Carried Off By The Current

BECK, HINDAL

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 1/12/2013 at 09:01:26

Plain Dealer, June 8, 1887

CARRIED OFF BY THE CURRENT

Five boys drowned while bathing in the Maquoketa River in Iowa

MAQUOKETA, IA, June 7-
Five boys-three of whom were sons of John Beck and two of them sons of Paul Hindal-whose ages ranged from 9 to 16, were drowned in the Maquoketa River, seven miles east of Maquoketa, yesterday. Three of them while swimming plunged off a sand bar into the water beyond their depth. When another boy saw they were drowning he plunged in to rescue them. Another boy who had his clothes on, noticing the failure of the first boy, also plunged in, and all were drowning together. Another boy, however, being at the time undressed, plunged in after them, but failed to rescue them. None of the bodies have been recovered.

Beck graves
 

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