Clark - child of Elva - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Yesterday a very sad accident occurred at Ladoga by which the two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elva Clark lost her life. The little one had been left in the door yard of the house at play while Mrs. Clark went into the garden near by to gather some vegetables for dinner. She was gone but a short time and on returning was horrified to find that the child had in some way climbed up the side of a tub full of water, which had been sitting in the yard and had fallen in. The body was lying on the bottom still in death. Mrs. Clark screamed frantically for help and lifted the dripping form of her loved one from the tub. Moaning in the agony of her grief and perfectly frenzied by the calamity she hugged the body of the child close to her bosom and refused to give it up to the neighbors who rushed in attracted by her cries and who wished to apply those restoratives usually employed in the case of drowning. Finally the body was taken by force from the distracted parent and for nearly an hour it was worked with in the hope of restoring the spark of life. The effort was in vain however, for the child was dead beyond recall. The parents are almost prostrated by their grief and the tragic event had saddened the entire community. - thanks so much to "S" but sure a sad one :(