Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-19
TREAC ACIfERO US RIVER
], VIE DSs D II BODIES.
VKO VIC1IMS
Five ! \, y 'oulnsst ters Dro,sned 4 ] ! I
Nsar Fisher sdnelslday.
lIla Aliternoo Search ! ]; Ier y r r.
mains Meets viii! Y Partial | I !!
Success And ID 8 VIII ' d ) Con y !.
inued.

Vt Bodies OF two OF the fnye boys
drowned Wednesday aftern6on An the
Red Lake river sthrse miles northwest
OF Fisher we're oyersd early this
afternoon 4: sss =, s s s S
u The bodies recovered were those Of
Thomas And ersolk aged " 49, and
Ephraim vattendahl, giased ~
The victims Of the tragedy q whose
bodies have not as yet been recovered
are Theodore Olson, aged 4 8: Oscar
Olson, aged / H. and Maurice Vatten-:
dahl, aged s. IS q X . s,s.s#
+ The recovery OF the two bodies fol-
lowed q search which began shortly
tween Q and 3 p'clock "wednesday.
afternoon. Dynamite, graphing hooks
and steel net stretched across the
river below, the scene of the tragedy
were all employed in the search.
Ss The Ave, Youngsters MI lived on
farms located close together on the
Red Lake river northwest Of! Fisher
afternoon the i've, with Cy Olson. aged
0;gAlbert Vattendahl, aged 9, and q
sister OF the Wattendahl boys, aged 8,
had gone to the river. n On arriving
there young Anderson, II Iis said, pro-
posed a swim. i. l5 's5 VI 8 III.
q First Victtm. Il
II The others hesitated, but Anderson
\ Sundressed and went into the river,
4 lust above a point where the stream
takes a sharp bend. y He Waded ont
into the water until he YVES about half
way across the stream, Il when he ap-
9parently stepped off the edge I j OF Sa
sand bar into deep water; &
y He struggled AGAINST the current.
which, however, swept him around
the end Of the point, and he went
\ under theswater about 80 yards below
the point al which ihe had been swept
u OF. his feet. D vi 4, ~ s>
In the meantime the beys on the
bank were undressing and 4. eodore
olson plungsd tnt9 ths wassr ~ ,,as.' rs
He reached shts dom parton st,lst sasrthe
4 former went dokn. bHt was appar:
entity too ssxh III tp render any A.;
istance, and IN
Oscar Olson. 1attendahl
SEhs 1knrtre u
tufn. all sbein9 sncl ttnde 1 .as tll!
treachero q. N
ss,.,s.,.s shp,usS Aid.
Insthe meantime the younsstars lef.
on the bank had been calling for shelE
( at the top Of their lures, and taaleiI
cries had attracteds the attention d
I IeOT&6 h1UIQlAyS WIN sWS10st tHOHEA4AAt5%4A -
< field on the opposite ride OF the
river from that on tNhich the yoMng.
eters were. He ran to the top OF 9
hill commanding Ai View OF the rivel
and at once realized " hat. was taking
place. q: II I! !sj5 f 3f I NJ. y "
when he arrived on the scene tn,
two remaining boys had stripped, and
regardless OF the fate Of their com
lpanions who had by this time dtHap
q fttpeared, were In the act OF enteringsthe
water with the idea Of givins assist s.. I;
s.ance. t3 Ef5s, s slsts II i "a y 81
out Of the water and dash ed y to tn.
scene but !all five of the victims hat
y disappeared beneath the water. Muir
ply then gave the alarm i. a z 4
Search Tor Bodies. 'tI
News of the tragedy spread rapid,
ana the search for the bodies was i'm
]. jmediately inst tut "a |. Boats wer
s brought to tn y scene Of the trAged.
land the best swimmers In the loc4lit;
began diving IN search Of the bodies
z Graphing hooks were also 3brougf1
SSsftntoF play and charges n II of NJ 8dynanit
ssiwere exploded In the EFFORT to brinI
: Hhe bodies to- the surface. ssa S5ss
X IA steel net was also Atretche,
across the river about q quarter o. Il
mile below the scene Of the drowninl
The search was continued until Int
f1a1 night ana was renewed early sthi
Z morning. II Awassnot until after
clock this afterno however. ha
two aof the bodies 4 were discovere
'gtclose together. !. is5ss; sz,
m Il was hoped thatS the rsssnainin
I three bodies4 would ne found thi
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