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te foreign navies now, and an Inadequate ea merchant marine from which to get aux-heEIND ONE BODY; II OTHER IN CREEKathemefrnjr-heive ty. .k -T\g ie-ny.layJldic-ai-m-THOMAS BROCK, SKA Hi'H I Klt;«WITH (ilG, I/K'ATES HELEN Sl'HRlRICH BETWEEN I/MiS.HE WILL RECEIVE $175Work at CJraml Falla S|tee*lp«l Up in Attempt to lamer Water of Stream—Reward Increased.ortea-or-tn-,tlotoIV-1«Aithantu-IGThe body of Helen Scheurich, S years old, who was drowned last Sunday afternoon. was recovered at 8 o’clock yesterday morning from Shoal creek, 150 feet south of where the body of James, i aged 8, her brother, was found Monday he ! morning. It wa» found by Thomas Brock, an employe at the Empire lHa-trlct Electric Company's plant at Lowell.The body was found near the west bank of tha creek. Block waded Into the oieeli and was gouging beneath rocks arid logs when he located It between two logs. Wire nots that had been used In dragging the creek had slipped over the same logs several times When Brock ran his gig between the logs the girl’s dress caught on its hooksOther Body Still .Mlaetng.No trace of the body of Mabel Beheu-rlch, 10 years old, who paitahad In the the1 same accident, has been found James the j J. Scheurich, the father, No LSI# Pearl ely J street, last night Increased his offer of ere i a reward to I2QP. making o total of $226 offered for the recovery of the body.Water wheels at the Empire District company's plant, near where the tragedy occurred, were speeded up last night In an attempt to lower Shoal creek's waters. When the search for the body Is resumed this morning the water gates will he closed It 1* expected the closing of outlets at the dam will cause the ( water below to drop at least eighteen I* | Inches.] A third net was placed In Ihe stream r j yesterday afternoon to prevent the tacape of the body to any point below Fillmore's bridge. Two other nets also stretch across the stream, one near the scene of the tragedy, and a second midway between the two.The system of searching will be changed this morning. Probably thirty chains, to the end* of which will he fastened hooka, will be dragged across the stream, thus penetrating many orevloes that nats fail to reach. A team will he used to haul all driftwood from the stream, to learn whether Mabel's body is being held down by some song on which her dress may have caught The start for the creek will be made earlv, Mr. Scheurich announced last night that appeals which have appeared in The Olobe have done much good andRthat many persona have responded, giving their labors, the uae of their* motor cara or food, and, In some Instances, all three. Some of the searchers were so eager last night to b»g!n wmrk early today that It haa been arranged for a motor car to leave the Brand-Dunwoodv mill at t o’clock this morning Other cars will leave about 7 o'clock Any person who volunteers te assist In the search will be taken to the scene If he goe« to the mill.Mr Scheurich authorised The Oloh* to announce that he will give a reward of(Continued on Pmce 2, Column i.jTen-into-yd-hatinmeShemebe-eee,dv.
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Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Fri, Jun 04, 1915
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