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Two lives were lost and untold damage done to farm lands in the heaviest rain storm experienced in years, Monday afternoon. Mrs. George N. Haas was drowned in Banner creek while crossing the Cemetery bridge, and Scott Ross lost his life while attempting to cross the creek at Dixon bridge at the southwest corner of town. The body of Scott Ross was recovered at ten o’clock Monday night, while the body of Mrs. Haas was not found until ten o’clock Tuesday morning. These two fatalities occurred at about the same time, 7:00 p. m., while a wall of water from the west was making a raging torrent of Banner creek. Although several persons were nearby and witnessed the drowning they were unable to render assistance because of the high waters and strong currents. Mrs. Haas, accompanied by her son Homer were driving in the country southwest of Holton Monday afternoon when the storm broke. They had started home by way of the cemetery bridge over the Banner after the water had left its banks and was sending a swift current across the road north of the bridge. Ernest Boettcher, driving a lumber wagon, had negotiated the stream just ahead of them. They started across and were nearly over the danger point when a high bank of water came down from the west. The current swept the horses off of their feet and capsized the buggy. All were carried into the seething lake east of the road. Homer struggled with the horses, retaining his hold on the harness. Ed Schultz, who witnessed the catastrophe, waded in to his assistance at great danger to himself, and succeeded in helping Homer to safety. Mrs. Haas, weighed down by wet clothing, seemed not to have a chance for deliverance, and was soon lost to view in the swirling waters. That she was drowned immediate is certain. The horses swam to high land and saved themselves. The death of Scott Ross occurred at about the same time as that of Mrs. Haas, on the road a mile east. Scott had driven out to John Boettcher’s farm in the evening to look after his cows and was returning to town with the milk. He was driving a team hitched to a buggy. He drove down Cowell’s hill onto the bridge. Several persons, including Sheriff Frazey, were watching from the road, in front of Dixon’s place. Scott hesitated for a time, then urged his horses into the current. The water swept them off the road through the hedge fence and into the field east of the road. Ross gained a footing a few yards east of the road, and if he had remained there his rescue would have been easy. But he plunged toward the north, went into deeper water and the current picked him up and carried him tumbling down stream. Here again the swift current made rescue work impossible. The spectators went to the Rock Island bridge and waited an hour in the hope that they might rescue the bodies as they floated down stream. About ten o’clock the water had subsided enough to permit the searchers to enter the field, and the body of Ross was found near the creek bank 300 yards east of the bridge. Sheriff Frazey waded in, and extricated the body from a wire fence. It was taken to Hardin’s & Gabel’s undertaking rooms. Life was extinct as three hours had elapsed since Ross was washed from the road. The search for Mrs. Haas’ body continued throughout the night. At daylight organized searchers combed the creek banks. At ten o’clock Tuesday morning the body was discovered near the creek bank near E. Hoffmeyer’s barns, a half mile east of the cemetery road. The body was nearly submerged in mud and bore evidence of severe cuts and bruises. It was removed to the undertaking rooms. Homer Haas received some cuts and bruises in his fight for life and was frantic over his inability to go to the rescue of his mother. Mrs. Haas is about 60 years old and has lived in this community all her life. She was a woman of many fine traits and was beloved by the family and friends. Scott Ross is just past thirty, and leaves a wife and four children. He has just lately moved to Holton and the family resides in the southeast part of town.
The Holton Recorder, May 12, 1921.
Joseph Scott Ross, the second child of Thomas H. and Mary Alice Ross, was born near Birmingham, Kansas, May 5, 1889. With the exception of about nine years, his entire life has been spent in Jackson county. After completing the grade school he took a course of instruction from Daugherty’s Business College at Topeka. During the years of his young manhood he was well behaved and highly respected … His marriage to Miss Mable Lant occurred July 28, 1919. They resided at Whiting, Kan., for about two years and then moved to the state of Idaho where they lived for three years. Upon their return to Kansas they settled on a farm east of Holton in the Brightside community. It was during this spring that the Ross family moved to town. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross has been blessed with the coming of four precious children, they are Hazel Irene, Velma May, Charles Leslie and Gladys Lucille … He was baptized in the same service that his little daughter was and united with the Methodist Episcopal church … There are left to mourn the sudden passing of Mr. Ross, his wife and four children, his parents, one brother, William, and a sister, Mamie … A sister, Mrs. Lillian Wark, preceded him in death about nine years ago … The six pallbearers were first cousins of Mr. Ross, they were Harvey Ross, Bert Ross, Stanley Ross, Harry Ross, Ivan Scott and Lawrence Scott. The body was laid to its long rest in the Holton cemetery.
The Holton Recorder, May 19, 1921.
