this message was posted to another rootsweb forum .............................. Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:33:40 -0600 From: Judy Ardine <downeast@concentric.net> Source: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Marshall Post EYRE Chester Times, Mon., 16 Apr 1934, pg. 16 HOOK BOY LOSES LIFE IN CREEK 9 Year Old Marshall Eyre Drowns In Leap From Home-made Raft While playing on a home-made raft on Hook Creek, in company with three others, nine-year-old Marshall EYRE, son of Mrs and Mrs Weston EYRE, of 26 Cedar Street, Model Village, was drowned early Saturday afternoon. His body was later recovered by firemen but after attempts made at resuscitation failed, the child was pronounced dead by Dr Henry Noskow of this borough. Marshall, along with Robert C..l(?), Floyd Allen and William Yost, all of Walnut Street, had been poling the raft up the creek and reaching a point under the Pennsylvania railroad tracks where the streams come through a viaduct, the feeble craft began to sink. Excited, the youngster jumped and immediately sank out of reach of his playmates' arms. Frightened, the three cried out, their calls being heard by members of the Viscose Fire Company, whose headquarters are nearby. Several members of this company ran toward the mouth of the creek at the Delaware River, and procuring a rowboat made way to where the boy had gone overboard. Raymond Walsh was the fireman who finally recovered the child's body. Dr Noskow called on the scene by patrolman Ira Frieze(?), of the Marcus Hook Police, who himself had been informed of the accident too late to save the boy, summoned the rescue squad of the Franklin Fire Company of Chester. After working for more than an hour over the inert form, the physician directed the squad members to collect their equipment, saying that life was extinct. The body was taken to the morgue of R P Cloud, deputy coroner, who stated that a post-mortem would be conducted. The parents were notified and hastened to Cloud's establishment where they identified the child. The funeral services will be held from the Eyre residence tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be at Lawn Croft Cemetery. *Quality of the Obit at the DelCo Historical Soc was only of fair quality so unable to make out the boy's name and not sure of the policeman's name.

Re: R. P. Cloud...... R. P. Cloud was Robert Pierce Cloud also the undertaker in Marcus Hook, Pa. b: 1878 d: 1944. I believe his father was Nathan Cloud b: 1831 and his mother was Lydia Pierce. I have 4 deaths certificates of my great grandparents with his signature ( R.P. Cloud ) on them. After his death the business was taken over by George Maxwell, who later moved the business to Boothwyn, Pa. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Cloud" <tcloud@austin.rr.com> To: <CLOUD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:57 PM Subject: [CLOUD] R.P. Cloud, mortician (1934) > this message was posted to another rootsweb forum > .............................. > > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:33:40 -0600 > From: Judy Ardine <downeast@concentric.net> > Source: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Marshall Post EYRE > > Chester Times, Mon., 16 Apr 1934, pg. 16 > HOOK BOY LOSES LIFE IN CREEK > 9 Year Old Marshall Eyre Drowns In Leap From Home-made Raft > While playing on a home-made raft on Hook Creek, in company with three others, nine-year-old Marshall EYRE, son of Mrs and Mrs Weston EYRE, of 26 Cedar Street, Model Village, was drowned early Saturday afternoon. His body was later recovered by firemen but after attempts made at resuscitation failed, the child was pronounced dead by Dr Henry Noskow of this borough. > Marshall, along with Robert C..l(?), Floyd Allen and William Yost, all of Walnut Street, had been poling the raft up the creek and reaching a point under the Pennsylvania railroad tracks where the streams come through a viaduct, the feeble craft began to sink. Excited, the youngster jumped and immediately sank out of reach of his playmates' arms. Frightened, the three cried out, their calls being heard by members of the Viscose Fire Company, whose headquarters are nearby. Several members of this company ran toward the mouth of the creek at the Delaware River, and procuring a rowboat made way to where the boy had gone overboard. Raymond Walsh was the fireman who finally recovered the child's body. > Dr Noskow called on the scene by patrolman Ira Frieze(?), of the Marcus Hook Police, who himself had been informed of the accident too late to save the boy, summoned the rescue squad of the Franklin Fire Company of Chester. After working for more than an hour over the inert form, the physician directed the squad members to collect their equipment, saying that life was extinct. The body was taken to the morgue of R P Cloud, deputy coroner, who stated that a post-mortem would be conducted. > The parents were notified and hastened to Cloud's establishment where they identified the child. > The funeral services will be held from the Eyre residence tomorrow > afternoon. Interment will be at Lawn Croft Cemetery. > > *Quality of the Obit at the DelCo Historical Soc was only of fair quality > so unable to make out the boy's name and not sure of the policeman's name. > > > > ==== CLOUD Mailing List ==== > ................................................................ > Cloud Family DNA Project > http://mykindred.com/cloud/dna/ > >