Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Byram, Iola Capitola 1908
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Payette Independent 8-21-1908
Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Friday, August 21, 1908

LITTLE GIRL DROWNS IN TREACHEROUS SNAKE RIVER

While Bathing Iola Byram Accidentally Slips Off of Sand Bar Into Deep Hole - 
Mother and Brother Come Near Losing Their Lives In Efforts to Save the Child

While bathing in Snake river with her mother and brother about 4 o’clock 
Monday afternoon little nine-year-old Iola Capitola Bryam accidentally stepped 
off a sand bar into nine feet of water and was drowned, making the third death 
which has occurred at Payette by drowning in the last three weeks.

She was playing on the bar where the water was less than two feet deep and at 
the time was calling to two girl friends on the opposite bank of the river. 
Neither she nor her mother knew the bar ended with a sudden dip of nine or 10 
feet and in her eagerness she ventured a step too far, and the treacherous 
Snake claimed another life as its toll.

The little girl’s mother, Mrs. Jessie Bryam, and her brother, who is 11 years 
of age, each made desperate efforts to save her and came near losing their own 
lives. Both jumped into the deep water but could not rescue the drowning girl.

The sad accident occurred only a short distance from the family’s home and 
assistance soon arrived, but it was about an hour and a half before the body 
was recovered. While the three had been in bathing there were two children on 
the bank watching them. They immediately ran for assistance, going to the home 
of A. A. Stroup. At the same time the children on the opposite side of the 
river called their father who went to the scene in a row boat.

Guy Stroup was the first to reach the place and it was he who was successful 
in diving and bringing the body to the surface. A physician had been called 
and he worked over the body for more than an hour but the spark of life had 
flown.

Funeral services were held at the Christian church Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 
o’clock; Rev. Edward Wright officiating. Interment was in Riverside cemetery.

The little girl was the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stroup, prominent 
pioneers of the Payette Valley.

The sympathy of the community goes out to the mother and other relatives. 

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