Otis E. Choate

Creator

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Identifier

20029707

Description

Otis E. Choate, forty, a Rock Island Railway brakeman for eighteen years drowned while swimming in Eagle Mountain Lake around midnight. Mr. Choate had gone to the lake with his wife and two brothers on an outing. His brothers brought him ashore and applied artificial respiration for almost two hours, along with three ambulance attendants. The drowning was ruled an accident.

Archival Date

1946-06-11

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-36

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Drowning; Suits (Clothing); Accidents; Deaths