Boy On Raft Drowns When "Ship" Sinks
When an improvised raft on which a half dozen youngsters were playing last evening at 5:30 o'clock was submerged in the waters of a reservoir near Hope works, in the vicinity of High House, Harry Rebock Hiles, aged 16, son of Mrs. Daisy Hiles of Hope works was drowned. His body was recovered last night at 10 o'clock by use of dynamite by employees of the works.
The boys had built the raft after school hours yesterday, and had just "set sail" when too much weight drove the structure under water. The youths were thrown in the reservoir all managing to get ashore excepting Harry. Help was summoned and despite hours of effort location of the body was impossible. Dynamite was used as a last resort. The remains were removed to the mortuary of Undertaker George Yoney of Masontown.
In addition to his mother, the boy is survived by his four brothers, Josiah, with whom he had been making his home, Charles, Milford and John William.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of Josiah Hiles, with Rev. C.L. Jewel in charge. Interment in the Dunkard cemetery, Masontown.