Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1915 — YOUNG MAN BROWNED IN KANKAKEE RIVER [ARTICLE]

YOUNG MAN BROWNED IN KANKAKEE RIVER

During Storm of Saturday Night He Drove From Grade at Thayer Bridge—Body Recovered. Russell Shorb, a young farm hand, 18 years of age, was drowned in the Kankakee river some time Saturday evening. The accident occurred at the Thayer bridge, near Ben Fogli’s, but the drowning was not discovered until late Sunday morning. Shorb worked for Cass Cross, near Shelby. It seems that young Shorb left Thayer about 10 o’clock Saturday evening and this was the last seen of him alive. It is presumed that during the heavy storm of Saturday evening he became blinded, as it was plainly evident that he had driven directly off the grade at the place where the drowning occurred. John McDowell, while walking along the highway Sunday morning, discovered the ears of a horse sticking up above the surface of the water. Securing assistance he found the horse was hitched to the buggy and upon removing the buggy from the river, the lifeless body of iSilorb was found. Coroner Best was called and gave a verdict of accidental drowning. A message was sent to his widowed mother, who lives near New Philadelphia, Ohio. An undertaker arrived Monday and the body was shipped to Ohio for burial. The deceased had made his home in Indiana for the past 18 months.