Lost in the Niagara River when car she was in fell off the ferry. Section VV
Three Drown
Bridgeburg, Ontario, May 22 – Albert J Batt, of No 277 Mulberry St, Buffalo, NY, partner in a big plumbing concern, his crippled wife and mother, Mrs Sarah Lieber, were drowned in the Niagara River at 9:30 Saturday night, when their automobile suddenly rolled back through the gangway of the ferry steamer Welcome and turning over dropped into the river about 100 feet from the Fort Erie dock.
Fred Bathmann, of Buffalo, the chauffeur, alone came to the surface. He could not swim but was kept afloat by a life preserver which was thrown to him. He was picked up the crew of the Bridge Tug International after he had drifted half a mile. The bodies of the drowned probably are held in the sunken car. The top was up and the side curtains drawn.
United States coast guards located the automobile in 19 feet of water. A diver will be sent down in an effort to extricate the bodies.
Maple Creek News Page 1 May 25, 1916
Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
Three Drown
Bridgeburg, Ontario, May 22 – Albert J Batt, of No 277 Mulberry St, Buffalo, NY, partner in a big plumbing concern, his crippled wife and mother, Mrs Sarah Lieber, were drowned in the Niagara River at 9:30 Saturday night, when their automobile suddenly rolled back through the gangway of the ferry steamer Welcome and turning over dropped into the river about 100 feet from the Fort Erie dock.
Fred Bathmann, of Buffalo, the chauffeur, alone came to the surface. He could not swim but was kept afloat by a life preserver which was thrown to him. He was picked up the crew of the Bridge Tug International after he had drifted half a mile. The bodies of the drowned probably are held in the sunken car. The top was up and the side curtains drawn.
United States coast guards located the automobile in 19 feet of water. A diver will be sent down in an effort to extricate the bodies.
Maple Creek News Page 1 May 25, 1916
Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lost in the Niagara River when car she was in fell off the ferry. Section VV
Three Drown
Bridgeburg, Ontario, May 22 – Albert J Batt, of No 277 Mulberry St, Buffalo, NY, partner in a big plumbing concern, his crippled wife and mother, Mrs Sarah Lieber, were drowned in the Niagara River at 9:30 Saturday night, when their automobile suddenly rolled back through the gangway of the ferry steamer Welcome and turning over dropped into the river about 100 feet from the Fort Erie dock.
Fred Bathmann, of Buffalo, the chauffeur, alone came to the surface. He could not swim but was kept afloat by a life preserver which was thrown to him. He was picked up the crew of the Bridge Tug International after he had drifted half a mile. The bodies of the drowned probably are held in the sunken car. The top was up and the side curtains drawn.
United States coast guards located the automobile in 19 feet of water. A diver will be sent down in an effort to extricate the bodies.
Maple Creek News Page 1 May 25, 1916
Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
Three Drown
Bridgeburg, Ontario, May 22 – Albert J Batt, of No 277 Mulberry St, Buffalo, NY, partner in a big plumbing concern, his crippled wife and mother, Mrs Sarah Lieber, were drowned in the Niagara River at 9:30 Saturday night, when their automobile suddenly rolled back through the gangway of the ferry steamer Welcome and turning over dropped into the river about 100 feet from the Fort Erie dock.
Fred Bathmann, of Buffalo, the chauffeur, alone came to the surface. He could not swim but was kept afloat by a life preserver which was thrown to him. He was picked up the crew of the Bridge Tug International after he had drifted half a mile. The bodies of the drowned probably are held in the sunken car. The top was up and the side curtains drawn.
United States coast guards located the automobile in 19 feet of water. A diver will be sent down in an effort to extricate the bodies.
Maple Creek News Page 1 May 25, 1916
Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
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