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- Niagara Gazette - 8/12/1955
LYNDONV1LLE, Aug. 12 -
Fourteen-year-old Marilyn Andrew,
Gasport, was killed at 8:15 p.m.
yesterday when she was struck by
an outboard motorboat while swimming
in Lake Ontario at nearby
Lakeland Park.
State Police said Marilyn was
swimming in about eight feet of
water approximately 75 yards from
shore at the lime of the mishap.
They said that Alfred L. Schmitt,
23, of Medina, operator of the
14-foot boat, told them he tried
unsuccessfully to swerve the craft
when he saw the girl's head bob
up suddenly in his path.
'Accident Ruling Slated
Orleans County Coroner Dr.
Kenneth Clark, who pronounced
the girl dead shortly after she was
brought ashore, said he would issue
a certificate of accidental death.
The coroner said the girl suffered
a possible fractured neck.
.Marilyn was brought ashore by
Earl Caldwell and Raymond Bates,
two of a group of four Lyndonville
boys who were swimming
nearby at the time of the accident.
Sgt. John Sage and Troopers
Robert . Minekhcin and William
Ingalls. of the Gaines sub-station,
state police, who investigated, said
that Marilyn, who lives with her
maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Baes, Maplewood
Dr., Gasport, was visiting the park
with her father's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Andrew, Barker.
Marilyn, who was born at Lockport
Oct. 30, 1941, was scheduled
to enroll next month in Grade 9
at Royalton-Hartland Central High
School. She attended F r i e n ds
Church, Lockport.
Father in Germany
In addition to Mr. and Mrs.
Baes and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Andrew,
Marilyn is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Alice Andrew, Gasport;
her father, Sgt. James Andrew,
Frankfort. Germany; two
sisters. Paula and Patricia Andrew,
Gasport, and a brother, Roger
Andrew, Barker.
The body is at the Bream Fu-
neral Home, Gasport, and funeral
arrangements are being completed.
Burial will be in Hartland Central
Cemetery
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