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- Niagara Gazette - 8/26/1929
Buffalonian Wades in Rapids and
Is Swept to Death over Cataract
Hat and Coat Left on Bank Are Identified as Belonging to George
R. Streicher; Father Knows of No Reason for Son's Act.
W&dlng Into the Niagara rirer, 100
feet above the brink of the American
falls, George R. Streicher, 217 Northampton
street, Buffalo, was swept to
hla death at 6.30 pjn. Saturday. The
man was Identified through a hat and
coat which he left on a bench on Luna
Island, He sat on the bench for sometime
and finally walked to the water's
edge and waded Into the rapids after
looking at them for a few moments,
entering the water from the north side
of Luna island.
He was carried off his feet by the
treacherous current and swept over the
brink of the falls about 15 feet from
the shore. A careful search of the lower
river has failed to reveal a trace of
the body. George Streicher, Sr.. father
of. the dead man, was notified and
identified the coat and hat as belonging
to his son. In the pockets of the
coat were papers Indicating that the
garment was Streicher's property. The
coat was of blue material with a white
pin stripe and the hat was a straw
sailor, with a blue band.
The elder Streicher told Tracey G.
Levee, reservation police superintendent,
that he knew no. reason for his
son's act. Pour persons, tourists, saw
Streicher go to his. death. They told
Police they had no opportunltv of stop-
ping Streicher and that they had no
Idea he was going t o commit suicide
until he waded Into the swift current.
The tourists were Mr. and Mrs. John
Davis 23 Newcomb street, Rochester
and J. W. Raynor and Raymond Hal-
stead, both of Wellsburg, N.Y.
Buffalo News - 9/9/1929
STRETCHER—Aug. 24th. 1929, George R ,
husband of Margaret Voik; father of
George R. Streicher: son oi Frank G. and
Mary; brother of Frank C, Elmer A., and
Mildred M. Streicher. Funeral from the
funeral home of Thomas V. Ray. 465. Service. Garden City, Miss Ruth Nichols.
Franklin St., Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
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1898 - 1929 (31 years)