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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ruth Pilgrim, Compiler: Ruth Pilgrim. Hartwig-Hartwick-Bork, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11781134. (viewed Sept 1, 2009).
Norman Charles Summach
Birth
03 Aug. 1930
inRegina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death
26 May. 1946
- ↑ Boy's Drowning Mars Week-End, in Winnipeg Free Press. (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.)
Front Page, 27 May 1946.
...Norman Charles Zummach, 15, of 522 Richmond street, drowned in Ormand's creek at the foot of Wolesley avenue at 5 p.m. Sunday while four young companions, unable to help, looked on.
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While two young girls and two boys looked on, powerless to help, young Zummach drowned in Omand's (sic) creek at the foot of Wolesley avenue and Raglan road, about 100 yards from its junction with the Assiniboine river.
The body was recovered at 5:30 p.m. from eight feet of water by four constables who came in answer to a telephone call to the police, places by Norman Denyer, 736 Goulding street and Lloyd Owen, 726 Goulding street.
For a number of hours the drowned boy remained unidentified. However, the police finally succeeded in establishing his identity after making an extensive inquiry throughout the district, armed with a complete description.
Dr. L. O. Fryer, provincial coroner, arrived on the scene at 6:15 p.m. tnd (sic) after examining the boy pronounced him dead. The body removed to Thompson's funeral home.
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