The Morning Mercury; 02 Aug 1904, Tue; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
IN THE TENNESSEE
Luther Mason Met Death While Bathing.
He Was Either Exhausted or Was Taken With Cramps and Couldn't Save Himself.
Luther Mason, a well known young man of the city met death by drowning Sunday in the Tennessee River two or three miles below Whitesburg. The tragic occurrance happened in an unusual manner and was not known to the party of young men that accompanied Mason until several hours had passed.
A crowd of about twenty young men had gone down from the city to the river bank to have a lunch and spend the day in outdoor recreation. Young Mason, Hal Papworth and Walter Lynch went in bathing a had a canoe with them. Mason was an expert swimmer and swam abaut a mile alongside the boat that was rowed by his two companions. He got into the boat then and after rowing awhile concluded to dive into the water again. The boat was overturned and Messrs. Papworth and Lynch held on to it. Mason didn't attempt to assist himself in that way and when his companions called to him if he could swim back to the bank alright he answered yes. They paid no more attention to him and not being very good swimmers, they were badly frightened and were fully occupied in looking after their own safety. They could not steer the capsized boat back to the shore, so strong was the current and while they were struggling in the water a fierce rainstorm swept upon them. They drifted down stream an hour or two and finally managed to get ashore.
They went back up to where they had left their clothes, expecting to find Mason but as time passed and he didn't appear, they became alarmed and notified the other members of the party. Young Mason's relatives in the city were notified after vain efforts had been made to find him.
The river has been dragged for three or four miles down but the body has not been found.
It is believed that the unfortunate young man was seized with the cramps shortiy after diving from the boat or that he had exhausted himself by the previovs swim and was overcome by the strong current.
The search for the body will be carried on more extensively today and lookouts have been stationed at varions points to catch the body if it floats with the stream. River men say that it will not rise to the surface for three days after drowning.
Mason was a son of Mr. Sam Mason and a nephew of Mr Tom Mason, Sr. He was about twenty years old and was a hardworking young man, held in high esteem by all who knew him. His untimely and tragic death shocked the entire city when news of it reached here Sunday.
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The Morning Mercury; 02 Aug 1904, Tue; Page 2; Huntsville, Alabama
The people of Huntsville will deeply and tenderly sympathize with the family of Mr. Sam Maon in the sad and untimely death of his young son, Luther Mason, by drowning in the Tennessee river Sunday.
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The Morning Mercury; 03 Aug 1904, Wed; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
CANNOT BE FOUND.
No Trace of the Body of Luther Mason Who Was Drowned.
Searching parties that have dragged the Tennessee River for the body of Luther Mason who was drowned Sunday, returned to the city yesterday and are about ready to give up the quest. So far not the slightest trace of the body had been found although the bottom of the river was dragged a distance of more than two miles below the point where the tragedy occurred. The only hope remaining to find the body is for some lookout to espy it when it rises and floats down stream.
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The Morning Mercury; 04 Aug 1904, Thu; Page 4; Huntsville, Alabama
MASON'S BODY FOUND
It Was Floating Eight Miles Below Whitesburg.
Brought to the City Last Night - Burial Will Take Place Today.
The body of Luther Mason, who was drowned in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg Sunday, was brought to the city yesterday evening and will be buried at Locust Grove cemetery today. The body was found nearly ten miles below the point where Mason was drowned by two fishermen who were in a canoe. It was found floating in an eddy where from fifteen to twenty other bodies have been found in the last few years. The fishermen found the body Tuesday morning and they immediately notified people along the bank and the news was finally communicated to Whitesburg and from there a note was sent to relatives of the young man in Huntsville.
Laughlin's ambulance went down to Triana yesterday and procured the body which was badly decomposed. It was brought to the city at six o'clock yesterday evening and the funeral was held from the residence of Mr. [Gare] [Geo] ? Mason last night at half past nine o'clock, Rev. H. E. Rice officiating. Interment will be made in Locust Grove cemetery today.
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Huntsville Weekly Democrat; 10 Aug 1904, Wed; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
On Wednesday morning the body of Luther Mason who was drowned on Sunday, July 31st, was found in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg, nearly ten miles from where he was drowned. The remains were interred at Locust Grove Cemetery on Thursday.
