Drowned – On Wednesday morning last, a little girl and boy, children of Mr. Geo.
Holdeman, of Olive township, in attempting to cross Baugo Creek, on their way to
school, were, by the sudden displacement of a plank on the foot bridge, precipitated in the
stream & drowned. The bodies of the little sufferers were rescued very soon after the sad
occurrence. This sudden bereavement fall with a crushing weight on the afflicted parents.
Goshen Democrat
Drowning of Two Children.
A sad affair occurred in Olive Township on Wednesday morning of last week,
after the great storm. A little boy and girl, ages seven and nine years, children of George
Holdeman started for school across the Baugo, the only bridge being a plank, from which
bothe fell in and perished, no one being near to aid them. The dinner basket was found on
the opposite bank, which it is supposed the little boy had deposited and then gone back to
aid his sister. The body of the girl was found in about an hour near where she had fallen,
and that of the boy a few rods down the stream.
Goshen Times