Payette County ID Archives News.....Fire Department Recovers Body April 21, 1938
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Independent Enterprise April 21, 1938
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, April 21, 1938

Fire Department Recovers Body

Recovery of the body of Ira Cunningham, drowned last Thursday in the Snake 
River when a ferry boat capsized, was effected Sunday morning by Harley Lowe 
and Dale Watts, members of the Payette Fire Department.

Lowe and Watts brought Cunningham’s body to the surface of the river with the 
first cast of their draglines Sunday morning, after searchers had combed the 
river’s bottom steadily since the drowning occurred April 14.

Cunningham, who lived on Cunningham Island, about one mile north on the river 
from the Nyssa bridge, was drowned when a post holding the ferry cable broke 
and threw Cunningham, his wife, and some machinery they were ferrying across 
the river into the water. Cunningham helped his wife to safety before drowning, 
according to reports. 

The drowned man is survived by his widow and a step-child.
(Nyssa cemetery)


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