Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-12
SECOND DEATH
IN THE DOUBLE
TRAGEDY TODAY
Mrs. James Rossow Lost
Life While Bathing in
Treacherous Stream.
ROPE ABOUT BODY
WAS FATAL TO DIVER
Dynamite Being Used in Eff
fort to Locate Corpse of
First Victim.

Chris Running, 624 Cherry street.
was drowned this morning in the Red
Lake river, four miles southeast of
East Grand Forks while attempting to
recover the body of his sister in law
Mrs. John Rossow, 720 Cottonwood
street, who was drowned at the same
point in the river~sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Running's body was recovered
Early this afternoon that of Mrs. Ros.
SOW had not as yet been located.
First Drowning.
The first drowning occurred Sunday
afternoon. Mrs. Rossow with hel
husband, her brother-in-law and sis
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Peterson. and
Red Lake river at the e. M. Duffy
farm for a picnic.
They decided to 60 in bathing, and
Mrs. Rossow with Mr.. Peterson waded
out into the river on a sand bar. The
bar ended abruptly and >tthe two
stepped off unexpectedly into deer
water. s4A
MSs. Rossow was unable to- swim
and Mr.. Peterson = could swim but
slightly. neverthesess he made a gal
liant fight to get her to shore, mAkine
for the opposite bank from that or
which the party had lpicnicked. a
In the meantime, Mr.. Rossow see.
ing the predicament of his wife had
plunged into the river. Her reach et
1.-THE couple just as they were nearing
the shore andaMr. Peterson had reach.
! ed the limit $of his strength.
! Thinking, it seems, that Mr.. Ros.
SOW had hold Of his wife, Mr. Peter,
son released his hold. The unfor
!
water before her husband coulc
grasp her and did not come UP again
Seek for Body.
The remainder of the. party. gav'
the alarm to the authorities, and step
were at once taken to recover tn,
body. This morning Chris Running
/, brother -in-law Of Mrs Rossow went t
the scene of the tragedy to aid in tn
! search, He was an expert swimmer
and tried to find the body by divin,
! from the bow of a boat in the middl,
of the stream.
He had fastened rope around hi
body and to the boat and it was thi
that finally caused his death.
Second Tragedy.
! Hugh Skelly, who was in charge o
the boat, says that after one Of Run
ning's dives the rope became tangled
around a snag in the river. Thi
pulled Running under water and a
!. the same time pulled the bow of tn
i boat under water. The boat wa
swamped and although the occupant
/ finally reached the shore in safety
Running was unable to extricate him
self from the rope and remaine'
under water. @
Recussitation Fails
j It was 10 or Is minutes before hi
body was extricated and taken to tn
i shore Prompt efforts to recussitat
him were undertaken, assisted by
pulmotor which was hastily brough
to the scene.
The accident had occurred shortl
after 10 o'clock this morning and wa
not until noon that hope was fnall
abandoned Of saving the life of tn
unfortunate man.
: Mr.. Running's body was brought t
Grand Forks this afternoon. Effort
are being continued to locate the bod
4! Of Mrs. Rossow, dynamite being use
for that purpose.
Mrs. Rossow was 80 years old. He
husband. John Rossow. is employe
as switchman by the Great North
ern railway. Besides her husband
Rossow, aged IL, two sisters, Mrs. F
G. Peterson and Mrs. Chris Running
and her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. E
4 Albertson Of this city.
Mr.. Running had been resident G
this city for the last is or 20 years
He was the proprietor of the Runnin
bakery, which he started three year
ago. He was member of the Barn
and varde choruses and was promi
. nent in the work of the Y. M. c.
and of the Zion Lutheran church.
i His wife and three young daughter
survive him.