From the Winona Republican-Herald Dated Wednesday, March 30, 1921:
WINONAN SLIPS FROM BARGE IN RIVER, DROWNS
Clyde Woodward Meets Death Accidentally This Afternoon While Unloading Wood From Barge at Levee - Was Formerly Farmer Near Lewiston
DRAG RIVER TO RECOVER BODY
Clyde Woodward, an employee of the W. A. Hodgins Transfer Company residing at 217 West Tenth Street, aged about 35, was accidentally drowned at 2:10 p. m. today when he fell from a barge tied up at the levee near the foot of Center Ave. into the icy waters of the Mississippi River.
Mr. Woodward was engaged in unloading cordwood from the barge on to wagons when the accident occurred. The light rain this afternoon had made the floor of the barge exceedingly slippery and it is believed by fellow workmen that in tugging at a stick of wood near the edge of the barge, Woodward's feet slipped and he was thrown into the water.
River Being Dragged
The fire department was notified immediately of the drowning and the river was soon being dragged. Up till 3:45 p. m., the body had not yet been found.
According to Ed Nesbit, a fellow employee who was helping Mr. Woodward unload the wood to the wagons, a teamster, Al Frank, had just drawn up to the barge for wood. Mr. Woodward, Nesbit said, was working on the far side of the barge and had just placed a stick of cordwood on the wagon and returned for another, when the two men heard a cry and a splash.
Came Up Only Once
"We just saw him go under when we got to the other side of the barge," Nesbitt said afterward, and in a minute, he came up again several feet out from the barge. He went down again at once and that was the last we saw of him. Frank took the team and drove up to notify the office and try to get some help, but it was too late."
Mr. Woodward had been in the employ of the Hodgins Transfer Company for some time. He was, until a year and a half ago, a farmer residing six miles south of Lewiston, but at that time came to Winona to make his home.
He is survived by a wife and five small children, his mother, and a brother, George Woodward, who resides on a farm near Stockton.
WINONAN SLIPS FROM BARGE IN RIVER, DROWNS
Clyde Woodward Meets Death Accidentally This Afternoon While Unloading Wood From Barge at Levee - Was Formerly Farmer Near Lewiston
DRAG RIVER TO RECOVER BODY
Clyde Woodward, an employee of the W. A. Hodgins Transfer Company residing at 217 West Tenth Street, aged about 35, was accidentally drowned at 2:10 p. m. today when he fell from a barge tied up at the levee near the foot of Center Ave. into the icy waters of the Mississippi River.
Mr. Woodward was engaged in unloading cordwood from the barge on to wagons when the accident occurred. The light rain this afternoon had made the floor of the barge exceedingly slippery and it is believed by fellow workmen that in tugging at a stick of wood near the edge of the barge, Woodward's feet slipped and he was thrown into the water.
River Being Dragged
The fire department was notified immediately of the drowning and the river was soon being dragged. Up till 3:45 p. m., the body had not yet been found.
According to Ed Nesbit, a fellow employee who was helping Mr. Woodward unload the wood to the wagons, a teamster, Al Frank, had just drawn up to the barge for wood. Mr. Woodward, Nesbit said, was working on the far side of the barge and had just placed a stick of cordwood on the wagon and returned for another, when the two men heard a cry and a splash.
Came Up Only Once
"We just saw him go under when we got to the other side of the barge," Nesbitt said afterward, and in a minute, he came up again several feet out from the barge. He went down again at once and that was the last we saw of him. Frank took the team and drove up to notify the office and try to get some help, but it was too late."
Mr. Woodward had been in the employ of the Hodgins Transfer Company for some time. He was, until a year and a half ago, a farmer residing six miles south of Lewiston, but at that time came to Winona to make his home.
He is survived by a wife and five small children, his mother, and a brother, George Woodward, who resides on a farm near Stockton.
From the Winona Republican-Herald Dated Wednesday, March 30, 1921:
WINONAN SLIPS FROM BARGE IN RIVER, DROWNS
Clyde Woodward Meets Death Accidentally This Afternoon While Unloading Wood From Barge at Levee - Was Formerly Farmer Near Lewiston
DRAG RIVER TO RECOVER BODY
Clyde Woodward, an employee of the W. A. Hodgins Transfer Company residing at 217 West Tenth Street, aged about 35, was accidentally drowned at 2:10 p. m. today when he fell from a barge tied up at the levee near the foot of Center Ave. into the icy waters of the Mississippi River.
Mr. Woodward was engaged in unloading cordwood from the barge on to wagons when the accident occurred. The light rain this afternoon had made the floor of the barge exceedingly slippery and it is believed by fellow workmen that in tugging at a stick of wood near the edge of the barge, Woodward's feet slipped and he was thrown into the water.
River Being Dragged
The fire department was notified immediately of the drowning and the river was soon being dragged. Up till 3:45 p. m., the body had not yet been found.
According to Ed Nesbit, a fellow employee who was helping Mr. Woodward unload the wood to the wagons, a teamster, Al Frank, had just drawn up to the barge for wood. Mr. Woodward, Nesbit said, was working on the far side of the barge and had just placed a stick of cordwood on the wagon and returned for another, when the two men heard a cry and a splash.
Came Up Only Once
"We just saw him go under when we got to the other side of the barge," Nesbitt said afterward, and in a minute, he came up again several feet out from the barge. He went down again at once and that was the last we saw of him. Frank took the team and drove up to notify the office and try to get some help, but it was too late."
Mr. Woodward had been in the employ of the Hodgins Transfer Company for some time. He was, until a year and a half ago, a farmer residing six miles south of Lewiston, but at that time came to Winona to make his home.
He is survived by a wife and five small children, his mother, and a brother, George Woodward, who resides on a farm near Stockton.
WINONAN SLIPS FROM BARGE IN RIVER, DROWNS
Clyde Woodward Meets Death Accidentally This Afternoon While Unloading Wood From Barge at Levee - Was Formerly Farmer Near Lewiston
DRAG RIVER TO RECOVER BODY
Clyde Woodward, an employee of the W. A. Hodgins Transfer Company residing at 217 West Tenth Street, aged about 35, was accidentally drowned at 2:10 p. m. today when he fell from a barge tied up at the levee near the foot of Center Ave. into the icy waters of the Mississippi River.
Mr. Woodward was engaged in unloading cordwood from the barge on to wagons when the accident occurred. The light rain this afternoon had made the floor of the barge exceedingly slippery and it is believed by fellow workmen that in tugging at a stick of wood near the edge of the barge, Woodward's feet slipped and he was thrown into the water.
River Being Dragged
The fire department was notified immediately of the drowning and the river was soon being dragged. Up till 3:45 p. m., the body had not yet been found.
According to Ed Nesbit, a fellow employee who was helping Mr. Woodward unload the wood to the wagons, a teamster, Al Frank, had just drawn up to the barge for wood. Mr. Woodward, Nesbit said, was working on the far side of the barge and had just placed a stick of cordwood on the wagon and returned for another, when the two men heard a cry and a splash.
Came Up Only Once
"We just saw him go under when we got to the other side of the barge," Nesbitt said afterward, and in a minute, he came up again several feet out from the barge. He went down again at once and that was the last we saw of him. Frank took the team and drove up to notify the office and try to get some help, but it was too late."
Mr. Woodward had been in the employ of the Hodgins Transfer Company for some time. He was, until a year and a half ago, a farmer residing six miles south of Lewiston, but at that time came to Winona to make his home.
He is survived by a wife and five small children, his mother, and a brother, George Woodward, who resides on a farm near Stockton.
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Age: 30 Cause of Death: Drowned
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