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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/24/1946
Lewiston, N. Y. (UP)-A grief stricken
mother and father today
made funeral arrangements for
their three-year-old son whose
body was dragged from the rocky
Niagara river after an intensive
search.
The body of Franklin Arthur
Piper, one of three children et
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. Piper
of Lewiston, was found partially
submerged in a channel near
Stella Niagara late yesterday. The
child had been the object of a
day-and-a-half search by Coast
Guardsmen, police and volunteer
firemen.
Two rivermen, Charles McCormick
and Clyde Kolloff of Lewiston,
located the body while boating.
Niagara County Coroner
James W. Heary said the boy
either slipped or fell into the
water from a boat dock about 250
yards from his home. Franklin's
socks and shoes were found on
the dock shortly after he disappeared
on Tuesday.
The Pipers' other children are
Elizabeth Ann, 15 months, and
Leonard Russell, three months.
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