Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1910 — AGED ROSELAWN MAN DROWNED IN KANKAKEE. [ARTICLE]

AGED ROSELAWN MAN DROWNED IN KANKAKEE.

George Ureh Fell from Boat Near Cline Club House aud Drowned Before Aid Could Reach Him. George Ureh, about 75 years of age, and an old and respected citizen of Roselawn, was drowned at about 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Kankakee river.* =f He had gone there fishing, which he frequently did, and according to some small boys who were on the bank of the river, he let one of the oars fall from the boat and when he reached for it he fell out. Before he came to the surface the boat had floated awaj from him and he could not reach it. The boys gave the alarm, but before aid could reach him he had sunk for the third time and the body did not come to the surface again. Another boat was at once procured and dragging instituted. Fred Fuller located the body with a long pole and pulled it to the shore. Mr. Ureh and his wife kept house at Roselawn. She was greatly shocked at his death. They have a daughter in Lowell, Mrs. C. Weekley, whose husband is engaged in the jewelry business.