Multnomah-Washington County OR Archives Obituaries.....Henry, Amele November 14, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 16,1904
Young Logger Is Drwoned
Found At Stream Bottom With His Hands Gripped On Snag
Gorest Grove,Or.,Nov 15-(Special)- Wile running logs into a boom above 
Callahan & Henry's swmill. on Patton Creek, 10 miles southwst of this place, 
yesterday morning, Amele Henry fell into the water and drowned before help 
could reach him.
Henry wasonly 17 years of age, but was an expert in controlling floating logs, 
Henry was standing on two logs, which speerated, and his companiions on shore 
saw hm fall between them. he wasin the middle of the pool above the dam, 60 
feet from either shore, and wa sunable ot swim. W.C. Freeman plunged into the 
icy water to go to the rescue, but was seized with cramps and rescued with 
difficulty.
Three hours after the drowning the body was found with the hands grasping a 
snag at the bottom of the stream in a death grip. Henry was the brother of 
Carl Henry, oe of the owners of the mill, and well known throughout the 
vicinity. His parents reside in Germany

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