Two lives were lost and untold damage done to farm lands in the heaviest rain storm experienced in years, Monday afternoon. Mrs. George N. Haas was drowned in Banner creek while crossing the Cemetery bridge, and Scott Ross lost his life while attempting to cross the creek at Dixon bridge at the southwest corner of town. The body of Scott Ross was recovered at ten o’clock Monday night, while the body of Mrs. Haas was not found until ten o’clock Tuesday morning. These two fatalities occurred at about the same time, 7:00 p. m., while a wall of water from the west was making a raging torrent of Banner creek. Although several persons were nearby and witnessed the drowning they were unable to render assistance because of the high waters and strong currents. Mrs. Haas, accompanied by her son Homer were driving in the country southwest of Holton Monday afternoon when the storm broke. They had started home by way of the cemetery bridge over the Banner after the water had left its banks and was sending a swift current across the road north of the bridge. Ernest Boettcher, driving a lumber wagon, had negotiated the stream just ahead of them. They started across and were nearly over the danger point when a high bank of water came down from the west. The current swept the horses off of their feet and capsized the buggy. All were carried into the seething lake east of the road. Homer struggled with the horses, retaining his hold on the harness. Ed Schultz, who witnessed the catastrophe, waded in to his assistance at great danger to himself, and succeeded in helping Homer to safety. Mrs. Haas, weighed down by wet clothing, seemed not to have a chance for deliverance, and was soon lost to view in the swirling waters. That she was drowned immediate is certain. The horses swam to high land and saved themselves. The death of Scott Ross occurred at about the same time as that of Mrs. Haas, on the road a mile east. Scott had driven out to John Boettcher’s farm in the evening to look after his cows and was returning to town with the milk. He was driving a team hitched to a buggy. He drove down Cowell’s hill onto the bridge. Several persons, including Sheriff Frazey, were watching from the road, in front of Dixon’s place. Scott hesitated for a time, then urged his horses into the current. The water swept them off the road through the hedge fence and into the field east of the road. Ross gained a footing a few yards east of the road, and if he had remained there his rescue would have been easy. But he plunged toward the north, went into deeper water and the current picked him up and carried him tumbling down stream. Here again the swift current made rescue work impossible. The spectators went to the Rock Island bridge and waited an hour in the hope that they might rescue the bodies as they floated down stream. About ten o’clock the water had subsided enough to permit the searchers to enter the field, and the body of Ross was found near the creek bank 300 yards east of the bridge. Sheriff Frazey waded in, and extricated the body from a wire fence. It was taken to Hardin’s & Gabel’s undertaking rooms. Life was extinct as three hours had elapsed since Ross was washed from the road. The search for Mrs. Haas’ body continued throughout the night. At daylight organized searchers combed the creek banks. At ten o’clock Tuesday morning the body was discovered near the creek bank near E. Hoffmeyer’s barns, a half mile east of the cemetery road. The body was nearly submerged in mud and bore evidence of severe cuts and bruises. It was removed to the undertaking rooms. Homer Haas received some cuts and bruises in his fight for life and was frantic over his inability to go to the rescue of his mother. Mrs. Haas is about 60 years old and has lived in this community all her life. She was a woman of many fine traits and was beloved by the family and friends. Scott Ross is just past thirty, and leaves a wife and four children. He has just lately moved to Holton and the family resides in the southeast part of town.
The Holton Recorder, May 12, 1921.
Joseph Scott Ross, the second child of Thomas H. and Mary Alice Ross, was born near Birmingham, Kansas, May 5, 1889. With the exception of about nine years, his entire life has been spent in Jackson county. After completing the grade school he took a course of instruction from Daugherty’s Business College at Topeka. During the years of his young manhood he was well behaved and highly respected … His marriage to Miss Mable Lant occurred July 28, 1919. They resided at Whiting, Kan., for about two years and then moved to the state of Idaho where they lived for three years. Upon their return to Kansas they settled on a farm east of Holton in the Brightside community. It was during this spring that the Ross family moved to town. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross has been blessed with the coming of four precious children, they are Hazel Irene, Velma May, Charles Leslie and Gladys Lucille … He was baptized in the same service that his little daughter was and united with the Methodist Episcopal church … There are left to mourn the sudden passing of Mr. Ross, his wife and four children, his parents, one brother, William, and a sister, Mamie … A sister, Mrs. Lillian Wark, preceded him in death about nine years ago … The six pallbearers were first cousins of Mr. Ross, they were Harvey Ross, Bert Ross, Stanley Ross, Harry Ross, Ivan Scott and Lawrence Scott. The body was laid to its long rest in the Holton cemetery.
The Holton Recorder, May 19, 1921.
