OBIT: Ralph & Clyde HENDRY, Albert SCHILLING, 1899, Cambria County, PA

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Morning Tribune
Altoona, PA
Monday, 11 Dec 1899


THREE BOYS DROWNED.
A FATAL ACCIDENT AT GALLITZIN.

Were Skating on a Dam When the Ice Broke - One Went to Rescue the Other Two.

Ralph and Clyde Hendry, aged 13 and 11 years and Albert Schilling, aged 14 years, all of 
Gallitzin, were drowned about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon while skating on a dam near the 
Taylor, McCoy & Co.'s coal works.  The boys had gone to the dam in the afternoon to skate and 
while enjoying the sport the ice broke.  The two Hendry boys were plunged into the icy water.  
Schilling immediately went to their aid.  Before they could be rescued all were overcome by the 
cold water and sank beneath the surface.

When the news of the accident reached Gallitzin a searching party was immediately formed to 
recover their bodies.  The dam was dragged but it was 7 o'clock before the bodies were 
recovered.  The parents of the boys were almost overcome with grief.  All were greatly thought 
of and had a host of friends.

The funeral of the Hendry boys will take place this afternoon, services to be conducted in the 
Methodist Episcopal church at 3.30 o'clock by Rev. J. F. Moyer, of this city.  Interment will be 
made in Union cemetery at Gallitzin.  The arrangements for the funeral of Schilling have not 
been completed.