Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1901 — Another Man Drowned In the Kankakee. [ARTICLE]

Another Man Drowned In the Kankakee.

And still another death from drowning has ocotired in the Kankakee river- It happened on Monday afternoon* August sth. The victim was Jack Nolan, a section foreman of the Panhandle road, at Hebron. He and two companions were putting in the day on the river rowing up and down and Nolan was having great sport occasionally tipping the boat over and spilling his companions and himself out into the water. On about the third of these occasions, Nolan threw up ope arm and went down, and his companions thought he was only trying the depth of the river. He soon rose again and called for help, the men tried to reach him with an oar, but he sank again, and did pot rise again. It was thought he was taken with cramps, as the water was rather chilly. The body was recovered about dark the same day and taken back to Hebron. It is stated that he was not intoxicated. He leaves a wife and four children, at Hebron.