The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-02-06
HARVEY SHAW BROWNS
IN THE MILL POND
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WIS SKATING AND ICE BROKE
THROUGH
Bdy .Recovsred In About sn Hour;
Strenuous Efforts at Resusci-
A t.tion Prove Futile

Fank Shaw, met with sad and trag-
ie,6eath, last week Friday afternoon,
at about four o'clock, when the ice
"a which he was skating gave way,
rfccipitating him into the water be-
nelth, where he was drowned. Inc
de)lorable accident took place under
tiie bridge on East Vienna street, the
only eve witnesses being Ihe Misses
Olive Secor and Beulah Hettit who
Were watching the boy. 1t IS said that
r. yev had been warned against
90 ng on Che ice under the bridge,
but as it looked firm he evidently
mid little attention to the warming,
The mild weather of the past two
weeks and the fact that the bridge
shelters the stream somewhat at this
pc'Et rend cred the ice thin and rotter3
ami the boy had no soonerSotten upfhi
it man it broke through and let hm
into the water. 1t appefrs the lad
tri d to work his way toward the
sk re. or to ice that was firm enough
to suppo,it his weight, but his skates
;no,leded the movenlenr of his feet
am weighted him down the water
Nc ;r.e cold. and after brief but
y;s rous struggle, durinc which he
fr. ,ticany called for hip and said
~. { he was drowning, and during
a ,ch the distracted 'oung ladies
ID co, lid even hear him trangling, he
gay e up and sank beneth the sur
fac e. One or more Files OF the
nei ghborhood had beer called to the
see ne of the accident ION after the
hon broke through the ce, while one
If the girls who had wnessed it hur-
RE, up town to secure clip. But the
WI ,,e matter had hap,ned so unex-
no ,dly and was owe so quickly
tbs it was impossiblto give imme-
d;a O assistance. Win few min
MT. however, a numlr of men were
a. he scene of the a.ident and the
AT ost endeavors we made to res
Gu the boy in time I successful re-
su citation. Chas. best and b. Z.
Con ee were among the first to arrive
md securing boat and pike pole
Ae,f made as thorough search as
hossible, meanwhile other men broke
the ice in the channel so that larger
field could be explored. The orig
inal workers in the boat becoming
numped with the cold, their places
were taken by p. l.. Chown, Geo.
Farnsworth and Lloyd Hill. The lat
Ter had been at work but short time
wher the body was located, raised to
the surface and taken to shore. The
bow had by this time been in the
\ water at least an hour and the
\onlv sign of life that could be
hetee ted was slight movement of
lhe res and lips. The body was
(taker to a store, up town, in an auto
" mobile where willing hands quickly
stripped off the clothing and for more
than an hour rubbed and worked and
subie cted it to every known means of
resus citation, but without avail
Meantime, before the body had been
recovered, messase had been sent
To Flint, asking tha' pulmotor, with
rompetent operators, be dispatched,
! gand inside half an hour after the body
.fwas taken from tn. water the appli-
anc was at land, aaving been sent
n her by the police apartment as fast
as, automobile Guild bring it. Only
ia ,rt time was lequired, however,
A to /, axe known the sad fact that a
SER us hemorrhagt of the lungs had
&. tax place and that the boy was
has all human aid 1t may be said,
he; lentally, that he resistance Of
diff rent individuals to, drowning has
fbee found to differ considerably.
Hnss 1nces are on record where per-
{son have been revived after having
fbee S Sbmerged fr an hour or more,
~ wh9e in other insances they have
been found absolutely dead after
Hen minutes of s,bmersion.
This lad, but II years Of age, had
fbee,l a victim Of an almost unbeliev-
abI chain Of ACCIDENTS preceding the
one which resulted in his death.
4 OF bim it may 10 truly said that he
MA /. one of thos whom unmerciful
'AA1G .ster followe fast and followed
"a Ser.o He ha, been thrown from
e fiorsc and traupled in manner
~ resulted in partial paralysis,
IN which he ws recovering, he had
1rl lergone an opration for appendi-
clfv he had beer shot in the shoulder
:, BlV rifle and hid been seriously in
ia N about the head In an automo-
b. accident. Despite the sum of
tf, Affections, however, he had
M . ged to maze good progress in
se . l. being student in the ninth
grf D, and was much loved by his
scI blfnates ant teachers for his sun
ny disposition md habitual friendf-
- His sudden. tragic end will
IL BE- remembered as particularly
sT1 ncilent in the history Of this vii
- and his m, moFy will be unfading
e hearts Of all who knew him.
krvey Shay was born March 21,
LIN Birch Run township, being