Miss Flossie Crittenden Drowned While Bathing in Weber River
Special Correspondence
Coalville, Summit Co., Aug. 26. - On the 24th at Hoytsville Miss Flossie Crittenden, aged 15, was drowned while bathing in the Weber river. She and Mrs. Stewart were bathing together. They had hold of hands and were wading along when Flossie dropped into a deep hole and pulled Mrs. Stewart in with her. Mrs. Stewart managed to get hold of some willows and held herself up until help came from men who were working in the field nearby. They got Mrs. Stewart out, but Flossie was dead when they recovered her body.
(Deseret News, Aug 27, 1903; obit courtesy RTM)
Special Correspondence
Coalville, Summit Co., Aug. 26. - On the 24th at Hoytsville Miss Flossie Crittenden, aged 15, was drowned while bathing in the Weber river. She and Mrs. Stewart were bathing together. They had hold of hands and were wading along when Flossie dropped into a deep hole and pulled Mrs. Stewart in with her. Mrs. Stewart managed to get hold of some willows and held herself up until help came from men who were working in the field nearby. They got Mrs. Stewart out, but Flossie was dead when they recovered her body.
(Deseret News, Aug 27, 1903; obit courtesy RTM)
Miss Flossie Crittenden Drowned While Bathing in Weber River
Special Correspondence
Coalville, Summit Co., Aug. 26. - On the 24th at Hoytsville Miss Flossie Crittenden, aged 15, was drowned while bathing in the Weber river. She and Mrs. Stewart were bathing together. They had hold of hands and were wading along when Flossie dropped into a deep hole and pulled Mrs. Stewart in with her. Mrs. Stewart managed to get hold of some willows and held herself up until help came from men who were working in the field nearby. They got Mrs. Stewart out, but Flossie was dead when they recovered her body.
(Deseret News, Aug 27, 1903; obit courtesy RTM)
Special Correspondence
Coalville, Summit Co., Aug. 26. - On the 24th at Hoytsville Miss Flossie Crittenden, aged 15, was drowned while bathing in the Weber river. She and Mrs. Stewart were bathing together. They had hold of hands and were wading along when Flossie dropped into a deep hole and pulled Mrs. Stewart in with her. Mrs. Stewart managed to get hold of some willows and held herself up until help came from men who were working in the field nearby. They got Mrs. Stewart out, but Flossie was dead when they recovered her body.
(Deseret News, Aug 27, 1903; obit courtesy RTM)
Inscription
Dau of Wm & E J Crittenden
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