IN THE TENNESSEE
Luther Mason Met Death While Bathing.
He Was Either Exhausted or Was Taken With Cramps and Couldn't Save Himself.
Luther Mason, a well known young man of the city met death by drowning Sunday in the Tennessee River two or three miles below Whitesburg. The tragic occurrance happened in an unusual manner and was not known to the party of young men that accompanied Mason until several hours had passed.
A crowd of about twenty young men had gone down from the city to the river bank to have a lunch and spend the day in outdoor recreation. Young Mason, Hal Papworth and Walter Lynch went in bathing a had a canoe with them. Mason was an expert swimmer and swam abaut a mile alongside the boat that was rowed by his two companions. He got into the boat then and after rowing awhile concluded to dive into the water again. The boat was overturned and Messrs. Papworth and Lynch held on to it. Mason didn't attempt to assist himself in that way and when his companions called to him if he could swim back to the bank alright he answered yes. They paid no more attention to him and not being very good swimmers, they were badly frightened and were fully occupied in looking after their own safety. They could not steer the capsized boat back to the shore, so strong was the current and while they were struggling in the water a fierce rainstorm swept upon them. They drifted down stream an hour or two and finally managed to get ashore.
They went back up to where they had left their clothes, expecting to find Mason but as time passed and he didn't appear, they became alarmed and notified the other members of the party. Young Mason's relatives in the city were notified after vain efforts had been made to find him.
The river has been dragged for three or four miles down but the body has not been found.
It is believed that the unfortunate young man was seized with the cramps shortiy after diving from the boat or that he had exhausted himself by the previovs swim and was overcome by the strong current.
The search for the body will be carried on more extensively today and lookouts have been stationed at varions points to catch the body if it floats with the stream. River men say that it will not rise to the surface for three days after drowning.
Mason was a son of Mr. Sam Mason and a nephew of Mr Tom Mason, Sr. He was about twenty years old and was a hardworking young man, held in high esteem by all who knew him. His untimely and tragic death shocked the entire city when news of it reached here Sunday.
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The Morning Mercury; 02 Aug 1904, Tue; Page 2; Huntsville, Alabama
The people of Huntsville will deeply and tenderly sympathize with the family of Mr. Sam Maon in the sad and untimely death of his young son, Luther Mason, by drowning in the Tennessee river Sunday.
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The Morning Mercury; 03 Aug 1904, Wed; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
CANNOT BE FOUND.
No Trace of the Body of Luther Mason Who Was Drowned.
Searching parties that have dragged the Tennessee River for the body of Luther Mason who was drowned Sunday, returned to the city yesterday and are about ready to give up the quest. So far not the slightest trace of the body had been found although the bottom of the river was dragged a distance of more than two miles below the point where the tragedy occurred. The only hope remaining to find the body is for some lookout to espy it when it rises and floats down stream.
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The Morning Mercury; 04 Aug 1904, Thu; Page 4; Huntsville, Alabama
MASON'S BODY FOUND
It Was Floating Eight Miles Below Whitesburg.
Brought to the City Last Night - Burial Will Take Place Today.
The body of Luther Mason, who was drowned in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg Sunday, was brought to the city yesterday evening and will be buried at Locust Grove cemetery today. The body was found nearly ten miles below the point where Mason was drowned by two fishermen who were in a canoe. It was found floating in an eddy where from fifteen to twenty other bodies have been found in the last few years. The fishermen found the body Tuesday morning and they immediately notified people along the bank and the news was finally communicated to Whitesburg and from there a note was sent to relatives of the young man in Huntsville.
Laughlin's ambulance went down to Triana yesterday and procured the body which was badly decomposed. It was brought to the city at six o'clock yesterday evening and the funeral was held from the residence of Mr. [Gare] [Geo] ? Mason last night at half past nine o'clock, Rev. H. E. Rice officiating. Interment will be made in Locust Grove cemetery today.
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Huntsville Weekly Democrat; 10 Aug 1904, Wed; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
On Wednesday morning the body of Luther Mason who was drowned on Sunday, July 31st, was found in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg, nearly ten miles from where he was drowned. The remains were interred at Locust Grove Cemetery on Thursday.
