Richmond County GaArchives News.....Samuel Toole Drowned at Locks April 22 1911
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Augusta Chronicle, 4--2--1911, page 7A
Samuel Toole Drowned at Lock
Young Man Employed on Fishway Fell From Boat and Drowned-Samuel Bridwell Barely 
Escaped.
Samuel Toole, of 1814 Hicks Street, was drowned at the locks above the city 
yesterday afternoon shortly after 6 o'clock while crossing the canal in a 
batteau.  His body was recovered at 7:30 o'clock, 50 feet below where he fell 
in.
The body was brought to the city at once upon recovery, in a launch by Messrs 
Harris and Stafford, and turned over to the coroner, who turned it over to the 
young man's parents.  The inquest will be held at noon today.
Young Toole and his father, Samuel S Toole, were both in the employ of Mr Wm F 
Bowe, who is putting in the fishway for the city in the dam at the locks.  Mr 
Toole is foreman in the city quarry, and his son was a helper in the blacksmith 
shop, under Mr Sam Bridwell.
At 6 o'clock Samuel Toole and Mr Bridwell left the quarry, and started over in 
a batteau, Toole Sitting in the stern and paddling.  As they drew near to the 
landing the young man told Mr Bridwell to sit still and he would pass and 
fasten he boat, and in stepping over stepped onto he gunwale of the boat, 
flipped it over, and was thrown into 17 feet of water.  Mr Bridwell, who is an 
old man, was thrown in also, but he was rescued by a party at the locks who saw 
the accident and hastened to his assistance.  The young man, he was but 15 
years old, went to the bottom and all efforts to get him failed.  He was found 
on a sand bar in eight feet of water some 50 feet below where he fell in.
The accident saddened the whole camp, for every one loved the boy.  He was a 
stalwart hard working steady boy, who stuck to his work and was an efficient 
helper.
There will probably be no work done at the fishway today because of the 
accident, as the father of the young man was in the quarry as foreman while the 
youth was one of the forge force.

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