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CEDAR RAPIDS BOY DIES WHEN U. S. DESTROYER GOES DOWN1IIIIIveo F. Xowadsky, of this city, who enlisted in the United States navy June 1, 2920, is Rxnong the missing as the result of the sinking: of the U. S. Destroj'cr Woolsey which was rammed by the stf^amer St^el Inventor, 125 miles north of Panama. A message from naval authorities to that affect has been re-cei\ed by his father, Herman Now-adsky, who livt^s at 1103 North Ninth street w'est.Now'adsky w’as nineteen years old His father is employed at the Rock Islarwl railroad shops in this city. Ueo, previous to his enlistment in the navy, worked at the Sinclair packing house and on farms in this vicinity.The 'last lettef received by his father, it is said. w*as several weeks ago and he w^rote that he was starting on ft cruise and not to writ? until hf’ard from again. He was a jHTpular young man and had many friends in this city.Nowadsky was born on a farm near Ossian and was five years of age when his mother died. He was one of a family of seven children, on© of w'hom, a brother Archie, is also in the navy hlt;^dng a firemannow' stationed at Honolulu. Two other brothers, Frank anlt;l Otto are both on a farm near Walker. He has three sisters, Victoria at Du huque, Lillian at Ossian and Mrs. A. A. Nichols, 1107 North Tenth street west.V.VA. . A .'A*’.*W • . • • • ' • w ' ' V « V*c-’yyji4}® *.*A A*.V .♦ • «^a . « •I*. . I bV « » •I . . . . a . t •• • \ y .. .Vv•‘•y* -N. . • • • A » •LEO F. NOWADSKY.
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The Evening Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 01, 1921
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