The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
LADS PICNIC
PARTY ENDS
IN TRAGEDY
Richard, Swimmer, Gives
Life Trying to Save
Brother.

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year-old twins, sons of Eben B.
Seine, 1858 Twentieth avenue.
we're drowned at 11:15 o'clock this
morning in a ravine pool on the
west side of Thirtieth street at
Thirty-third avenue.
The brothers were fishing from
0 broken tree limb hanging over
che pool. Raymond, farthest out
on the tree, fell into the pool,
which is about ten feet deep, but
only Is feet long and II feet wide.
Richard was farther back on the
log, but when his brother fell into
the water he Immediately jumped
In after him.
Howard Peterson, aged IA, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust F. Peterson,
zoos Twenty-seventh street. had
accompanied the Seine twins to
the pool, and was fishing with them
at the time Raymond fell into the
water.
He said that Raymond could not
swim, but that Richard could. and
the brother did not hesitate at an
attempt at rescue. but Immediately
plunged into the water. He swan
to Raymond, but was unable to
drag him to safety. The Peterson
lad could not swim. He had re
Gently begun lessons in swimming,
and after the tragedy he weepingly
declared that he could have saved
two lives if he had only started
hls'sW1mming lessons soOneR---
Farmer Summoned.
As II was, he was unable to help
the boys in the water. and imme-
dlately started out in search for
help. He ran to the farm home of
K. ]. Brown, several blocks dis
tant. Mr.. Brown hurried back to
the pool with the lad and waded
out in the pool up to his neck be-
fore he located the body of one of
the boys.
Herman Tiedeman, another farm
er, came upon the scene and with
others who had arrived recovered
the body of the other lad
DR.. Joseph De Silva worked over
the bodies with the aid of police of
hcers and others, but failed to re-
vive them.
The bodies had been in the water
80 minutes before they were Ie-
covered. They were taken to the
Knox mortuary and an inquest will
probably ba held this evening by
Coroner John F. Maberry.
Pool Dug BY Sewer
The pool II which the two Seline
!ads were drowned was formed by
water from a three-foot sewel
Which drains the districts to tn5
east and which goes under Thrift
eth street and empties five fee
seove the surface of the water now
u the pool. The water in the poo
= over 10 feet deep. indicating tc
"aat extent the hole had been dug
originally the water flowed from
Se drain down a ravine and 10
Aock river. The drain has been
u LOT years and the pool has grad
ealiy enlarged. From the road a
seeep bank ,eads down. to the pool
sHu from this bank a willow tree
.ss caYed over and extends across
9e pool. Climbing on the butt
the tree boys could make their
nay across the pool and drop off
-, e lfee on the opposite side. The
ee Is ABOUT seven feet above the
surface Of the water.
me point is out of the jurisdic-
Lun OF the city, the boundary line
nelng on rhirty-first avenue. The
iSna on which the pool is located
estate. '"e Wy IL
4 bOys Went for Days Outing.
howard Peter ION said that he
sao the Seine twins had gone 10
a ~ I7 poor; where they had frequent
HSneo' shortly after 10 O'Clock
Us morning. Chey had taken
,uAch with them a,d had intended
make day of il
Aiter batting up tieir lines How
~. Sa sad that fish oon began to
m ,.e' 1t was belicva that excite
Len rsnt caused by the tpbbing of the
,otH on his line cauIed Raymond
N. iose MS balance and fall into
Audubon Pupils.
aney were born ill Fpck Island
ey . 1910, and attended the
auuoon grade school. They were
Senoers OF the Swedish Lutheran
nday school. The bots in thu
sast year have be an Newspaper
lriers. Their father is foremau II
tne publication bulldog. Sur
Nng are the father, albrother
sslVin, and a sister, Charbtte. An
Ts'' T'' Miss Hildur Seline, 4 home
"so survives.