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St. Joseph Herald
Saturday, July 28, 1888


              Keeper CHAS. MORTON, of the Holland Life-Saving
            Station, formerly of the St. Joseph crew, met with
            a sad affliction by the drowning of his little boy,
            GEORGE H. MORTON, on Saturday last. It seems that
            the little fellow was in a small boat alone, just
            inside the pier, in Black Lake, when the steamer 
            Taylor, followed closely by the H. W. Williams,
            came into port and the action of the water from
            their motion, it is surmised, disturbed the boat
            so as to throw the boy out of it into the water.
            Missing him from about the house a short time after-
            wards MRS. MORTON made search but could find no
            trace of the boy aside from the empty boat, which
            he was in the habit of using. It contained only
            one oar. Fearing the worst the mother telephoned
            her husband - who had gone to Holland, six miles
            distant, on business - who promptly returned and
            made search and in about two hours recovered the
            body of his son at the point where the boat lay.
            The remains were brought to St. Joseph on Sunday,
            for interment, the funeral services occurring 
            from the Congregational Church, Rev. J. V. HICK-
            MOTT officiating. The boy's age was 4 years, 8
            months and 10 days.
            
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