Etowah County AlArchives News.....TO SAVE THEIR BROTHER, Two Little Girls Rush in the Water--All Three Drowned August 27, 1891
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The Georgia Enterprise, August 27, 1891 August 27, 1891
     A dispatch from Attalla, Ala., says three children of STEVEN ARMSTEAD, a 
prominent citizen of that place, were drowned late Tuesday afternoon. A boy age 
ten, and the two girls, aged thirteen and fifteen, went to Big Mills Creek, a 
short distance away. The little boy went in bathing, and after disporting for a 
while in the water, he got beyond his depth and was drowned. His sisters, who 
were playing on the creek bank, a short distance away, heard the cries of their 
brother, and ran to his assistance. He was struggling when they reached the 
water’s edge. Forgetful of personal danger, the little girls plunged into the 
water to save their brother, and getting beyond their depths, they also were 
drowned.


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The Georgia Enterprise was published in Newton County Georgia from 1865 to 1905.

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