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/ ' i P. rharnmmTHE LAKE 81IYOUTHOLIFE WHILEI.tWalter Norrelund, 15-Vear-0lditBoy, Is Drowned While inSwimming at Foot ofI •Main Street.BODY IS RECOVEREDUnable to buttle with u huge breaker which hwept him off his foot at a point iru feet froM shore in the lakeat tho foot of Aialu street, Walter Norrelund, 15 yearn old, residing In the Sheridan apart intuits, Main street, Kvannton. was drowned Sunday morning shortly before 11 o'clock. Two Misters of the victim, Misses Marion and Julia Norrelund, wore on the shore and witnessed the drowning. Bo frantic wore the young women when their brother failed to appear on the surface of the water aftor he had been knocked down by the breaker that they waded out Into the lake until the water was up to their necks In a vain attempt to rescue him. Sidney Peurson, 828 1 Unman avenue, a companion of the Norrelund youth, also narrowly escaped drowning when he tried to rescue the dying buther.The body was not recovered until 2:56 o’clock In the afternoon, almost lour hours after the drowning, when It wuM washed ashore in a heaving breaker. It is thought that Norrelund was caught by the undertow, which rnudo the search by .1, T. Whalen, a member of the Evanston life suvlng crew', almost useless. At the time of the accident, the Evanston crow were on a call at Rogers Park. Whalen was left in charge of the station. Me rushed to the scene with grappling hooks and other rescuing paraphernalia* but was unable to locate therlt;body.LEfforts Failed.Efforts to resuscitate the youth withthe newly purchased lung motor were0futile because death hud resulted bo long before the body was secured.The machine worked to perfection, but despite the heroic efforts of Fire Mar. sliai Harrison, Dr. C. T. Rooino, Dr.Gcorgo F. Tyson and others, who la-bored for two hours and one-half operating with the life saving device, they were unable to restore life.1 have read of the rescue effected with the pulmotors and lung motors after five hours, said Dr. Roorne afterwards, hut I think the statementsmust be stretched. The lung motor worked splendidly Buuday and you could note the movement in the lungs us they filled with air, but conditions of the different organs of the body ufter it had been in the watcf for so long, made the tusk of resuscitation almost hopeless.With his companion, Sidney Pearson, young Norrelund went to tho lake shortly before 11 o’clock Sunday morning. His two sisters also accompanied him and sat on the shore while tho boys went into the water. H. C. Knwell, 54-12 North Paulina street, Chicago, and C. S. McDonald of Evanston were* in the lake, bathing. The four went out onto the sand bar and then started to swim back to shore. The largo waves kept knocking Norrelund down and when young Pearson went to his rescue, both wore caught by a breaker. Weak and exhausted, Norrelund caught Pearson by the neck and In the struggle Pearson broke away. In another attempt to rescue Norrelund, Pearson was almost drowned when Norrelund clung to hisIbody of the youth. The lifo savor did not heed the suggestion that the object probably was tho body and thus prevented the recovering of the body. Three-quarters of an hour later the object was wjtshed ashore and proved to bo tho body of the victim.When Aldertnan Burns suggested to the life saver that the object in the lake might bo the boy’s body, it is said that all that was done toward investigating tho suggestion was to shield his eyes with his hands and then reply that the object wus only refuse which hud collected in one clump. Tho third ward councilman was not satisfied with tho opinion of the life saver and securing a pair of field glasses sought out the object. Firmly convinced that his first calculations were correct, he again urged tho life saver to action, but he was not to be moved.1,000 at Scene of Accident.It is estimated that the crowd which gathered on the shore during the afternoon while tho search was being conducted, totalled more than a thousand persons. All autolsts driving In Sheridan road stopped to inquire Into the crowd and many walt-lt; d and watched Dr results. At one time- Sheridan road was almost blocked to traffle because of tho long lino of autos and vehicles on eachside of tho street. **.The Inquest wan conducted in Chicago Monday. Young Norrelund is said to have boon an exceedingly bright young man. Ho was employed in the generul offices of the C., li. and Q. Railroad company in Chicago and wus a favorite with his employers. He resided in Evanston with three sisters, all trained nurse*, who maintain tho home in Main street. Tho mother is dead and the rather an invalid who iu a patient In u Chicago hospital. The grief-stricken young women are well known to many Evanston families where they have rendered* professional duties. So favorably are they known to many families, that scores of messages of rondoloneo were sent to the homo after tho accident.Howard Osborn, tho crack Northwestern university half-mile runner, who has charge of tho public bathing beach at Kenilworth this summer, resiled two young women from drowning Sunday * afternoon at Kenilworth. They were Miss Virginia Ghee, daughter of Mr. and~Mrs. Milton P. Ghee of Kenilworth and Miss fid 1th Rantln of Brooklyn, who is vis. iuing In .the home of her uncle, Chas. F. Southward in Konllworth. With the aid of Walter Evnnfc nnd Bert Ban-jii'BM, Osborn rescued Miss Bautin after he had carried Miss Ghee to safety. Roth young women were caught by the heavy undertow and were not strong enough to battle with it.Funeral services for Waiter Norrcw land were held In fifro family apart-Ka:Atldlt;nlt;adiatwluTteFIclWatutrWiJ«MHUhnRiACllR.wlt;inKithorWVIK(ofIT1lt;alaithgtfoguFtwlt;went, 526 Main street, Evanston, Mon-.r-1clay morning at 11 o'clock. • The bur iu! was in Mt. Olivet c«metery.haPiClcrlt;PiananreLOOKOUT ENDED; WORKWAS RESUMED MONDAYUniversity Dormitories Will BeCompleted by December,Says W. A, Dyche.The lockout, which stopped work ou the dormltorlea of Northwestern unlr veiBlty, lmx been ended and tho men returned to work Monday morning.The lockout in the building trades stopped work all over the county, some 20,000 men being out of work for thirty-two days. It ifl stated that everyone Is satisfied with the result of tho conference which ended the strike. In the future utrlkes will not be ordered until the question has been reviewed by an arbitration board.The work on the dormitories of tho university has received such a blowA •• I Vt /, n A si 1/AltiiA Vtttl lilt• i rr !tuYceriwtthiSciniVVwfe^beUrararpacaItbydeII
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Evanston Lake Shore News
Evanston, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 24, 1913
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