Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== St. Cloud Times May 24, 1929 LILLIAM BRAUN, FRAZEE DROWNS IN MISSISSIPPI Vernon Barrett, Companion, Swims to Shore After Effort to Rescue STOOD UP IN CRAFT Light Boat Overturns as Young Man Attempts to Escape Tragedy LILLIAN BRAUN, 17, student of St. Cloud Teachers college and resident of Frazee, Minn., was drowned in the Mississippi river between the Tenth street bridge and the Northern States Power company dam at 7 o'clock Thursday evening when the canoe in which she was riding turned over and threw the girl and her companion, VERNON BARRETT, 17, 1006 Fourth avenue south, into the water. Several people witnessed the tragedy from the bridge. BARRETT had taken another college girl for a short ride and had returned to shore, Miss BRAUN taking her place in the canoe. Other persons, waiting to use the craft, playfully threw light missles into the river, asking the pair to return to shore so that they might start their trip. Miss BRAUN is said to have stood up, trying to catch one of the pebbles thrown. BARRETT warned her to sit down and, as she did, tipped the canoe slightly. BARRETT moved to right the craft and it tipped. The pair was dumped into the water some 40 feet from shore. Clings to Craft Miss BRAUN clung to the craft for some minutes and BARRETT climbed aboard it. The young man made several attempts to save the girl and witnesses warned him to swim for shore. Two other young men entered the water but, by the time they reached the canoe the girl had disappeared. BARRETT was rushed to his home and members of the Teachers college faculty, returning from a picnic, heard of the tragedy and summoned police. Police arrived immediately and recovered the body after the third attempt with grappling hooks but Miss BRAUN had been in the water for some 30 minutes at that time. The body was recovered by JAMES KILEY and WALTER LEPINSKI. Lung Motor Fails The city lung motor was pressed into service at the direction of Dr. J. N. LIBERT, city physician, and after a lengthy effort had been made to revived the girl, she was pronounced dead. Employes of the Northern States unit at the dam, however, applied a respiratory machine for a period of three hours. Mrs. BETH GARVEY, dean of women, Teachers college, was with the girl from the time the body was taken from the water, until it was taken to the Tschumperlin funeral home, and all possible efforts at resuscitation were made. BARRETT was reported to be recovering today at his home. He was taken to the BARRETT residence last evening by his father, W. N. BARRETT, who arrived at the river shortly after the drowning. Completing First Term Miss BRAUN was completing her first term at Teachers college, and was just completing her year's work. She was born September 8, 1912, and would have been 18 years of age this summer. She was a graduate of Mount St. Benedict academy, of Crookston. Her mother, Mrs. E. H. BRAUN, lives at Frazee, Minn., and an uncle, EDWARD POPPLER, Elk River, arrived at 9 a.m. this morning and took the remains to Frazee on the 10:42 a.m. Northern Pacific train. The funeral services will be held Monday at 9 a.m. at Frazee. President GEORGE A. SELKE, of Teachers college, spoke regretfully of the drowning this morning. The entire faculty plans to attend the funeral services when they are held. ==========================================================================