John Henry Moore
Kentucky Post, Monday, 11 July 1910, page 1
Search was made Monday for the bodies of Henrietta Ackmann, of 1247 East Third st. and John Moore, 19, of 1020 Monmouth st. Newport, drowned on a pleasure ride on the Ohio River ner Bellevue, Sunday afternoon. Moore and William Gunnewick, 21, of 728 Washington av. Newport, were rowing near the Queen City Bathing Beach and saw the Ackmann girl and Edna Quitter, 15, of 1273 East Third st. sitting near the waters edge.
They invited the girls to go boat riding with them. While they were passing the foot of Lafayette av. Bellevue, the keel of the boat became entangled in the anchor rope of the launch "Little Jim" moored near by. In the attempt to free the boat it was capsized and the occupants were thrown into 15 feet of water. Moore and and Ackmann girl who could not swim, were carried away by the swift current and were soon lost from sight. The Quitter girl seized Gunnewick and although she almost dragged him under, he succeeded in reaching the Bellevue shore.
Henrietta Ackmann was an orphan and made her home with her married sister, Mrs. Lukens. Moore was the son of a Newport grocer.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 12 July 1910, page 7
The body of John Moore, 19, of 1020 Monmouth st. Newport, who was drowned Sunday, together with Henrietta Ackerman, 16, of 1247 East Third st. Cincinnati, when their skiff capsized was recovered from the Ohio River today. The body was seen floating in midstream by George Sims of 24 East Second st. Newport, who recovered the body, which was badly decompsoed. The corpse was recovered at the foot of Monmouth st. over a mile from the scene of the drowning.
All day yesterday divers searched for the bodies. A lookout is being maintained for the body of Henrietta Ackermann. Yesterday the father of the dead boy, G W Moore, visited the scene of the tragedy and was overcome with emotion, which turned into convulsions while he was being taken home, neccitting the aid of physicians. This morning he was in a serious condition from the shock. Funeral arrangements have not been made for his son. The body was taken to the undertaking establishment of Butz & Co.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, 13 July 1910, page 9
The river yesterday gave up the victims of the double drowning
tragedy of last Sunday afternoon, when Henrietta Ackerman, a sixteen year old
orphan girl, residing on East Third street, between Whittaker and Collord, in
Cincinnati and John Moore, 19, residing at 1020 Monmouth street, Newport, were
drowned and Edna Quitter of 1273 East Third street, Cincinnati and William
Gunniwick of 728 Washington avenue, Newport had narrow escapes.
Moore's body was discovered at the foot of Monmouth street in Newport by George Sims and Herman Schmidt, who were sitting on a houseboat nearby and noticed the body floating down the river. They secured a boat and brought the remains to shore, where Coroner Digby viewed them, after which the body was removed to Funeral Director Smith's morgue and prepared for the burial.
The funeral services will be held at Evergreen Chapel this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.