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Two lives were lost and untold damage done to farm lands in the heaviest rain storm experienced in years, Monday afternoon. Mrs. George N. Haas was drowned in Banner creek while crossing the Cemetery bridge, and Scott Ross lost his life while attempting to cross the creek at Dixon bridge at the southwest corner of town. The body of Scott Ross was recovered at ten o’clock Monday night, while the body of Mrs. Haas was not found until ten o’clock Tuesday morning. These two fatalities occurred at about the same time, 7:00 p. m., while a wall of water from the west was making a raging torrent of Banner creek. Although several persons were nearby and witnessed the drowning they were unable to render assistance because of the high waters and strong currents. Mrs. Haas, accompanied by her son Homer were driving in the country southwest of Holton Monday afternoon when the storm broke. They had started home by way of the cemetery bridge over the Banner after the water had left its banks and was sending a swift current across the road north of the bridge. Ernest Boettcher, driving a lumber wagon, had negotiated the stream just ahead of them. They started across and were nearly over the danger point when a high bank of water came down from the west. The current swept the horses off of their feet and capsized the buggy. All were carried into the seething lake east of the road. Homer struggled with the horses, retaining his hold on the harness. Ed Schultz, who witnessed the catastrophe, waded in to his assistance at great danger to himself, and succeeded in helping Homer to safety. Mrs. Haas, weighed down by wet clothing, seemed not to have a chance for deliverance, and was soon lost to view in the swirling waters. That she was drowned immediate is certain. The horses swam to high land and saved themselves. The death of Scott Ross occurred at about the same time as that of Mrs. Haas, on the road a mile east. Scott had driven out to John Boettcher’s farm in the evening to look after his cows and was returning to town with the milk. He was driving a team hitched to a buggy. He drove down Cowell’s hill onto the bridge. Several persons, including Sheriff Frazey, were watching from the road, in front of Dixon’s place. Scott hesitated for a time, then urged his horses into the current. The water swept them off the road through the hedge fence and into the field east of the road. Ross gained a footing a few yards east of the road, and if he had remained there his rescue would have been easy. But he plunged toward the north, went into deeper water and the current picked him up and carried him tumbling down stream. Here again the swift current made rescue work impossible. The spectators went to the Rock Island bridge and waited an hour in the hope that they might rescue the bodies as they floated down stream. About ten o’clock the water had subsided enough to permit the searchers to enter the field, and the body of Ross was found near the creek bank 300 yards east of the bridge. Sheriff Frazey waded in, and extricated the body from a wire fence. It was taken to Hardin’s & Gabel’s undertaking rooms. Life was extinct as three hours had elapsed since Ross was washed from the road. The search for Mrs. Haas’ body continued throughout the night. At daylight organized searchers combed the creek banks. At ten o’clock Tuesday morning the body was discovered near the creek bank near E. Hoffmeyer’s barns, a half mile east of the cemetery road. The body was nearly submerged in mud and bore evidence of severe cuts and bruises. It was removed to the undertaking rooms. Homer Haas received some cuts and bruises in his fight for life and was frantic over his inability to go to the rescue of his mother. Mrs. Haas is about 60 years old and has lived in this community all her life. She was a woman of many fine traits and was beloved by the family and friends. Scott Ross is just past thirty, and leaves a wife and four children. He has just lately moved to Holton and the family resides in the southeast part of town.
The Holton Recorder, May 12, 1921.
Joseph Scott Ross, the second child of Thomas H. and Mary Alice Ross, was born near Birmingham, Kansas, May 5, 1889. With the exception of about nine years, his entire life has been spent in Jackson county. After completing the grade school he took a course of instruction from Daugherty’s Business College at Topeka. During the years of his young manhood he was well behaved and highly respected … His marriage to Miss Mable Lant occurred July 28, 1919. They resided at Whiting, Kan., for about two years and then moved to the state of Idaho where they lived for three years. Upon their return to Kansas they settled on a farm east of Holton in the Brightside community. It was during this spring that the Ross family moved to town. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross has been blessed with the coming of four precious children, they are Hazel Irene, Velma May, Charles Leslie and Gladys Lucille … He was baptized in the same service that his little daughter was and united with the Methodist Episcopal church … There are left to mourn the sudden passing of Mr. Ross, his wife and four children, his parents, one brother, William, and a sister, Mamie … A sister, Mrs. Lillian Wark, preceded him in death about nine years ago … The six pallbearers were first cousins of Mr. Ross, they were Harvey Ross, Bert Ross, Stanley Ross, Harry Ross, Ivan Scott and Lawrence Scott. The body was laid to its long rest in the Holton cemetery.
The Holton Recorder, May 19, 1921.
