Pearl and Rowland
avenue in an early celebration Of the
Fourth of July on Saturday evening
just after six clock. She was walk
ing along the street when she was struck
in the right eye by a sky rocket which
the police declare was fred from the
Elk building. DR.. Germano was called
to attend the child and directed thas
she be taken to the Kenosha hospital.
An examination showed that the eye
had been terribly burned and DR.. Ger
mano declared today that the little
| girl would lose che sight Of the eye.