"THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE", Augusta, GA, August 28, 1908
Harry Carr drowned. Men in Nixon Grocery Co. when it caught fire drowned when forced to plunge into water to escape the fire. The body of Mr. Harry Carr, who was missing Thursday, but who was later reported having been located in the house of a friend, was found this morning in front of the Central Railroad Freight Depot. Over ten deaths by drowning have been reported and verified by the chronicle up to noon Friday, the majority of them being colored. Five persons from the Nixon Warehouse, near the corner of Fenwick and Washington Streets, were drowned; Mr. Harry Carr was a bookkeeper. Mr. Harry McAuliffe, who also worked at the Nixon Warehouse, states that when the fire started, he and Mr. Carr and several Negro laborers were in the warehouse. They remained in it until their lives were in extreme danger, and attempted to swim across the street to a place of safety. Mr. McAuliffe said, in as much as Mr. Carr could not swim, he tied a rope around his body, and swimming ahead attempted to pull him across the street. Mr. Carr came in contact with a telegraph pole, and Mr. McAuliffe had to turn loose the rope and Mr. Carr drowned. His body was found this morning.
OBITUARY NOTICE: The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Carr, and Mr. Henry W. Carr and family, and Capt. M. J. O'Connor and family are requeste to attend the funeral services of Mr. Harry E. Carr from St. Patrick's Church, Monday afternoon, August 31st, at 4 o'clock.
Harry Carr drowned. Men in Nixon Grocery Co. when it caught fire drowned when forced to plunge into water to escape the fire. The body of Mr. Harry Carr, who was missing Thursday, but who was later reported having been located in the house of a friend, was found this morning in front of the Central Railroad Freight Depot. Over ten deaths by drowning have been reported and verified by the chronicle up to noon Friday, the majority of them being colored. Five persons from the Nixon Warehouse, near the corner of Fenwick and Washington Streets, were drowned; Mr. Harry Carr was a bookkeeper. Mr. Harry McAuliffe, who also worked at the Nixon Warehouse, states that when the fire started, he and Mr. Carr and several Negro laborers were in the warehouse. They remained in it until their lives were in extreme danger, and attempted to swim across the street to a place of safety. Mr. McAuliffe said, in as much as Mr. Carr could not swim, he tied a rope around his body, and swimming ahead attempted to pull him across the street. Mr. Carr came in contact with a telegraph pole, and Mr. McAuliffe had to turn loose the rope and Mr. Carr drowned. His body was found this morning.
OBITUARY NOTICE: The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Carr, and Mr. Henry W. Carr and family, and Capt. M. J. O'Connor and family are requeste to attend the funeral services of Mr. Harry E. Carr from St. Patrick's Church, Monday afternoon, August 31st, at 4 o'clock.
"THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE", Augusta, GA, August 28, 1908
Harry Carr drowned. Men in Nixon Grocery Co. when it caught fire drowned when forced to plunge into water to escape the fire. The body of Mr. Harry Carr, who was missing Thursday, but who was later reported having been located in the house of a friend, was found this morning in front of the Central Railroad Freight Depot. Over ten deaths by drowning have been reported and verified by the chronicle up to noon Friday, the majority of them being colored. Five persons from the Nixon Warehouse, near the corner of Fenwick and Washington Streets, were drowned; Mr. Harry Carr was a bookkeeper. Mr. Harry McAuliffe, who also worked at the Nixon Warehouse, states that when the fire started, he and Mr. Carr and several Negro laborers were in the warehouse. They remained in it until their lives were in extreme danger, and attempted to swim across the street to a place of safety. Mr. McAuliffe said, in as much as Mr. Carr could not swim, he tied a rope around his body, and swimming ahead attempted to pull him across the street. Mr. Carr came in contact with a telegraph pole, and Mr. McAuliffe had to turn loose the rope and Mr. Carr drowned. His body was found this morning.
OBITUARY NOTICE: The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Carr, and Mr. Henry W. Carr and family, and Capt. M. J. O'Connor and family are requeste to attend the funeral services of Mr. Harry E. Carr from St. Patrick's Church, Monday afternoon, August 31st, at 4 o'clock.
Harry Carr drowned. Men in Nixon Grocery Co. when it caught fire drowned when forced to plunge into water to escape the fire. The body of Mr. Harry Carr, who was missing Thursday, but who was later reported having been located in the house of a friend, was found this morning in front of the Central Railroad Freight Depot. Over ten deaths by drowning have been reported and verified by the chronicle up to noon Friday, the majority of them being colored. Five persons from the Nixon Warehouse, near the corner of Fenwick and Washington Streets, were drowned; Mr. Harry Carr was a bookkeeper. Mr. Harry McAuliffe, who also worked at the Nixon Warehouse, states that when the fire started, he and Mr. Carr and several Negro laborers were in the warehouse. They remained in it until their lives were in extreme danger, and attempted to swim across the street to a place of safety. Mr. McAuliffe said, in as much as Mr. Carr could not swim, he tied a rope around his body, and swimming ahead attempted to pull him across the street. Mr. Carr came in contact with a telegraph pole, and Mr. McAuliffe had to turn loose the rope and Mr. Carr drowned. His body was found this morning.
OBITUARY NOTICE: The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Carr, and Mr. Henry W. Carr and family, and Capt. M. J. O'Connor and family are requeste to attend the funeral services of Mr. Harry E. Carr from St. Patrick's Church, Monday afternoon, August 31st, at 4 o'clock.
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