"Canoe Sinks and Two Men Drown - Clyde, Sept. 20 — This morning, about 8 o'clock, as a gas tug on the Barge canal in this section was bringing an 8 o'clock shift of men to Clyde and towing a row boat containing five men, the row boat sank about two miles west of Clyde and-two men were drowned. Abbramo DeLuca, an Italian, leaves a wife and six children. The other man was a Pole and a stranger in this section. L. W. Desmond, and Miller & Powers of Clyde, went to the place where the men were drowned about 9 o'clock this morning and endeavored to locate the bodies, but were unsuccessful. About 1 o'clock this afternoon the bodies were recovered by some Barge Canal men. The Pole had $477 in bills on his person. Connie Winchell of Rose has been notified." (Sep. 17. 1917, The Newark Courier, NY)
"Canoe Sinks and Two Men Drown - Clyde, Sept. 20 — This morning, about 8 o'clock, as a gas tug on the Barge canal in this section was bringing an 8 o'clock shift of men to Clyde and towing a row boat containing five men, the row boat sank about two miles west of Clyde and-two men were drowned. Abbramo DeLuca, an Italian, leaves a wife and six children. The other man was a Pole and a stranger in this section. L. W. Desmond, and Miller & Powers of Clyde, went to the place where the men were drowned about 9 o'clock this morning and endeavored to locate the bodies, but were unsuccessful. About 1 o'clock this afternoon the bodies were recovered by some Barge Canal men. The Pole had $477 in bills on his person. Connie Winchell of Rose has been notified." (Sep. 17. 1917, The Newark Courier, NY)
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