The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-24

lscsnes p. Kolla aeod 8. phoI
drowned while Ashing n Rack |
5' vesterday moening, ea1Ie =
100 accidentally aftoe etep-
s.,S~ FL I submerged le6ge into N
:ssrs4ed hole on the s0ath sd o.
~. Tayis power station, the Cor
's.;s furJ found IN thu inQaaet
49, sre1sd By Coroner John u M
- Is the Wheelan funeral home
"a fsrday afternoon.
4 Tsslar H. L0ge, agod 8, 131t
:, 9fy-fifth street, told d his nm
;seesstul attempt to save Kclls.
I q IA been fishing below the
e cation for some little time
sn Tails appeared" Mr.. Lodge
.0 He called me BY name, but
I m ~ remember Of ever having
sssvn him. He asked me how the
sS reee biting and We had . short
y. s1a4ion. had been nshing
- - bank at the west end OF
- 'nslpor station s,s.i then started
= 80 ont in the water some 100
- - OF Kolls. where I knew It
!. ~ 6Iallow. Kolls began fishing
sssS Is the side OF the power sta
~ "a I noticed him once close
4 ~ pool where the water whtrls
- and swift, but he went back
~ I presumed that he knew OF the
Danger.
IN I few minutes ! looked up
! arenm and saw Kolls doundertng
4 ~ swift current Of the pool. He
iean swimming and ! hurried up
! arsem as fast as could. As /
eaune close / held out my fish pole,
~ be could not reach it. I then
drew my line out toward him. and
Il missed that. Almost on the in
etsnt he gave out . cry and sank. ]
i never saw him come up"
Robert Mitchell. a negro who was
fshing OF the bridge, said he saw
Hplls step of into the deep hole,
ut that he could not get around to
eive aid in time.
J. Christ, Milan, millright at the
Davis power station, and who with
John Lewis, a camper, recovered
The body, said that a big hole had
been blasted out in front Of the
power plant some years ago and
that employees Of the plant had
warned fishermen every summer Of
The stepoff where the water runs
shout Is to 20 feet deep. Mr.. Crist
said that he was about two blocks
away from the power plant when
be first heard the cries, and had i'm
mediately got a set Of drag hooks
and with Mr.. Lewis went out in a
boat and in about 10 minutes had
recovered the body.
DR.. Joseph De Silva said that it
pas his opinion that there had been
10 chance to save Kolls although
he lung motor and other measures
I'D been used. The man had been
n the water nearly rs minutes.
Was Ardent Fisherman.
Mr.. Kolls was an ardent fisher
nan. He was employed as supply
clerk at the Thirty-firstsstreet Rock
island lines roundhouse, working
from o'clock in the afternoon
until II o'clock at night He went
lshing in the mornings almost reg
salarly. At one time he was q candy
maker and was employed for q
lumber Of years at the Gansert
Candy company. He had been
waking at the roundhouse two
yDars. and was widely known. He
Nas q member of the Odd Fellow
bdse.
Born In Rock Island.
NJ. Hollis was born in Rock Is
- April 81, 1894. He spent his
lire life in this city and was edu-
0led In the public schools.
AZ was united in marriage with
rs Annabelle Ihrig Of Rock Is
ma, June 2. 1914, and to this union
Asfe born three children. The old.
~ child, daughter Dorothy, il 6
vars Of age and there are two
soas. Howard, aged 8 years, and
Aeivin, year old.
!. BESIDES the widow and children
aere survive the parents. Mr.. and
M. Fred Kolls, 1909 Second ave.
aae. two brothers, Donald and Ar.
NUT. the former at home and thu
ntier living at 416 Tenth street;
s ~ Two sisters, Mrs. H. w. Beenk
~ second avenue, and Mrs. l. A
Neaf, who lives in New Mexico.
me parents and son Donald wer<
lne In New Mexico, and the IN,