Thanks to contributor #47343179;
Death claimed another victim in a sand pit Sunday afternoon, when Gus Boelts, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Boelts, who reside near Archer, was drowned in a sand pit on Prairie Creek, ten miles southeast of Palmer, about 3 p.m.
With a group of friends, young Boelts had gone to the lake and, although unable to swim, had been in the water some time before the drowning occured. A man near him saw him go down and said it appeared as if he were trying to swim under the water. He disappeared however, and never came up. Unable to recover the body, the Central City fire department was called. Hay rakes were used to drag
the bottom of the pit and nearly two hours later, the body was recovered in the deep water some distance from where the youth went down. Two doctors in attendance said efforts to resuscitate the lad were useless, as he had been in the water for nearly two hours.
The unfortunate lad had attended Central City high school for the past three years and would have graduated with the class of 1937.
Suviving are his parents, one brother and two sisters. He was a nephew of John Boelts, former senator from Merrick County. --G.I. Ind.
The Palmer Journal, July 23, 1936, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
Death claimed another victim in a sand pit Sunday afternoon, when Gus Boelts, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Boelts, who reside near Archer, was drowned in a sand pit on Prairie Creek, ten miles southeast of Palmer, about 3 p.m.
With a group of friends, young Boelts had gone to the lake and, although unable to swim, had been in the water some time before the drowning occured. A man near him saw him go down and said it appeared as if he were trying to swim under the water. He disappeared however, and never came up. Unable to recover the body, the Central City fire department was called. Hay rakes were used to drag
the bottom of the pit and nearly two hours later, the body was recovered in the deep water some distance from where the youth went down. Two doctors in attendance said efforts to resuscitate the lad were useless, as he had been in the water for nearly two hours.
The unfortunate lad had attended Central City high school for the past three years and would have graduated with the class of 1937.
Suviving are his parents, one brother and two sisters. He was a nephew of John Boelts, former senator from Merrick County. --G.I. Ind.
The Palmer Journal, July 23, 1936, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
Thanks to contributor #47343179;
Death claimed another victim in a sand pit Sunday afternoon, when Gus Boelts, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Boelts, who reside near Archer, was drowned in a sand pit on Prairie Creek, ten miles southeast of Palmer, about 3 p.m.
With a group of friends, young Boelts had gone to the lake and, although unable to swim, had been in the water some time before the drowning occured. A man near him saw him go down and said it appeared as if he were trying to swim under the water. He disappeared however, and never came up. Unable to recover the body, the Central City fire department was called. Hay rakes were used to drag
the bottom of the pit and nearly two hours later, the body was recovered in the deep water some distance from where the youth went down. Two doctors in attendance said efforts to resuscitate the lad were useless, as he had been in the water for nearly two hours.
The unfortunate lad had attended Central City high school for the past three years and would have graduated with the class of 1937.
Suviving are his parents, one brother and two sisters. He was a nephew of John Boelts, former senator from Merrick County. --G.I. Ind.
The Palmer Journal, July 23, 1936, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
Death claimed another victim in a sand pit Sunday afternoon, when Gus Boelts, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Boelts, who reside near Archer, was drowned in a sand pit on Prairie Creek, ten miles southeast of Palmer, about 3 p.m.
With a group of friends, young Boelts had gone to the lake and, although unable to swim, had been in the water some time before the drowning occured. A man near him saw him go down and said it appeared as if he were trying to swim under the water. He disappeared however, and never came up. Unable to recover the body, the Central City fire department was called. Hay rakes were used to drag
the bottom of the pit and nearly two hours later, the body was recovered in the deep water some distance from where the youth went down. Two doctors in attendance said efforts to resuscitate the lad were useless, as he had been in the water for nearly two hours.
The unfortunate lad had attended Central City high school for the past three years and would have graduated with the class of 1937.
Suviving are his parents, one brother and two sisters. He was a nephew of John Boelts, former senator from Merrick County. --G.I. Ind.
The Palmer Journal, July 23, 1936, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
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