Died in a boating accident in Lebanon Missouri in which four girls lost their lives. Two were Percie & Mabel Easterly.
Second youngest daughter of John Lawrence Easterly & Ann Vernon Easterly.
- The Republican August 4, 1905-
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Fours Girls Drowned – A distressing Accident at the Horseshoe on Last Saturday Night.
"As a result of an accident at the Horseshoe Pond, on last Saturday night, four young ladies in the flush of youth and bloom of health are dead, and two households are suddenly and unspeakably bereaves. Misses Alta and Ethel Perkins, daughters of Mr. And Mrs. Grove Perkins, and Misses Percie & Mabel Easterly, daughters of Mr. And Mrs. J.L. Easterly, were drowned, through the accidental overturning of a boat in which a party of seven were rowing. A considerable part of young people was at the pond on Saturday evening, boat riding, the members of the crowd taking turns in the use of the one boat to be had. One boat load consisted of four girls named and three young men, Mandeville Mayfield, Charles Perkins, brother of the Perkin's girls, and Phil Hogan. Two of the boys attempted to exchange places in the boat, to divide the work of rowing, and, in some way, the boat, after the manner of the rowboats, tipped, and its occupants were dumped into the lake the boat sinking.
The girls, could not swim, and the boys made heroic efforts to recue them, calling for help from those on the banks of the pond, For some little time it was not realized that the boat had overturned and help from the crowd was delayed. When the others finally understood that the girls were drowning, every effort possible was made to rescue them, but darkness interfered. It is stated, that one of the boys, Phil Hogan, had succeeded in getting two of the girls into shallow water when a third, frantic in her fright, threw her arms around him, dragging all three back into the deep water, from which he was unable to take them before they drowned.
A telephone message was sent to London from the Hogan residence, near the lake, and six physicians hurried to the scene. Every known effort to resuscitate the unfortunate victims was resorted to, but without avail, and carriages were secured and the bodies of their parents, where preparations for the last sad chapter in the story was taken up."
Second youngest daughter of John Lawrence Easterly & Ann Vernon Easterly.
- The Republican August 4, 1905-
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Fours Girls Drowned – A distressing Accident at the Horseshoe on Last Saturday Night.
"As a result of an accident at the Horseshoe Pond, on last Saturday night, four young ladies in the flush of youth and bloom of health are dead, and two households are suddenly and unspeakably bereaves. Misses Alta and Ethel Perkins, daughters of Mr. And Mrs. Grove Perkins, and Misses Percie & Mabel Easterly, daughters of Mr. And Mrs. J.L. Easterly, were drowned, through the accidental overturning of a boat in which a party of seven were rowing. A considerable part of young people was at the pond on Saturday evening, boat riding, the members of the crowd taking turns in the use of the one boat to be had. One boat load consisted of four girls named and three young men, Mandeville Mayfield, Charles Perkins, brother of the Perkin's girls, and Phil Hogan. Two of the boys attempted to exchange places in the boat, to divide the work of rowing, and, in some way, the boat, after the manner of the rowboats, tipped, and its occupants were dumped into the lake the boat sinking.
The girls, could not swim, and the boys made heroic efforts to recue them, calling for help from those on the banks of the pond, For some little time it was not realized that the boat had overturned and help from the crowd was delayed. When the others finally understood that the girls were drowning, every effort possible was made to rescue them, but darkness interfered. It is stated, that one of the boys, Phil Hogan, had succeeded in getting two of the girls into shallow water when a third, frantic in her fright, threw her arms around him, dragging all three back into the deep water, from which he was unable to take them before they drowned.
A telephone message was sent to London from the Hogan residence, near the lake, and six physicians hurried to the scene. Every known effort to resuscitate the unfortunate victims was resorted to, but without avail, and carriages were secured and the bodies of their parents, where preparations for the last sad chapter in the story was taken up."
Died in a boating accident in Lebanon Missouri in which four girls lost their lives. Two were Percie & Mabel Easterly.
Second youngest daughter of John Lawrence Easterly & Ann Vernon Easterly.
- The Republican August 4, 1905-
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Fours Girls Drowned – A distressing Accident at the Horseshoe on Last Saturday Night.
"As a result of an accident at the Horseshoe Pond, on last Saturday night, four young ladies in the flush of youth and bloom of health are dead, and two households are suddenly and unspeakably bereaves. Misses Alta and Ethel Perkins, daughters of Mr. And Mrs. Grove Perkins, and Misses Percie & Mabel Easterly, daughters of Mr. And Mrs. J.L. Easterly, were drowned, through the accidental overturning of a boat in which a party of seven were rowing. A considerable part of young people was at the pond on Saturday evening, boat riding, the members of the crowd taking turns in the use of the one boat to be had. One boat load consisted of four girls named and three young men, Mandeville Mayfield, Charles Perkins, brother of the Perkin's girls, and Phil Hogan. Two of the boys attempted to exchange places in the boat, to divide the work of rowing, and, in some way, the boat, after the manner of the rowboats, tipped, and its occupants were dumped into the lake the boat sinking.
The girls, could not swim, and the boys made heroic efforts to recue them, calling for help from those on the banks of the pond, For some little time it was not realized that the boat had overturned and help from the crowd was delayed. When the others finally understood that the girls were drowning, every effort possible was made to rescue them, but darkness interfered. It is stated, that one of the boys, Phil Hogan, had succeeded in getting two of the girls into shallow water when a third, frantic in her fright, threw her arms around him, dragging all three back into the deep water, from which he was unable to take them before they drowned.
A telephone message was sent to London from the Hogan residence, near the lake, and six physicians hurried to the scene. Every known effort to resuscitate the unfortunate victims was resorted to, but without avail, and carriages were secured and the bodies of their parents, where preparations for the last sad chapter in the story was taken up."
Second youngest daughter of John Lawrence Easterly & Ann Vernon Easterly.
- The Republican August 4, 1905-
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Fours Girls Drowned – A distressing Accident at the Horseshoe on Last Saturday Night.
"As a result of an accident at the Horseshoe Pond, on last Saturday night, four young ladies in the flush of youth and bloom of health are dead, and two households are suddenly and unspeakably bereaves. Misses Alta and Ethel Perkins, daughters of Mr. And Mrs. Grove Perkins, and Misses Percie & Mabel Easterly, daughters of Mr. And Mrs. J.L. Easterly, were drowned, through the accidental overturning of a boat in which a party of seven were rowing. A considerable part of young people was at the pond on Saturday evening, boat riding, the members of the crowd taking turns in the use of the one boat to be had. One boat load consisted of four girls named and three young men, Mandeville Mayfield, Charles Perkins, brother of the Perkin's girls, and Phil Hogan. Two of the boys attempted to exchange places in the boat, to divide the work of rowing, and, in some way, the boat, after the manner of the rowboats, tipped, and its occupants were dumped into the lake the boat sinking.
The girls, could not swim, and the boys made heroic efforts to recue them, calling for help from those on the banks of the pond, For some little time it was not realized that the boat had overturned and help from the crowd was delayed. When the others finally understood that the girls were drowning, every effort possible was made to rescue them, but darkness interfered. It is stated, that one of the boys, Phil Hogan, had succeeded in getting two of the girls into shallow water when a third, frantic in her fright, threw her arms around him, dragging all three back into the deep water, from which he was unable to take them before they drowned.
A telephone message was sent to London from the Hogan residence, near the lake, and six physicians hurried to the scene. Every known effort to resuscitate the unfortunate victims was resorted to, but without avail, and carriages were secured and the bodies of their parents, where preparations for the last sad chapter in the story was taken up."
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