>July 26, 1790 >A SUNDAY DROWNING >The Eldest Son of John Berry Accidentally Drowned in the Canal. >Last Sunday morning about 10 o'clock Jesse Berry, the 16 year old son of >John Berry, of North Ottawa, left home in company with his two little >brothers for a drive about town. They went up the Marseilles road to the >White bridge, where Jesse met some of his young friends and all went >swimming in the canal. young Berry was the first to get into the water, >which was quite cold, and after swimming out a little way he came back to >shore. John McGrath, James Mooney and John Carey, his three companions, were >on the bank undressing and told Jesse to go out farther where it was over >his head. He swam out to the middle of the stream and one of the boys >noticed he was drowning and called for help, but before assistance came he >had gone down the last time. He drowned in sight of his little brothers, who >were overcome with grief and had to be taken home by people residing near >by. Mike Moloney fished the body out of the canal about forty minutes later. >An inquest was held and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death by >drowning, in accordance with the above facts. >The funeral took place from the late residence, on Marquette street, at 2 >o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The remains were interred in the Catholic >cemetery. > >This article is from an unknown newspaper from LaSalle county. More >information on the Berry line is available, please contact: >sue@kaiconsulting.com > > >