Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1915 — LOGANSPORT GIRL DROWNED. [ARTICLE]

LOGANSPORT GIRL DROWNED.

Catherine Quirk Falls Into Lake and Rescue Attempt Falls. Logansport, Ind,, July s.—Catherine Quirk, 16 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Quirk of this city, was drowned this evening in Lake Cicott, after her escort, John Knight, had almost lost his life in an attempt to save her. ' Miss Quirk and Knight were on the lake in a boat with Miss Lena Gillespie oT Decatur, 111., and Miss Mary Murphy. In attempting to change seats in the boat Miss Quirk lost her balance and fell into the water. She sank at once and Knight sprang into the water after her. Meanwhile the panic-stricken girls in the boat rowed away with it and when rescuers reached Knight he had relinquished his hold on the girl. The body of Miss Quirk was at once recovered from the lake.