Two lives were lost and untold damage done to farm lands in the heaviest rain storm experienced in years, Monday afternoon. Mrs. George N. Haas was drowned in Banner creek while crossing the Cemetery bridge, and Scott Ross lost his life while attempting to cross the creek at Dixon bridge at the southwest corner of town. The body of Scott Ross was recovered at ten o’clock Monday night, while the body of Mrs. Haas was not found until ten o’clock Tuesday morning. These two fatalities occurred at about the same time, 7:00 p. m., while a wall of water from the west was making a raging torrent of Banner creek. Although several persons were nearby and witnessed the drowning they were unable to render assistance because of the high waters and strong currents. Mrs. Haas, accompanied by her son Homer were driving in the country southwest of Holton Monday afternoon when the storm broke. They had started home by way of the cemetery bridge over the Banner after the water had left its banks and was sending a swift current across the road north of the bridge. Ernest Boettcher, driving a lumber wagon, had negotiated the stream just ahead of them. They started across and were nearly over the danger point when a high bank of water came down from the west. The current swept the horses off of their feet and capsized the buggy. All were carried into the seething lake east of the road. Homer struggled with the horses, retaining his hold on the harness. Ed Schultz, who witnessed the catastrophe, waded in to his assistance at great danger to himself, and succeeded in helping Homer to safety. Mrs. Haas, weighed down by wet clothing, seemed not to have a chance for deliverance, and was soon lost to view in the swirling waters. That she was drowned immediate is certain. The horses swam to high land and saved themselves. The death of Scott Ross occurred at about the same time as that of Mrs. Haas, on the road a mile east. Scott had driven out to John Boettcher’s farm in the evening to look after his cows and was returning to town with the milk. He was driving a team hitched to a buggy. He drove down Cowell’s hill onto the bridge. Several persons, including Sheriff Frazey, were watching from the road, in front of Dixon’s place. Scott hesitated for a time, then urged his horses into the current. The water swept them off the road through the hedge fence and into the field east of the road. Ross gained a footing a few yards east of the road, and if he had remained there his rescue would have been easy. But he plunged toward the north, went into deeper water and the current picked him up and carried him tumbling down stream. Here again the swift current made rescue work impossible. The spectators went to the Rock Island bridge and waited an hour in the hope that they might rescue the bodies as they floated down stream. About ten o’clock the water had subsided enough to permit the searchers to enter the field, and the body of Ross was found near the creek bank 300 yards east of the bridge. Sheriff Frazey waded in, and extricated the body from a wire fence. It was taken to Hardin’s & Gabel’s undertaking rooms. Life was extinct as three hours had elapsed since Ross was washed from the road. The search for Mrs. Haas’ body continued throughout the night. At daylight organized searchers combed the creek banks. At ten o’clock Tuesday morning the body was discovered near the creek bank near E. Hoffmeyer’s barns, a half mile east of the cemetery road. The body was nearly submerged in mud and bore evidence of severe cuts and bruises. It was removed to the undertaking rooms. Homer Haas received some cuts and bruises in his fight for life and was frantic over his inability to go to the rescue of his mother. Mrs. Haas is about 60 years old and has lived in this community all her life. She was a woman of many fine traits and was beloved by the family and friends. Scott Ross is just past thirty, and leaves a wife and four children. He has just lately moved to Holton and the family resides in the southeast part of town.
The Holton Recorder, May 12, 1921.
Joseph Scott Ross, the second child of Thomas H. and Mary Alice Ross, was born near Birmingham, Kansas, May 5, 1889. With the exception of about nine years, his entire life has been spent in Jackson county. After completing the grade school he took a course of instruction from Daugherty’s Business College at Topeka. During the years of his young manhood he was well behaved and highly respected … His marriage to Miss Mable Lant occurred July 28, 1919. They resided at Whiting, Kan., for about two years and then moved to the state of Idaho where they lived for three years. Upon their return to Kansas they settled on a farm east of Holton in the Brightside community. It was during this spring that the Ross family moved to town. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross has been blessed with the coming of four precious children, they are Hazel Irene, Velma May, Charles Leslie and Gladys Lucille … He was baptized in the same service that his little daughter was and united with the Methodist Episcopal church … There are left to mourn the sudden passing of Mr. Ross, his wife and four children, his parents, one brother, William, and a sister, Mamie … A sister, Mrs. Lillian Wark, preceded him in death about nine years ago … The six pallbearers were first cousins of Mr. Ross, they were Harvey Ross, Bert Ross, Stanley Ross, Harry Ross, Ivan Scott and Lawrence Scott. The body was laid to its long rest in the Holton cemetery.
The Holton Recorder, May 19, 1921.
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