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Identifier
20031235
Description
Leroy Pointer and three friends took a row boat down the Trinity River, Sunday afternoon. They were near the Holly pumping station at Clear Fork of the Trinity River when their boat began taking on water. Leroy, sixteen, swam to shore after the boat sank. He went back into the cold river to assist eleven year old David Whitaker, who was unconscious. David's brother, Herbert Whitaker, fifteen, drowned in the river. Leroy is shown at St. Joseph's Hospital where he is receiving treatment for shock. An unknown woman is standing behind him. The fourth boy, Johnny Janes is also receiving treatment at St. Joseph's. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, February 5, 1945.
Archival Date
1945-02-03
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-316
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Drowning; Drowning Victims; Accidents; Hospitals; Rivers
Names
Pointer, Leroy; Whitaker, Herbert; Whitaker, David; Janes, Johnny; St. Joseph's Hospital; Trinity River (Tex.); Trinity River, Clear Fork (Tex.); Holly Pumping Plant
Subjects
Drowning; Drowning Victims; Accidents; Hospitals; Rivers