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The Jackson Daily Citizen
Monday, 12 July, 1869

         Man Drowned
         
         Yesterday afternoon, during the administration of the
       ordinance of baptism at the river, the alarm was raised
       by some little boys, who came running down from the park,
       that a man was drowned in the mill pond. Immediately a
       large party repaired to the spot, which is at the old 
       dam, near the northern extremity of the park. The story 
       of the boys was to the effect that the man came to where 
       they were swimming and, undressing himself, said he couldn't
       swim, but would come in and wash. As is well known, there
       is at this place a large space of planking with about three
       feet of water over it, and at the edge of this there is
       about twenty feet of water, said to be the deepest hole
       in the pond. The boys say they told him of this hole, 
       but he ventured out in search of deeper water, as he said,
       and found it at the cost of his life. He sank and rose,
       and then sank again, when the boys ran down and raised
       the alarm. Two young men, named OSCAR DRISCOLL and WILLIAM
       GREGG, went into the water immediately upon their arrival
       to search for the body of the unfortunate man and after
       some search MR. GREGG caught sight of him and diving,
       brought him out of nearly twenty feet of water. Every
       effort was made to resuscitate the lifeless remains,
       but to no purpose, the deceased had lain in the water
       about twenty minutes, and DRS. PALMER, AVERY and DAVIS
       who had arrived upon the scene, pronounced life to be
       quite extinct.
       
         The name of the unfortunate victim of this calamity
       was OWEN BOLAN, who has been employed for some time as
       teamster at the tannery, until a few weeks ago, since
       when he has been employed upon the new railroads. He
       boarded on Railroad street. He was about 30 years of
       age, and leaves a wife and child in Cleveland, Ohio.
       
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