From Glasgow(MT) courier, April 30, 1915
GIRL DROWNS IN MISSOURI
To be drowned while playing near her home on the Missouri River was the fate which met Lura Hall, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hall Tuesday morning.
The Hall ranch, located on the Missouri River at Fifth Point was the scene of the accident, which occurred about eleven thirty Tuesday morning. Their house is very close to the shore of the river, only a few feet intervening between it and the rushing waters.
That morning Mr. Hall had gone to the Browning ranch, about a mile distant from his home to get a wagon, as he intended to make a trip to Glasgow. Lura, their little daughter, was out playing in the yard, seemingly safe from any danger of falling in the river, as Mrs. Hall had looked out and made certain that the little girl was near the house, and saw her contentedly playing in the yard.
Shortly afterward she again looked out to see that the little girl was well, but the little girl had disappeared. Her repeated cries failed to bring any answer, and she realized that the child must have fallen off the steep bank into the river.
The wind was blowing a gale on that day, and it is thought that the girl was blown off the bank or had lost her footing and had fallen into the treacherous stream.
Mrs. Hall immediately sent word to her husband, who then was not far distant, and a careful search was made of every place the girl might have been. On the steep cut-bank of the river near the house, they found traces of where someone had slid or slipped down. A thorough search of the river where the girl had fallen in was of no avail; and every place in the river where it was thought the body might appear was closely watched.
Riders were sent out to summon the neighbors to assist in dragging the river for the body. All day Tuesday they dragged the river, but no trace of the body could be found. Cables, with fishhooks attached to catch in the child's clothing dragged over the bottom of the river failed to reveal any trace of the little girl.
Early Wednesday morning, several of the searchers in a boat were returning to shore, apparently to give up the search when they saw something that attracted their attention on a sand bar. Getting closer they saw it was the body of the little girl.
The body was brought to Glasgow yesterday and the last solemn rites over the little one were performed Thursday.
The funeral was held Thursday afternoon and hundreds of friends attended, sympathizing with the grief-stricken parents over their loss.
GIRL DROWNS IN MISSOURI
To be drowned while playing near her home on the Missouri River was the fate which met Lura Hall, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hall Tuesday morning.
The Hall ranch, located on the Missouri River at Fifth Point was the scene of the accident, which occurred about eleven thirty Tuesday morning. Their house is very close to the shore of the river, only a few feet intervening between it and the rushing waters.
That morning Mr. Hall had gone to the Browning ranch, about a mile distant from his home to get a wagon, as he intended to make a trip to Glasgow. Lura, their little daughter, was out playing in the yard, seemingly safe from any danger of falling in the river, as Mrs. Hall had looked out and made certain that the little girl was near the house, and saw her contentedly playing in the yard.
Shortly afterward she again looked out to see that the little girl was well, but the little girl had disappeared. Her repeated cries failed to bring any answer, and she realized that the child must have fallen off the steep bank into the river.
The wind was blowing a gale on that day, and it is thought that the girl was blown off the bank or had lost her footing and had fallen into the treacherous stream.
Mrs. Hall immediately sent word to her husband, who then was not far distant, and a careful search was made of every place the girl might have been. On the steep cut-bank of the river near the house, they found traces of where someone had slid or slipped down. A thorough search of the river where the girl had fallen in was of no avail; and every place in the river where it was thought the body might appear was closely watched.
Riders were sent out to summon the neighbors to assist in dragging the river for the body. All day Tuesday they dragged the river, but no trace of the body could be found. Cables, with fishhooks attached to catch in the child's clothing dragged over the bottom of the river failed to reveal any trace of the little girl.
Early Wednesday morning, several of the searchers in a boat were returning to shore, apparently to give up the search when they saw something that attracted their attention on a sand bar. Getting closer they saw it was the body of the little girl.
The body was brought to Glasgow yesterday and the last solemn rites over the little one were performed Thursday.
The funeral was held Thursday afternoon and hundreds of friends attended, sympathizing with the grief-stricken parents over their loss.
