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Port Huron Daily Times
Thursday, 5 July, 1900

         CLAYTON, the 14-year-old son of ANDREW BOSHAW, of
       Willow street, was drowned at Holland Beach, at 4:30
       o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Many people heard 
       the boy call for aid, but were of the opinion that
       he was shamming.
       
         GEORGE E. PARKER, the Tenth street grocer, who re-
       covered the body, this forenoon said to The Times:
       "Between 4 and 5 o'clock a number of boys took a boat
       and rowed out into the lake to bathe. They crossed
       the channel 300 feet from shore and upset their boat
       in shallow water. One boy was left in charge of the
       boat and the others started to wade ashore, young
       BOSHAW being among the number. When the channel was
       reached the BOSHAW boy began to call for help. Many
       bathers who heard him believed he was fooling. WILL
       HARDER, who was at a cottage above the scene, made
       up his mind that the boy was in trouble. He ran down
       the beach, throwing off his clothing and shoes. He
       plunged into the water, but young BOSHAW sank before
       he could reach him. HARDER dived repeatedly but could
       not recover the body. I jumped into a row boat and
       pushing out to the channel saw the body on the bot-
       tom of the lake in 10 feet of water. I reached down
       with an oar and caught the body under the left arm,
       pulling it to the surface and taking it ashore. 
       Every effort at recusitation was made, but life was
       extinct. DR. SPENCER was called, but was unable to
       render any assistance. The remains were taken in
       charge by Undertaker THOMPSON."
       
         RANSOM HOLLAND this forenoon said: "Young BOSHAW
       drowned right before a large number of people. No
       effort was made to save him by the bathers. It is the
       custom of boys to go out into the lake and call for
       help and for this reason no attention was paid to the
       boy's cries. WILL HARDER worked hard to save the boy,
       but no one was able to tell exactly where he went
       down. Hereafter when I hear a boy calling for help I
       will go to the rescue, fooling or no fooling."
       
         The funeral will be held from St. Stephen's church
       at 8 o'clock Friday morning.
       
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