The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-31
Sc PERSONS DROWN
ON NHOL|DAY outings
THROUGHOUT NATION
Heat Prostration Takes Lives
OF u in One Of Hottest Ne.
mortal Days in East
MANY OF VICTIMS CHILDREN
damned Highways Account for
Scores Of Wrecks; Bath.
ing Beaches Crowded
MANY OF VICTIMS CHILDREN
(By The Associated Prcss)

Thirty six persons in the United
States and Canada were drowned OF,
Memorial day. Twelve persons for
feited their lives to a scorching sun
that sweltercd over the eastern part
Of the continent.
More than a score of deaths from
heat and drownings marked one OF
tn hottest Memorial days in the cast.
Memorial day drownings in the
Chicago area totalcd II with one
tragedy at Ironwood, Mich, swelling
the toll for the western Great Lakes
states to 13. Most of the victims
were children.
Herbert NJ. Smith, 23. senior In
the DePaul university law school,
was drowned in sight of his fiancee
when he was seized with cramps
while swimming in Benedict lake,
west of Kenosha, Wis. Mathew
Mundon, 81, of Chicago, was
drowned in Lake Monona at Madi.
son, Wis, while on an outing.
John Farnum, Is, an inmate at the
St. Charles, ILL.,, State school fol
boys, was drowned in the lake Of
the school park. He had been givcr
a holiday because of good behavior
Nicholas May, II, was drowned ir
the Fox river near Carpcntcrsvillc
Illinois.
Neil Ragan, II, was seized witt
cramps while swimming in Chi
| cago park lagoon and sank before he
could be rescued.
Lloyd Jones. II, Of Edwin, ILL.,. and
Lawrence Williams, Is. Of Boards
town, ILL.,, were celebrating the close
of school when they met death
Jones was drowned in Lake Decatur
when his canoe upset and Williams
was drowned in Jerks pond, near
Bcardstown. Raymond Mitzel, 18
a senior in the Jerseyvillc, ILL.,. higl
creek near Jerseyville. Arden Mul
Ter, II, was drowned while wading al
a camp near Kcwance. ILL.,, ant
Charles Crawford. 10. stepped into
hole while wading in Lake Mau
vaisctcrre near Jacksonville, ILL.,, ant
was drowned.
Three other deaths in Chicago
were attributed to the heat.
Thomas Maxi, Il, drowned al
Ironwood, Mich.
Robert Collar, 3, was victim ol
the water at New London. Wis. and
Alvin Tratz, Ia, drowned at Lake
Mills, Wis.
Thousands flockcd from the swell
tering cities to seek relief at bathing
beaches, while highways were jammed
with automobiles, adding to the toll
many deaths In injuries from col
lisionS.
In New York city the temperature
rose to 83 degrees, while a humidity
Of 81 per cent added to the discom.
fort. Four persons died from the heat
four others were Frustrated. ane
there were nine drownings.
It was 96 in Boston. In New Eng
land five persons died from the heat
and four were drowned.
At Corinth, near Glen Falls. N. Y.
the temperature was 10 degrees
Three drownings occurred In upper
New York state.
Three persons drowned in New Jer.
Sey. and at Meadville, Pa, Civil wal
veteran dropped dead after taking
part In Q parade. Pittsburgh, Pa, re.
ported q high temperature Of 96 de.
grees. and two deaths from drowning
The heat wave extended into On.
tario. Canada, with temperature ol
81 degrees at Toronto. In the province
there were two deaths from heat anc
two drOwningS.