Newlin - Maggie
Source: Pharos-Tribune Friday June 15, 1894 p 9
Crawfordsville, Ind June – the first fatal case of sunstroke season at Crawfordsville was that of Maggie Newlin on Wednesday. She was wading in the branch with several other girls and suddenly fell over prostrated by the heat. She lived but two hours after the stroke.
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal 13 June 1894 p 4
John Newlin lives north of the Monon fill with his family and Maggie Newlin is his 14-year-old daughter. This afternoon Maggie with a party of young friends was wading in the creek at a shallow point. The sun was broiling hot and suddenly Maggie was observed by her companions to fall forward on her face. She was very nearly drowned but was finally dragged out and carried to her home. Lewis Beecher, the grocer, appearing on the scene and assisting the children. The girl was unconscious and medical aid was hastily summoned. It is an unmistakable case of sun stroke and at 3 o’clock the girl was lying in a precarious condition.