Unknown County WA Archives News.....Drowned in the Chehalis River April 23, 1893
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The Oregonian April 23, 1893
Chehalis,Wash.,April22- Minor Martin, a logger in the employ of the Luedighaus 
Brothers, of this city, was drowned in the Chehalis river, near Dryad,his 
morning. He attempted to cross the river, which was very high and rough, in a 
dilapidated old bat partyl filled with water. The boat struck a rock or snag 
and was overturned. martin was an excellent swimmer, but seems to have been 
seized with cramp. At any rate, he sank and was quickly caried out of sight of 
his companions on the bank. A party went from here at noon to search for his 
body. Martin was about 30 years old. He resides here several years, and had a 
wife and three children.

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