Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — TWO MEN DROWN WHEN AUTO FALLS INTO RIVER [ARTICLE]

TWO MEN DROWN WHEN AUTO FALLS INTO RIVER

Hammond, Ind., May 17.—Two men were drowned in the Calumet river near here early today when an automobile in which they were riding missed a bridge- and plunged into the stream. A third man in the car succeeded 'in swimming to the shore. William Gratt, William Miller and William Chick were the passengers and had bought the machine jointly yesterday. They long have been friends and were known as “The Three Bills of Hessville,” where they lived. They were returning from a pleasure ride at the time of the accident. s Attempts to resucitate Gratt and Miller with pulmotors failed. Both had been pinned at the bottom of the river under the automobile. Chick, who was the driver, was thrown free of the car when it plunged into the stream.