From Glasgow(MT) courier, April 30, 1915
GIRL DROWNS IN MISSOURI
To be drowned while playing near her home on the Missouri River was the fate which met Lura Hall, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hall Tuesday morning.
The Hall ranch, located on the Missouri River at Fifth Point was the scene of the accident, which occurred about eleven thirty Tuesday morning. Their house is very close to the shore of the river, only a few feet intervening between it and the rushing waters.
That morning Mr. Hall had gone to the Browning ranch, about a mile distant from his home to get a wagon, as he intended to make a trip to Glasgow. Lura, their little daughter, was out playing in the yard, seemingly safe from any danger of falling in the river, as Mrs. Hall had looked out and made certain that the little girl was near the house, and saw her contentedly playing in the yard.
Shortly afterward she again looked out to see that the little girl was well, but the little girl had disappeared. Her repeated cries failed to bring any answer, and she realized that the child must have fallen off the steep bank into the river.
The wind was blowing a gale on that day, and it is thought that the girl was blown off the bank or had lost her footing and had fallen into the treacherous stream.
Mrs. Hall immediately sent word to her husband, who then was not far distant, and a careful search was made of every place the girl might have been. On the steep cut-bank of the river near the house, they found traces of where someone had slid or slipped down. A thorough search of the river where the girl had fallen in was of no avail; and every place in the river where it was thought the body might appear was closely watched.
Riders were sent out to summon the neighbors to assist in dragging the river for the body. All day Tuesday they dragged the river, but no trace of the body could be found. Cables, with fishhooks attached to catch in the child's clothing dragged over the bottom of the river failed to reveal any trace of the little girl.
Early Wednesday morning, several of the searchers in a boat were returning to shore, apparently to give up the search when they saw something that attracted their attention on a sand bar. Getting closer they saw it was the body of the little girl.
The body was brought to Glasgow yesterday and the last solemn rites over the little one were performed Thursday.
The funeral was held Thursday afternoon and hundreds of friends attended, sympathizing with the grief-stricken parents over their loss.
GIRL DROWNS IN MISSOURI
To be drowned while playing near her home on the Missouri River was the fate which met Lura Hall, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hall Tuesday morning.
The Hall ranch, located on the Missouri River at Fifth Point was the scene of the accident, which occurred about eleven thirty Tuesday morning. Their house is very close to the shore of the river, only a few feet intervening between it and the rushing waters.
That morning Mr. Hall had gone to the Browning ranch, about a mile distant from his home to get a wagon, as he intended to make a trip to Glasgow. Lura, their little daughter, was out playing in the yard, seemingly safe from any danger of falling in the river, as Mrs. Hall had looked out and made certain that the little girl was near the house, and saw her contentedly playing in the yard.
Shortly afterward she again looked out to see that the little girl was well, but the little girl had disappeared. Her repeated cries failed to bring any answer, and she realized that the child must have fallen off the steep bank into the river.
The wind was blowing a gale on that day, and it is thought that the girl was blown off the bank or had lost her footing and had fallen into the treacherous stream.
Mrs. Hall immediately sent word to her husband, who then was not far distant, and a careful search was made of every place the girl might have been. On the steep cut-bank of the river near the house, they found traces of where someone had slid or slipped down. A thorough search of the river where the girl had fallen in was of no avail; and every place in the river where it was thought the body might appear was closely watched.
Riders were sent out to summon the neighbors to assist in dragging the river for the body. All day Tuesday they dragged the river, but no trace of the body could be found. Cables, with fishhooks attached to catch in the child's clothing dragged over the bottom of the river failed to reveal any trace of the little girl.
Early Wednesday morning, several of the searchers in a boat were returning to shore, apparently to give up the search when they saw something that attracted their attention on a sand bar. Getting closer they saw it was the body of the little girl.
The body was brought to Glasgow yesterday and the last solemn rites over the little one were performed Thursday.
The funeral was held Thursday afternoon and hundreds of friends attended, sympathizing with the grief-stricken parents over their loss.
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