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Alton Evening Telegraph 10 Jun 1948
Youth Drowns In River Near Hardin Bridge
HARDIN, June 10.John Bailey, 16, son of Wilson Bailey of East Hardin, was drowned in the Ill inois
river near the Hardin bridge at 3:30 p. m. Wednesday. His body has not been recovered.
James Ulery and David Relhel, two boys who had gone swimming with Bailey, said that they wer e on the river bank preparing to dress, when Bailey plunged into the water and swam to a timb er pier used as a "breakwater". Later, they said, they saw Bailey dive into the water and sta rt swimmifig toward shore. They continued to dress, they said, and it suddenly occurred to th em that Bailey was not in sight.
Attempts to recover the body from the channel were launched at once by fishermen and Hardin o fficials.
Alton police sent a squad here to stand by with equipment to revive the boy if the body had b een recovered soon enough.
Bailey is survived, by his father; two brothers, Aubrey and Jake, who operate a bus line betw een Hardin and Alton; three sisters, Adah Rose, Lela and Margaret.
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