The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., June 22, 1933, page 1

CHILD DROWNS IN THE LITTLE KLICKITAT

     The drowning of little 27 months and 6 days old Glenn Amos, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Coley, last Sunday morning shocked the community, and the hopes that the missing child would be found safely, were blighted when the tiny body was found by Roy Glenn, grandfather, in the water.
     The little fellow was playing around the yard of the A.E. Coley home on Columbus Avenue, near the Little Klickitat. His great grandmother went out to feed the chickens, and during the brief time he was out of her sight, he made for the stream. As soon as the boy was missed an alarm was given and friends and relatives searched all over the premises, in hopes he had strayed somewhere near the house.
     Researchers entered the stream and waded around for hours. The water was very dirty, caused by the recent thaws in the mountains, and it was impossible to see the bottom of the creek. Shortly after noon men organized to wade downstream as far as possible, with rakes, in search of the body, as by that time it seemed certain the little fellow had fallen into the stream. It was a little after two o'clock when Roy Glenn, who had been wading in the cold water all morning, discovered the body, and brought it ashore. The boy was drowned about nine o'clock in the morning.
     Resuscitation was entirely hopeless, and the searchers left for their homes, after their sad day's work. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, June 20th, at 3 p.m. from the Chapman Chapel, Rev. H.P. Andrews officiating. Interment was made in the Centerville Grange cemetery beside his grandmother Glenn.

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