Daily Capital News, Jefferson City, Missouri, Friday, December 10, 1976, Page 1
Three Members of one family drown in lake
Three members of a Camdenton family drowned Thursday when two small boys fell through the ice on the Lake of the Ozarks and their grandfather tried to rescue them.
According to the Division of Water Safety, identical 4-year old twins John Thomas and Joseph Ryan Treat went onto the ice after an unknown object and fell through.
Their grandfather, Willard S. Treet, 67 -- who was also their adoptive father - attempted to rescue them and he also fell through the ice. The incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The bodies were recovered by the Camden County Rescue Squad and Capt. Dan Needham and Lt. Col. Jack Reynolds of the Missouri State Water Patrol.
The body of John Thomas Treat was recovered at 12:30 p.m. that of the other boy at 12:45., and the body of Willard Treat was recovered at 1 p.m.
The drowning occurred on the Niangua branch of the Lake of the Ozarks near the Empire City Resort, Lake Road 54-80. Willard Treat owned the resort.
The bodies were taken to the Reed Funeral Home, Camdenton.
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Chillicothe Constitution -Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri, Friday, December 10, 1976, Page 10
Boys and grandfather go through ice and drown
Camdenton, Mo. (AP) --twin boys and their grandfather drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks Thursday when the two four-year-old children broke through ice on the lake and the grandparent attempted to rescue them.
Authorities reported the bodies of John Thomas Treat and Joseph Ryan Treat, and William F. Treat, 67, were recovered by the Missouri Division of Water Safety early Thursday afternoon. The children, who recently were adopted by the grandparents, lived with them in a home on the Big Niangua arm of the lake. They were the sons of Donnie and Carrol Treat England.
Capt. Daniel Needham, cenral division supervisor for the water safety division, said some witnesses reported the boys had gone onto the ice to rescue a small pet dog, but other witnesses said the children had tried to retrieve a Frisbee.
Capt. Needham said the two children were about 200 feet from shore and near the edge of an ice sheet which reached almost to the main channel of the river. He said the ice was 1 ½ to 2 inches thick and the young boys tumbled into five or six feet of water.
Investigators said the elderly Treat was a heart patient and may have experienced a fatal seizure when he fell through the ice.
Three Members of one family drown in lake
Three members of a Camdenton family drowned Thursday when two small boys fell through the ice on the Lake of the Ozarks and their grandfather tried to rescue them.
According to the Division of Water Safety, identical 4-year old twins John Thomas and Joseph Ryan Treat went onto the ice after an unknown object and fell through.
Their grandfather, Willard S. Treet, 67 -- who was also their adoptive father - attempted to rescue them and he also fell through the ice. The incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The bodies were recovered by the Camden County Rescue Squad and Capt. Dan Needham and Lt. Col. Jack Reynolds of the Missouri State Water Patrol.
The body of John Thomas Treat was recovered at 12:30 p.m. that of the other boy at 12:45., and the body of Willard Treat was recovered at 1 p.m.
The drowning occurred on the Niangua branch of the Lake of the Ozarks near the Empire City Resort, Lake Road 54-80. Willard Treat owned the resort.
The bodies were taken to the Reed Funeral Home, Camdenton.
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Chillicothe Constitution -Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri, Friday, December 10, 1976, Page 10
Boys and grandfather go through ice and drown
Camdenton, Mo. (AP) --twin boys and their grandfather drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks Thursday when the two four-year-old children broke through ice on the lake and the grandparent attempted to rescue them.
Authorities reported the bodies of John Thomas Treat and Joseph Ryan Treat, and William F. Treat, 67, were recovered by the Missouri Division of Water Safety early Thursday afternoon. The children, who recently were adopted by the grandparents, lived with them in a home on the Big Niangua arm of the lake. They were the sons of Donnie and Carrol Treat England.
Capt. Daniel Needham, cenral division supervisor for the water safety division, said some witnesses reported the boys had gone onto the ice to rescue a small pet dog, but other witnesses said the children had tried to retrieve a Frisbee.
Capt. Needham said the two children were about 200 feet from shore and near the edge of an ice sheet which reached almost to the main channel of the river. He said the ice was 1 ½ to 2 inches thick and the young boys tumbled into five or six feet of water.
Investigators said the elderly Treat was a heart patient and may have experienced a fatal seizure when he fell through the ice.
