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Father, Mother And Three Chil dren Victims Of Sunday Tragedy In Dola PAIR DIE IN ROUGH LAKE Dayton Couple Drowned At St. Marys. Companions Saved By Quartet Seven persons, including an en tire family—mother, father and three small daughters—met death violently in week-end tragedies of the Lima distret. The dead: Cloyce Getz, 30, who resided four miles north of Kenton in Route 31. Mrs. Anna Faye Getz, 24, big wife. Loretta, six. Marjorie Ann, four, and Claudetta, two, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Getz, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blake, of Dayton, who drowned in Lake St. Marys when their outboard motor boat capsized during a Sunday afternoon storm. Witnesses said an auto in which the Getz family was riding south in Anthony st, Dola, about 8 p. m. Sunday, pulled on the Pennsyl vania railroad tracks directly in the path of « fast eastbound pass senger train, BODIES THROWN OUT OF AUTO Bodies of the five were thrown clear of the auto which was hurled into a switch, near the crossing, and burst into flames. The speed ing train collided with the rear of Getz’s car, Getz and the three children were dead when bystanders reached them. Mrs. Getz died in an am bulance before she could be re moved from the accident scene. All died of skull fractures and broken backs. Loren Benjamin, of Dola, a wit ness, said he heard a sound re sembling screeching brakes imme diately proceeding the crash. A slight rain was falling, he said. Coroner K. W. Preston, of Har dinco, gave a verdict of accidental death after the train's engineer sad he saw the ill-fated auto move onto the tracks, then stop. The engineer, whose name was not learned, said he thought the auto had ample time to clear the cross ing had it not been stopped. BODIES TAKEN TO ADA MORTUARIES Bodies of the three children were taken to the Lantz Funeral home, in Ada, while those of the husband and wife were removed to the Preston Funeral home, also in Ada. The Dola crossing at which the five met death, is five miles east of Ada. The St. Marys tragedy occurred about 3:15 p. m., when a sudden wind and rainstorm swept the lake, sending scores of fishermen hurrying for shore. The Blakes, who were in a boat with Mr. and Mrs. Michael Guyer, also of Dayton, saw the storm ap proaching but were overtaken be fore they reached safety. Their outboard motor boat was capsized about a quarter mile off shore, north of Schwepe’s landing, along the south edge of the lake. Four fishermen, Bugo Skinner, Benjamin McIntyre, Jr, Fred Alt hoff and Ralph Robey reached shore just ahead of the storm. They had been fishing in the same vicinity as the Dayton Continued On Page Four}
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The Lima News
Lima, Ohio, US
Mon, Jul 26, 1937
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