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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In Fresno, California, five-year-old Florence Smith drowned in an irrigation ditch while playing with her brother Conrad, who attempted to rescue her and called for help, but she was pronounced dead after three hours of efforts by the fire department rescue squad.
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FRESNO, Cal., July 15.--Stumbling over the inert body of his five year old sister on the bottom of an irrigation ditch near here, Conrad Smith, 10, dragged her to the bank and called the fire department rescue squad in a vain attempt to save her life.
The child, Florence Smith, disappeared suddenly while the children were splashing in a shallow ditch yesterday. Apparently she was dead when taken from the water. The rescue squad worked over the child for three hours.
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Fresno, Cal.
Event Date
July 14
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florence smith, aged five, drowned; rescue squad worked over her for three hours without success.
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Five-year-old Florence Smith disappeared while splashing in a shallow irrigation ditch near Fresno. Her ten-year-old brother Conrad Smith found her body at the bottom, dragged her to the bank, and called the fire department rescue squad, but she was already dead when removed from the water.