Westmoreland County PA Archives News.....Haines, Clyde - Drowns July 2, 1934
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Latrobe Bulletin Mon Jul 02 1934 Page 1 July 2, 1934
Steps Off Into Deep Water Body Recovered
Clyde Haines, aged 16 of Foxtown, was drowned in the Marguerite Reservoir
yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. The youth was about eighteen feet from
shore when he went under, sinking for a depth of twenty feet. Three youths from
Marguerite dove into the deep water, one with all his clothes on, in an attempt
to effect a rescue but Haines was dead when brought to the surface.
Some believed his death due to a heart attack which suddenly overtook him, while
others said the death was due to drowning. A hurry call was sent to the
Greensburg firemen who attempted to revive him, working until after 10 o’clock
last night but the heart had stopped. After the firemen had given up, further
attempts at resuscitation were made but without avail.
Haines had come to the reservoir with three or four other companions of Foxtown
and when one of his companion’s who was standing on the shore heard his cries
for help, he fainted and tumbled into the water. Another companion who was in
the water with Haines went under the surface at about the same time but he was
rescued and both he and the one who fainted were revived at once and assisted as
best they could with the rescue measures. Haines had been jumping up and down in
the reservoir about twelve or fifteen feet from shore and apparently did not
know that there was a sudden drop a few feet further out. As he only went under
but once it was five or six minutes before the Marguerite youths who dove in for
him at once were able to locate the missing youth.
Morris Harbaugh, aged 18 years, Earl Board, 20 years, and the latter's younger
brother, Griffith, were among those who helped to bring the body out of the
water. Haines was pronounced dead by Dr. Edward G. Ankney when he arrived upon
the scene a few minutes later but attempts were  begun at once to resuscitate
him in the hope that the youth might still have a spark of life left.
There is an undercurrent in the reservoir which has been the cause or several
drownings there in the past and it is believed that this was one of the reasons
why the youth never came to the surface again after going down. 

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