Drowned while trying to save lives of others,
Who so ever shall lose his life shall save it∼Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 29 Jul 1899, Saturday Page 18
SKIFF RIDE IS FATAL
Pleasure Party Capsized in the Ohio River in Front of Evansville
THREE OF THE OCCUPANTS DROWN
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Two Being Women and One a Man-One of the Lost Was Soon To Be a Bride--
Evansville, Ind., July 29.--August Mattingly, aged 17; Pearl Cheaney, 14, and Marian Onana were drowned in the Ohio river in front of the city last night, and three of their companions narrowly escaped. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mattingly, in company with John Cheaney, Willia Cheaney and Pearl Cheaney, of this city, and the Misses Teresa and Marian Onana, of Henderson, Ky., started out for a hay ride, and reaching the river at 7:30 p.m. decided to take a skiff ride. They were out about an hour when their boat was in some manner capsized in fromt of the mall line wharf boat. Fifty or more people were on the wharf boat, but none offered to go to the rescue. Mattingly, Pearl Cheaney and Marian Onana were rapidly swept down the stream and nothing more was seen of them. Their cries could be heard for blocks away.
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Boonville Standard (Boonville, Indiana) 25 Aug 1899, Friday Page 2
Heroism Recognized
Evansville special: Several thousand people gathered at Oak Hill cemetery Sunday in attendance upon the Mattingly memorial services. Mattingly lost his life while trying to save two girls from drowning, and while the bodies of the girls were given Christian burial, that of Mattingly was carried off to the Potter's field. A fund was started by persons who appreciated the heroism of the young man and his body was removed to the cemetery and surmounted by a monument bearing this inscritpion:
GEORGE MATTINGLY
Born May 25, 1881
Drowned May 28, 1899, Trying to Save Others
This Stone is Erected by a Grateful People to Its Heroic Dead
"Who Loses His Life Shall Find It."
Who so ever shall lose his life shall save it∼Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 29 Jul 1899, Saturday Page 18
SKIFF RIDE IS FATAL
Pleasure Party Capsized in the Ohio River in Front of Evansville
THREE OF THE OCCUPANTS DROWN
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Two Being Women and One a Man-One of the Lost Was Soon To Be a Bride--
Evansville, Ind., July 29.--August Mattingly, aged 17; Pearl Cheaney, 14, and Marian Onana were drowned in the Ohio river in front of the city last night, and three of their companions narrowly escaped. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mattingly, in company with John Cheaney, Willia Cheaney and Pearl Cheaney, of this city, and the Misses Teresa and Marian Onana, of Henderson, Ky., started out for a hay ride, and reaching the river at 7:30 p.m. decided to take a skiff ride. They were out about an hour when their boat was in some manner capsized in fromt of the mall line wharf boat. Fifty or more people were on the wharf boat, but none offered to go to the rescue. Mattingly, Pearl Cheaney and Marian Onana were rapidly swept down the stream and nothing more was seen of them. Their cries could be heard for blocks away.
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Boonville Standard (Boonville, Indiana) 25 Aug 1899, Friday Page 2
Heroism Recognized
Evansville special: Several thousand people gathered at Oak Hill cemetery Sunday in attendance upon the Mattingly memorial services. Mattingly lost his life while trying to save two girls from drowning, and while the bodies of the girls were given Christian burial, that of Mattingly was carried off to the Potter's field. A fund was started by persons who appreciated the heroism of the young man and his body was removed to the cemetery and surmounted by a monument bearing this inscritpion:
GEORGE MATTINGLY
Born May 25, 1881
Drowned May 28, 1899, Trying to Save Others
This Stone is Erected by a Grateful People to Its Heroic Dead
"Who Loses His Life Shall Find It."
Drowned while trying to save lives of others,
Who so ever shall lose his life shall save it∼Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 29 Jul 1899, Saturday Page 18
SKIFF RIDE IS FATAL
Pleasure Party Capsized in the Ohio River in Front of Evansville
THREE OF THE OCCUPANTS DROWN
----------
Two Being Women and One a Man-One of the Lost Was Soon To Be a Bride--
Evansville, Ind., July 29.--August Mattingly, aged 17; Pearl Cheaney, 14, and Marian Onana were drowned in the Ohio river in front of the city last night, and three of their companions narrowly escaped. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mattingly, in company with John Cheaney, Willia Cheaney and Pearl Cheaney, of this city, and the Misses Teresa and Marian Onana, of Henderson, Ky., started out for a hay ride, and reaching the river at 7:30 p.m. decided to take a skiff ride. They were out about an hour when their boat was in some manner capsized in fromt of the mall line wharf boat. Fifty or more people were on the wharf boat, but none offered to go to the rescue. Mattingly, Pearl Cheaney and Marian Onana were rapidly swept down the stream and nothing more was seen of them. Their cries could be heard for blocks away.
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Boonville Standard (Boonville, Indiana) 25 Aug 1899, Friday Page 2
Heroism Recognized
Evansville special: Several thousand people gathered at Oak Hill cemetery Sunday in attendance upon the Mattingly memorial services. Mattingly lost his life while trying to save two girls from drowning, and while the bodies of the girls were given Christian burial, that of Mattingly was carried off to the Potter's field. A fund was started by persons who appreciated the heroism of the young man and his body was removed to the cemetery and surmounted by a monument bearing this inscritpion:
GEORGE MATTINGLY
Born May 25, 1881
Drowned May 28, 1899, Trying to Save Others
This Stone is Erected by a Grateful People to Its Heroic Dead
"Who Loses His Life Shall Find It."
Who so ever shall lose his life shall save it∼Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 29 Jul 1899, Saturday Page 18
SKIFF RIDE IS FATAL
Pleasure Party Capsized in the Ohio River in Front of Evansville
THREE OF THE OCCUPANTS DROWN
----------
Two Being Women and One a Man-One of the Lost Was Soon To Be a Bride--
Evansville, Ind., July 29.--August Mattingly, aged 17; Pearl Cheaney, 14, and Marian Onana were drowned in the Ohio river in front of the city last night, and three of their companions narrowly escaped. About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mattingly, in company with John Cheaney, Willia Cheaney and Pearl Cheaney, of this city, and the Misses Teresa and Marian Onana, of Henderson, Ky., started out for a hay ride, and reaching the river at 7:30 p.m. decided to take a skiff ride. They were out about an hour when their boat was in some manner capsized in fromt of the mall line wharf boat. Fifty or more people were on the wharf boat, but none offered to go to the rescue. Mattingly, Pearl Cheaney and Marian Onana were rapidly swept down the stream and nothing more was seen of them. Their cries could be heard for blocks away.
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Boonville Standard (Boonville, Indiana) 25 Aug 1899, Friday Page 2
Heroism Recognized
Evansville special: Several thousand people gathered at Oak Hill cemetery Sunday in attendance upon the Mattingly memorial services. Mattingly lost his life while trying to save two girls from drowning, and while the bodies of the girls were given Christian burial, that of Mattingly was carried off to the Potter's field. A fund was started by persons who appreciated the heroism of the young man and his body was removed to the cemetery and surmounted by a monument bearing this inscritpion:
GEORGE MATTINGLY
Born May 25, 1881
Drowned May 28, 1899, Trying to Save Others
This Stone is Erected by a Grateful People to Its Heroic Dead
"Who Loses His Life Shall Find It."
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