The Morning Mercury; 02 Aug 1904, Tue; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
IN THE TENNESSEE
Luther Mason Met Death While Bathing.
He Was Either Exhausted or Was Taken With Cramps and Couldn't Save Himself.
Luther Mason, a well known young man of the city met death by drowning Sunday in the Tennessee River two or three miles below Whitesburg. The tragic occurrance happened in an unusual manner and was not known to the party of young men that accompanied Mason until several hours had passed.
A crowd of about twenty young men had gone down from the city to the river bank to have a lunch and spend the day in outdoor recreation. Young Mason, Hal Papworth and Walter Lynch went in bathing a had a canoe with them. Mason was an expert swimmer and swam abaut a mile alongside the boat that was rowed by his two companions. He got into the boat then and after rowing awhile concluded to dive into the water again. The boat was overturned and Messrs. Papworth and Lynch held on to it. Mason didn't attempt to assist himself in that way and when his companions called to him if he could swim back to the bank alright he answered yes. They paid no more attention to him and not being very good swimmers, they were badly frightened and were fully occupied in looking after their own safety. They could not steer the capsized boat back to the shore, so strong was the current and while they were struggling in the water a fierce rainstorm swept upon them. They drifted down stream an hour or two and finally managed to get ashore.
They went back up to where they had left their clothes, expecting to find Mason but as time passed and he didn't appear, they became alarmed and notified the other members of the party. Young Mason's relatives in the city were notified after vain efforts had been made to find him.
The river has been dragged for three or four miles down but the body has not been found.
It is believed that the unfortunate young man was seized with the cramps shortiy after diving from the boat or that he had exhausted himself by the previovs swim and was overcome by the strong current.
The search for the body will be carried on more extensively today and lookouts have been stationed at varions points to catch the body if it floats with the stream. River men say that it will not rise to the surface for three days after drowning.
Mason was a son of Mr. Sam Mason and a nephew of Mr Tom Mason, Sr. He was about twenty years old and was a hardworking young man, held in high esteem by all who knew him. His untimely and tragic death shocked the entire city when news of it reached here Sunday.
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The Morning Mercury; 02 Aug 1904, Tue; Page 2; Huntsville, Alabama
The people of Huntsville will deeply and tenderly sympathize with the family of Mr. Sam Maon in the sad and untimely death of his young son, Luther Mason, by drowning in the Tennessee river Sunday.
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The Morning Mercury; 03 Aug 1904, Wed; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
CANNOT BE FOUND.
No Trace of the Body of Luther Mason Who Was Drowned.
Searching parties that have dragged the Tennessee River for the body of Luther Mason who was drowned Sunday, returned to the city yesterday and are about ready to give up the quest. So far not the slightest trace of the body had been found although the bottom of the river was dragged a distance of more than two miles below the point where the tragedy occurred. The only hope remaining to find the body is for some lookout to espy it when it rises and floats down stream.
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The Morning Mercury; 04 Aug 1904, Thu; Page 4; Huntsville, Alabama
MASON'S BODY FOUND
It Was Floating Eight Miles Below Whitesburg.
Brought to the City Last Night - Burial Will Take Place Today.
The body of Luther Mason, who was drowned in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg Sunday, was brought to the city yesterday evening and will be buried at Locust Grove cemetery today. The body was found nearly ten miles below the point where Mason was drowned by two fishermen who were in a canoe. It was found floating in an eddy where from fifteen to twenty other bodies have been found in the last few years. The fishermen found the body Tuesday morning and they immediately notified people along the bank and the news was finally communicated to Whitesburg and from there a note was sent to relatives of the young man in Huntsville.
Laughlin's ambulance went down to Triana yesterday and procured the body which was badly decomposed. It was brought to the city at six o'clock yesterday evening and the funeral was held from the residence of Mr. [Gare] [Geo] ? Mason last night at half past nine o'clock, Rev. H. E. Rice officiating. Interment will be made in Locust Grove cemetery today.
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Huntsville Weekly Democrat; 10 Aug 1904, Wed; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
On Wednesday morning the body of Luther Mason who was drowned on Sunday, July 31st, was found in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg, nearly ten miles from where he was drowned. The remains were interred at Locust Grove Cemetery on Thursday.
