Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Berg, Austin 1910
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Payette Enterprise  8-11-1910
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, August 11, 1910

YOUNG MAN DROWNED

Last Friday afternoon while attending a picnic given by the Fruitland Sunday 
School in Orcutt's grove, Austin Berg, the seventeen year old son of Mr. and 
Mrs. W. Berg living on the bench near Fruitland was drowned in Washoe Slough. 
The young man had gone in bathing with some companions and as he could not 
swim had been advised to keep in the shallow water. He got beyond his depth 
and shouted for help. His companions at first thought he was joking, but 
workmen working at the icing station noticed his genuine distress and hastened 
to his rescue. Before they could get to him he sank and was in the water fully 
twenty minutes before they could locate him. It is a sad accident and the 
family have the sympathy of many in this community.

The funeral services were held at the home on Saturday, afternoon and 
interment was made in the cemetery at New Plymouth.

Additional Comments:
Note:  Burial at Parkview Cemetery. ch

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