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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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An Elmendorf air base airman, Glen D. Hand, and two young women, Eleanor Wells and Anastasia O'Reily, drowned in a boating mishap on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel. Their small boat overturned while crossing the river; a second man was rescued.
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ANCHORAGE (P)—An Elmendorf air base airman and two young women were drowned in a boating mishap on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel.
Meager reports from the village said their small boat overturned as they tried to cross the river and that a second man in the boat was rescued.
The dead were Airman Glen D. Hand, Miss Eleanor Wells, a secretary at the Bethel hospital, and Miss Anastasia O'Reily, a nursing assistant at Marshal, a village north of Bethel. Both girls were about 21 years old.
Hand's wife, Ruby, lives at Richmond, Calif.
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Kuskokwim River Near Bethel
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three drowned: airman glen d. hand, eleanor wells, and anastasia o'reily; one man rescued.
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An Elmendorf air base airman and two young women were drowned when their small boat overturned while trying to cross the Kuskokwim River near Bethel. A second man in the boat was rescued. The victims were Airman Glen D. Hand, Miss Eleanor Wells (secretary at Bethel hospital, about 21), and Miss Anastasia O'Reily (nursing assistant at Marshal village north of Bethel, about 21). Hand's wife Ruby lives at Richmond, Calif.