IN THE TENNESSEE
Luther Mason Met Death While Bathing.
He Was Either Exhausted or Was Taken With Cramps and Couldn't Save Himself.
Luther Mason, a well known young man of the city met death by drowning Sunday in the Tennessee River two or three miles below Whitesburg. The tragic occurrance happened in an unusual manner and was not known to the party of young men that accompanied Mason until several hours had passed.
A crowd of about twenty young men had gone down from the city to the river bank to have a lunch and spend the day in outdoor recreation. Young Mason, Hal Papworth and Walter Lynch went in bathing a had a canoe with them. Mason was an expert swimmer and swam abaut a mile alongside the boat that was rowed by his two companions. He got into the boat then and after rowing awhile concluded to dive into the water again. The boat was overturned and Messrs. Papworth and Lynch held on to it. Mason didn't attempt to assist himself in that way and when his companions called to him if he could swim back to the bank alright he answered yes. They paid no more attention to him and not being very good swimmers, they were badly frightened and were fully occupied in looking after their own safety. They could not steer the capsized boat back to the shore, so strong was the current and while they were struggling in the water a fierce rainstorm swept upon them. They drifted down stream an hour or two and finally managed to get ashore.
They went back up to where they had left their clothes, expecting to find Mason but as time passed and he didn't appear, they became alarmed and notified the other members of the party. Young Mason's relatives in the city were notified after vain efforts had been made to find him.
The river has been dragged for three or four miles down but the body has not been found.
It is believed that the unfortunate young man was seized with the cramps shortiy after diving from the boat or that he had exhausted himself by the previovs swim and was overcome by the strong current.
The search for the body will be carried on more extensively today and lookouts have been stationed at varions points to catch the body if it floats with the stream. River men say that it will not rise to the surface for three days after drowning.
Mason was a son of Mr. Sam Mason and a nephew of Mr Tom Mason, Sr. He was about twenty years old and was a hardworking young man, held in high esteem by all who knew him. His untimely and tragic death shocked the entire city when news of it reached here Sunday.
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The Morning Mercury; 02 Aug 1904, Tue; Page 2; Huntsville, Alabama
The people of Huntsville will deeply and tenderly sympathize with the family of Mr. Sam Maon in the sad and untimely death of his young son, Luther Mason, by drowning in the Tennessee river Sunday.
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The Morning Mercury; 03 Aug 1904, Wed; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
CANNOT BE FOUND.
No Trace of the Body of Luther Mason Who Was Drowned.
Searching parties that have dragged the Tennessee River for the body of Luther Mason who was drowned Sunday, returned to the city yesterday and are about ready to give up the quest. So far not the slightest trace of the body had been found although the bottom of the river was dragged a distance of more than two miles below the point where the tragedy occurred. The only hope remaining to find the body is for some lookout to espy it when it rises and floats down stream.
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The Morning Mercury; 04 Aug 1904, Thu; Page 4; Huntsville, Alabama
MASON'S BODY FOUND
It Was Floating Eight Miles Below Whitesburg.
Brought to the City Last Night - Burial Will Take Place Today.
The body of Luther Mason, who was drowned in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg Sunday, was brought to the city yesterday evening and will be buried at Locust Grove cemetery today. The body was found nearly ten miles below the point where Mason was drowned by two fishermen who were in a canoe. It was found floating in an eddy where from fifteen to twenty other bodies have been found in the last few years. The fishermen found the body Tuesday morning and they immediately notified people along the bank and the news was finally communicated to Whitesburg and from there a note was sent to relatives of the young man in Huntsville.
Laughlin's ambulance went down to Triana yesterday and procured the body which was badly decomposed. It was brought to the city at six o'clock yesterday evening and the funeral was held from the residence of Mr. [Gare] [Geo] ? Mason last night at half past nine o'clock, Rev. H. E. Rice officiating. Interment will be made in Locust Grove cemetery today.
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Huntsville Weekly Democrat; 10 Aug 1904, Wed; Page 3; Huntsville, Alabama
On Wednesday morning the body of Luther Mason who was drowned on Sunday, July 31st, was found in the Tennessee River near Whitesburg, nearly ten miles from where he was drowned. The remains were interred at Locust Grove Cemetery on Thursday.
