Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1916 — TWO PERSONS DROWNED [ARTICLE]

TWO PERSONS DROWNED

When Boat Upsets While Picture Is Being Taken, Terre Haute, Ind., May 21. —Miss Irene Wells, 10 years old, ami Gat - land Eaton, a student of the Indiana State Normal school, both of Terre Haute, today were drowned in Eel river, near Jasonville, Ind. The bodies were recovered several hours later. The victims were itiembers of a picnic party on a day’s outing. Four young persons were posing in a rowboat for their photographs when the craft was upset. Orville Eaton, brother of the man who was

drowned, and Miss Ruth Spork were able to reach the river bank. Efforts to Save their companions failed.