The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-21
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UIR ~ 8oe 0o0B u 0t00 osoo,
~ 1Iafy HOLLAND. Il don't know
~ ! happened TO DO u, but aak-
r. pogU Il sho coulA sviA 8ho
III she coullxI
~ not scared tA0. A second
latss 8 big ways hit The canoA Peg
y fG1I over a one sidA That tip
~ tbo canoe. Thea anol1er vave
emo along and tipped ~ clear
over.
II went under the boat I can
swim pretty good. but had on .
Gght dress and couldn't swim Sat-
prday afternoon. When ! came up
! NV Peggy going down. got
hold Of tho canoe. sNuckie' Ii .
fo6d swimmer and WREN he saw
feggy 20 down he dove down after
her. he got hold Of her and tried
70 save her.
Peggy went down the second
TIM and then she became terribly
scared. I think she got . death
grip on Nuckie.'
Her Death Cry.
"When Peggy came up for the
last time she turned to me and
said:
Goodbye, Mary, I'm going!,,
sThat was the last time l saw
Her alive. She went down and
didn't. come up again. 'Nuckie'
went down about the same time.
II managed to hang on to the
canoe. guess was out there for
. half hour before Ivan and Steve
came and got me-"
The first craft available for the
rescuers was . fiat-b0ttomed boat.
This was launched. but it began to
NIL with water q few feet from
shore. Walline and Peters turned
hack. At last . larger canoe was
discovered.
This boat held water and the two
boys padded across the rough sea
to the death canoe. The latter had
become righted and Mary Holland
had somehow been washed on top
Df the craft. She lay there, semi
conscious, but clinging tightly to
the edge o. the canoe.
Walline and Peters dragged her
Into their own canoe and succeed
cd in returning to shore. The two
rescued were quickly taken to their
homes. Today apparently they are
none the WORE for their adven-
ture.
Search Until Night
The search for the body Of Peggy
Paul seemed hopeless. Relatives
and friends Of the girl dragged with
Ill possible kinds Of apparatus un'
I'll nightfall. Some remained 1t tn
river all night long. and early Sun
day morning resumed the search
The body was recovered about II
o'clock nearly q block below tn
scene of the tragedy.
Leslie "Nuche" Livingston hal
\ . miraculous escape from death b!
drowning in June, 1914. The DO!
actually appeared to be dead q
that time, but two hours work b.
the late DR.. H. A. Arp and by Pc
liceman Axel johnson brought hin
back to life.
Peggy Paul was born in Molin,
March Is, 1916, and was . membel
Of the freshman class Of Molin,
high school.
Surviving Miss Paul are her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Paul, on
sister, Gertrude, and her grand
father, Mr.. Sholes.
Leslie Livingston was born Il
Moline. Nov. 4, 1904. He was EN-
ployed in the Harvester works II
East Moline. Surviving him ar
the parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. I
Livingston; sisters, Mrs. Albert Az
wege, Mrs. George Ramsey and tn
Misses Helen and Marguerite o
Moline and Mrs. Henry Patient o
Rock Islnad: brothers, Will o
Chicago and Walter At home.
Coroner John Maberry held
double inquest ct the Knox under
taking parlofs yesterday afternoon
The vardict Of the jury was tina
death was due to accidental drown
ing In Rock river.
Other members of the outinl
party were: May Bachelor, Is, 152
Twenty-fourth avenue; Josephin,
Bailey, is, 1872 TWenty-sixth ave
nue.: Margaret Edstrand. is, 1872
Twelfth street; Marian Lehnbers
16. I'LL Ninth street; Jesse Pike
IL. 1913 Seventeenth street; Harr.
Baas, 16, lit Fifteenth stree
place; Charles Adams, II, 1906 Six
tesnth street. and Herbert Ellstrom
IS, ESQ Fifteenth street, all Mo
line.