Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-16 | Page 15 | Child Drowned in Small Ditch

IN SMALL DITCH Clarence Irwin Riches Meets Death in a Foot of Water A frantic search on the part of a dis distracted distracted distracted mother for her child yesterday esterday terminated In the discovery discover of ot a pair of feet the waters of an irrigation ditch the rest of or the body immersed In the water When pulled out the child was found to be cold and all efforts at resuscitation proved pron futile The child was Clarence Irvin Riches son fn of Mr Ir and Mrs Melvin Riches who live at South Thirteenth East street The tragedy occurred In front of or the home of Mrs A A Murphy Murph South Ninth East street where Mrs Riches and her children had gone to spend the day The little boy who was two years and three months old had been playing with the other children in the yard all day long About 4 the mother missed the boy and began a search for tor him Nothing could be found of or the little one for some time but finally final the mother was horrified to see two little legs just above abon the waters of or the irrigation ditch two feet wide and eighteen inches deep which runs In front of the Murphy resi residence residence residence dence The body was taken into the house Drs Dra R R Kennedy of or Murray and Charles W T Stewart Eleventh East and ami Twelfth Two South streets were hurriedly summoned and worked over the child without being able to restore it to life liCe The father of the dead child Is an em i of or the Salt Lake Pressed Brick company compan