People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1893 — Carried Over the Dam to Death. [ARTICLE]

Carried Over the Dam to Death.

ODELL, Ill., April 24. —Charles Richards, aged 21, an employe of the Pontiac Shoe Manufacturing company, was drowned at Williams’ dam at Pontiac Sunday afternoon. He was crossing the river, broke an oar, and his skiff was carried over the dam.