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Junior Richard Radish,aged two years and five months,was drowned about 11:30 o'clock Wednesday morning,Sept.11,1940,when he fell from a diving board into six feet of water in the Monongahela River. Richard and another boy,Johnny Veach,5,were believed playing on the diving board which extends about 10 feet over the water,when Richard fell into the water. West Brownsville firemen found the body after 20 minutes of dragging. Artificial respiration was futile. The body was removed to the Timko funeral home,California,and later taken to the family residence in West Brownsville.The child's father was working in the Chartiers mine when the tragedy occurred. The distraught mother is under the care of a physician. Surviving are the parents,Peter and Ethel Irene Radish,of West Brownsville,and one brother,Joseph Arnold Radish.

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