Daily Capital News, Jefferson City, Missouri, Friday, December 10, 1976, Page 1
Three Members of one family drown in lake
Three members of a Camdenton family drowned Thursday when two small boys fell through the ice on the Lake of the Ozarks and their grandfather tried to rescue them.
According to the Division of Water Safety, identical 4-year old twins John Thomas and Joseph Ryan Treat went onto the ice after an unknown object and fell through.
Their grandfather, Willard S. Treet, 67 -- who was also their adoptive father - attempted to rescue them and he also fell through the ice. The incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The bodies were recovered by the Camden County Rescue Squad and Capt. Dan Needham and Lt. Col. Jack Reynolds of the Missouri State Water Patrol.
The body of John Thomas Treat was recovered at 12:30 p.m. that of the other boy at 12:45., and the body of Willard Treat was recovered at 1 p.m.
The drowning occurred on the Niangua branch of the Lake of the Ozarks near the Empire City Resort, Lake Road 54-80. Willard Treat owned the resort.
The bodies were taken to the Reed Funeral Home, Camdenton.
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Chillicothe Constitution -Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri, Friday, December 10, 1976, Page 10
Boys and grandfather go through ice and drown
Camdenton, Mo. (AP) --twin boys and their grandfather drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks Thursday when the two four-year-old children broke through ice on the lake and the grandparent attempted to rescue them.
Authorities reported the bodies of John Thomas Treat and Joseph Ryan Treat, and William F. Treat, 67, were recovered by the Missouri Division of Water Safety early Thursday afternoon. The children, who recently were adopted by the grandparents, lived with them in a home on the Big Niangua arm of the lake. They were the sons of Donnie and Carrol Treat England.
Capt. Daniel Needham, cenral division supervisor for the water safety division, said some witnesses reported the boys had gone onto the ice to rescue a small pet dog, but other witnesses said the children had tried to retrieve a Frisbee.
Capt. Needham said the two children were about 200 feet from shore and near the edge of an ice sheet which reached almost to the main channel of the river. He said the ice was 1 ½ to 2 inches thick and the young boys tumbled into five or six feet of water.
Investigators said the elderly Treat was a heart patient and may have experienced a fatal seizure when he fell through the ice.
Three Members of one family drown in lake
Three members of a Camdenton family drowned Thursday when two small boys fell through the ice on the Lake of the Ozarks and their grandfather tried to rescue them.
According to the Division of Water Safety, identical 4-year old twins John Thomas and Joseph Ryan Treat went onto the ice after an unknown object and fell through.
Their grandfather, Willard S. Treet, 67 -- who was also their adoptive father - attempted to rescue them and he also fell through the ice. The incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The bodies were recovered by the Camden County Rescue Squad and Capt. Dan Needham and Lt. Col. Jack Reynolds of the Missouri State Water Patrol.
The body of John Thomas Treat was recovered at 12:30 p.m. that of the other boy at 12:45., and the body of Willard Treat was recovered at 1 p.m.
The drowning occurred on the Niangua branch of the Lake of the Ozarks near the Empire City Resort, Lake Road 54-80. Willard Treat owned the resort.
The bodies were taken to the Reed Funeral Home, Camdenton.
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Chillicothe Constitution -Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri, Friday, December 10, 1976, Page 10
Boys and grandfather go through ice and drown
Camdenton, Mo. (AP) --twin boys and their grandfather drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks Thursday when the two four-year-old children broke through ice on the lake and the grandparent attempted to rescue them.
Authorities reported the bodies of John Thomas Treat and Joseph Ryan Treat, and William F. Treat, 67, were recovered by the Missouri Division of Water Safety early Thursday afternoon. The children, who recently were adopted by the grandparents, lived with them in a home on the Big Niangua arm of the lake. They were the sons of Donnie and Carrol Treat England.
Capt. Daniel Needham, cenral division supervisor for the water safety division, said some witnesses reported the boys had gone onto the ice to rescue a small pet dog, but other witnesses said the children had tried to retrieve a Frisbee.
Capt. Needham said the two children were about 200 feet from shore and near the edge of an ice sheet which reached almost to the main channel of the river. He said the ice was 1 ½ to 2 inches thick and the young boys tumbled into five or six feet of water.
Investigators said the elderly Treat was a heart patient and may have experienced a fatal seizure when he fell through the ice.
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