The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-16

d Real Lowman. 1l-year-oM son Of
~ an Mfs. WI. Iowman. SEES
tshth-Aaa-a-half avsnue. who was
fn3nfeA yesterday morning whom
- dived into the swimming POOL
HI he Y. Il C. A. ana contracted
baeamonia from water which en-
tered his lungs. died at 8 O'CLOCK
this mdrning ID st. Anthony's hos
p1tal.
ne lad incurred slight injuries
% the side Of his body and his
had but these were not serious
eS6heh to have caused his death.
H1S lungs were filled with water
and the pulmotor which was
brought By the police was used by
Dr. Joseph DeSilva after the boy
hAd been pulled out of the pool. He
WIS revived and seemed perfectly
normal. He asked to 80 back to
school or to his home after he nad
dressed.
After his removal to the hospital
htS condition became serious and
he sank away unconscious at diff
ferent times. He told his father at
tie hospital that his head struck
the ladder that leads into the pool.
He began to fail rapidly and his
family was at his bedside COLI
stantly until the time Of his death.
Companions Rescue Him.
The accident happened at S:4o
o'clock yesterday morning when a
class Of 80 high school boys, in
chsfge Of Joseph Beal, high schooi
physical director. went to the Y. NJ
G. A. for a swimming lesson. TIE
lads had taken their shower baths
and wefe entering the pool. Hall
bl the group was in the water when
Kenneth Barnes, aged Is, called
TO Mr.. Beal that somebody was ly-
ING on the bottom of the pool. The
Barnes boy said that he had seen
Paul enter the water and come W
oace and then disappear. MAJ
Alsxenburg, aged II, 1912 Twelfth
street, and Henry Boelens, aged 10
1890 Eighth street, dived to the bot
tom and brought the Lowman boy
to the surface. He was given firsl
aid.
After the boy was revived he tod
Mr.. Beal that he entered the south
end of the pool, the deeper water
thinking it was the shallow end
He said that when he started II
come to the surface he struck Lii
head on the ladder and femen.
bered nothing more.
Observed All Rules.
The lad did not violate any rule
BIZ the pool as was first reported
After passing inspection he enteres
the water with his classmates
None Of the boys remember dis
tinctly of seeing him enter the poo
and reports of the accident differ
According to the boys family h
was unable to swim.
An inquest was conducted b,
Coroner John F. Maberry at 2:3
O'Clock this afternoon in the Kno
mortuary.
Freshman In High Schools
Paul Lowman was born in Gales
burg, Sept. I, 1908, and came I
Rock Island with his parents fiv
years ago. He attended the publ
schools in Galesburg and afte
coming to Rock Island attended til
Eugene Field and Lincoln grad
schools. He entered the hig
school this year. He attended tn
Broadway Presbyterian Sundd
school.
Paul was widely known !
school as Bud" He was we
liked and besides his family leave
host Of young playmates to modr
his death.
Surviving are his parents and
sister, Marguerite, at home.
Funeral services will be held
\ the home and the body taken
4 $50 tomorrow afternoon In Il
home and the boy taken to Gale
burg where funeral services will
held in the home of his grandpa
ents. MIR. and Mrs. E. c. DeWei
Burial will be In the Linwood Ger
eterv. GalesburR.