The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-15

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q - ~ Iattsrb llt1e playmAee
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Stach them n . boaA which she
~ Attempting 70 paddls with the
~ q sticks. There we're no oars
& ~ Rah ~ nh.
Mr.. Abnsy was n the yard and
~ m nUWs TIT - he'd q tho
Gecident was when she heard her
knSbands calls tor help. She rush
= 70 the waters edge only in time
y - her husbands head disappear
Eanesth tho waves. velma was in
~ toae Only . teW feet from the
dDot whore the father and the two
natle girls disappeared. The child
v1s helDlcss.
Mn. Abney rushed into the house
~ called A. E. Post tender Ut
lock No. 81, mot Tar abovs lock No.
6. the last lock ON the Hennepin
canal, only . short distance below
watch the tragedy occurred. near
H. janction Of Rock river with
~ Misoissippi.
Mr.. Post had NO means Of con-
voyAacs to the lower dock, and
thought that his two sons, Sidney
md usofge, would return In their
automobile from q trip to Milan
bsfore he cOald get 70 the lower
lock a foot Desiring the aid Of
61a two Sons n the work ahead,
- waited and IN . fsw minutes the
two boys returned and all three
4 Gped 70 the scene.
Bedles IN Water 4s Mlnutes.
George and sidney Post handled
. buats while the father used 4 rake
= dragging for The bodies at the
location indicated BY Mrs. Abney
III. Post told the coronee's jur!
that It was only As minutes from
the time he received the call from
Hrs. Abhey until he succeeded IN
bringing oil three bodies to the sur
,1Ace. The bodies Of Mr.. Abney and
he Fahay girl were found together
In IL feet OF water and about 81
feet from shore. The body OF Yer,
Abney was found only = few fec
Downstream.
Leck Tea1er Five Years.
NJ. Abney had been tender .
lpck No. 90 fve years. The raha
1amiiy had moved on . farm y
oaShtA OF mile below the loo
house about two years ago. Dore
ny Fshay and her brother, Ival
ased 10, had been playmates q
Vera and velma Abney. A sand
beach below the lock had been
fAtorite spot With the children.
During the noon hour Tuesda
Dorothy came to visit the Abne
children and she and Vera Abne
vent wading. splashing in the WI
ter And laughing loud in their gle
the little girls went farther an
farther into the stream. Suddenl
Vera went beyond her depth IN
cried for help. Dorothy responde
Immediately and although she vi
the larger, she found that Oh
could mot keep head above wat,
md her cries Joined those OF Yer
MP. Abney rushed to the vat
and without hesitation plunged In
The river. In few strokes he ",
beside tho two little girls. Vein
Abney ran up and unloosened
boat which had no oars IN Il. 81
grabbed up two sticks and start
out 70 give AID. Mr.. Abney had d
two children in his grasp and "
- heading for the boat He never {
leased his grasp on the Fab
child. and went down with the
a both. although had he released o
ne could have saved his own III
Encumbered by shoes and clothil
he continued his fight to save I
livcs Of the two little girls, hopi
to reach the boat.
His heroism a. well % the bra
efort at rescue made by the daus
ter. velma, IL the only comfort
the bereavcd widow and mother,
Donoy FAhay, father Of Dorotl
looks upon the drowning Of
daughter - another evidence th
IN Ill fate follows him. Mr.. Fab
says that Ill luck has beset him
q number Of years, and he ev
questioned IL the farm itself "
not An III place for him. He
clared that his brother once liv
on the farm, and shortly after mo
ing there 4 daughter in that "a,
lily died. and not long after I
nrother himself died. Mr.. Fab,
vas not near when his daughte
Dorothy, drowned. and 1t was tv
hours after she went down befo
~ arrived 1t the scene. Mr.. Fab,
hna been In the army II years a
y Z veteran Of the World war.
CereHeEss Verdict
Verdict Of the coronef's jury "
that Vera Abney and Dorothy Fab,
came 10 their death while bathiI
~ the river, and that Charles A
nay came to hi death while tryil
70 0ave them
d. Joesph D. SILVA, Who vi
police o6lcers and others work
ofef the bodies for nearly an hoy
DECLARED thAt there should b
xoCyo started Immediately TO ten
~ IT, public schools artificial met
Oos Of resuscitating the browne
The physician declared That 4
&hacoe and SYLVESTER methods