The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-27
GEORGE REIMER, e.,
LOSES LIFE TRYING
TO CROSS MISSOURI
Is Overcome by Fatigue and
Turns Back as He Nears
Middle of Stream
q OTHER N. D. PERSONS DIE
Weekend Auto, Fire, and Wa
ter Accidents Take 20 Lives
In Northwest
a OTHER N. D. PERSONS DIE

weekend accidents took q toll Of
five North Dakota lives as three were
drowned, n wa fatally burned, and
a fifth died in an automobile mis-
hap.
The dead are George Reimer. q,
Bismarck: Jack Thull, Is. Fargo. and
John Albret, Is. Ryder, victims of
drowning; Mrs. II. G. Hanson, 81.
Grand Forks. victim Of a kerosene
can explosion. and Ralph Hegg, /;
Thompson, killed in an auto accident.
Fifteen other northwest persons
lost their lives ver the weekend In
accidents Of various natures. The
dead include Lyle Matsen, jackson,
Mimi. University Of North Dakota
football player, victim OF an automo-
bile accident near Window, Mimi,
and two men who lost their lives In a
shooting brawl near Ray. MINI.
Reimer was drowned at $3.50 .. m.
Sunday as he was overcome by ia.
tigue while attempting to swim across
the Missouri river near his home. 10
miles south Of Bismarck.
Efforts Sunday to recover the body
proved fruitless when divers and crews
with graphing hooks worked until
shutdown under the direction Of J. l.
Kelley. sheriff. Further attempts were
being made to find the body Monday,
when crews began blasting with dy-
Mantle in the hope that the body
might be dislodged by the explosions.
Reimer was drowned after he and
a companion, George Robidou. had
attempted to swim the river to rescue
| some cattle which were mired on the
Morton county side.
According to Rohidou, they had
swum into the river several hundred
yards when Reimer cried out that he
was tired and was about to turn
back. A few minutes after Reimer
had struck out for shore he sank be-
meath the surface, Robidou said. and
did not reappear.
Because Of the fact that Reilner
was close to the main channel Of tho
river when he sank, 1t Is thought that
his body may have been pulled into
the swift current and carried some
distance down the river.
Authorities at points Downstream
have been notified to be on the look
out for any signs Of the remains.
Reimer, who has been operating Q
farm on Sibley Island. is q son OF
Otto Reimer, pioneer Burleigh county
farmer, living south OF Sterling.
Thull was drowned at West Cor
morant Lake, Is miles southwest Of
Detroit Lakes, MINI. The youth was
attempting to swim to q raft where
his sister, Dorothy, and his father
Herman Thuil, were waiting for him.
His strength failed and he sank in
20 feet Of water. His father and sis
ter vainly tried to save him.
Mrs. Hanson, q pioneer resident OF
Grand Forks county. was fatally
burned when q kerosense can explod-
ed as she "a attempting to start q
fire at her home Saturday. Her hus-
band and daughter were injured
when they attempted to extinguish
the flames as Mrs. Hanson ran
through the house.
Ralph, 13-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. O. Hegg, Thompson. was
killed and Art Holien, II, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Hoien, farmers living
near Thompson. was badly injured
in an automobile crash near Argus
vile, Mimi. Monday morning, accord
ing to information received here.
The two youths had driven to Fargo
| Sunday to take Miss Margaret Har-
mon, q cousin Of Hegg, to her home.
They were driving back to Thompson
when the accident occurred.
John Albret, about IS, drowned Sun
day afternoon while swimming with
companions in the Great Northern
reservoir at Leeds.
Curtis Larson, Leeds, made IN ef-
fort to rescue the boy but waS un-
successful. The body was recovered
In the evening.
John, whose parents reside Of
Ryder, was visiting his grandparents,
MI. and Mrs. George Violet.