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CHILD DROWBED ‘--* I (Near the ludiaa Meek Avonue Bridie® | Over Branford kviver#Anna Helen Sieucek, aged 61-2 years | oldest daughter uf of Martin Sieucek., j of Rogers street, an employe at tbe 1 f Allaatic Wire mill, was drowned I Tuesday afternoon from the draw- j bridge across the Brauford river, ,Toe child who was tne oldest of a family of fonr, was on the bridge with her younger sister aged about 5. Her little sister after the accident ran to'-l her home to tell her mother, Brank j Nick an empoye at the Galvanizing department of the M* 1* B., saw ti.e : mother aDd child ruunnlog. He jump- » ed into a rowboat and bR8teoed 10 the bridge- He saw tbe child rise to thesurface and go down agate, but by the time he had reached tbe spot she J eame up again. He caught the child s J dress and lifted her Into the boat and made for shore. Dr. Evaus was called but tbe iiltle girl was dead, assistance j had reached her too late, ITbe mother was on the scene when the child’s body was recovered and she j was frantic with grief. She said it j wa$ the first time her children had ever been on the bridge. Tbe body was j removed to the home on Rogers street. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Ref. G. W. j Bar hydt officiated.
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Branford Opinion and Guilford Echo
Branford, Connecticut, US
Fri, Aug 14, 1908
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