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George Glick Orr

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George Glick Orr

Birth
Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Death
21 Jul 1909 (aged 25)
La Jolla, San Diego County, California, USA
Burial
Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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DROWNS IN SIGHT OF BRIDE.

G. B. Orr, Attorney for Santa Fe, Carried Out to Sea While Bathing Near San Diego, Cal.

San Diego, Cal., July 22.---G. B. Orr, attorney for the Santa Fe Railway at Atchison, Kan., drowned at Lajolla [sic] Beach yesterday in sight of his bride of a few weeks. The Orrs were on their honeymoon. Orr was lying on the beach watching the breakers as they came toward him. The tide was rising and he remarked to his bride that he would lie there until the waves carried him out. A few minutes later a breaker caught him up and carried him out to sea. He was caught by the underflow and his body has not been recovered. Mrs. Orr is near death.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 23 Jul 1909

The current place of burial is unknown. If you discover a duplicate memorial or know for certain the cemetery name and location of where the individual is buried, please send this information to me and I will make the necessary corrections.
DROWNS IN SIGHT OF BRIDE.

G. B. Orr, Attorney for Santa Fe, Carried Out to Sea While Bathing Near San Diego, Cal.

San Diego, Cal., July 22.---G. B. Orr, attorney for the Santa Fe Railway at Atchison, Kan., drowned at Lajolla [sic] Beach yesterday in sight of his bride of a few weeks. The Orrs were on their honeymoon. Orr was lying on the beach watching the breakers as they came toward him. The tide was rising and he remarked to his bride that he would lie there until the waves carried him out. A few minutes later a breaker caught him up and carried him out to sea. He was caught by the underflow and his body has not been recovered. Mrs. Orr is near death.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 23 Jul 1909

The current place of burial is unknown. If you discover a duplicate memorial or know for certain the cemetery name and location of where the individual is buried, please send this information to me and I will make the necessary corrections.


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