Danville, IL area Fell Through the Ice & Drowned, Dec 1928

Submitted by Teri

Small Girl Drowns in Lake Near Danville

DANVILLE, Dec. 23 -- Helping her five little brothers bring home a small evergreen tree from a nearby woods to brighten a destitute home, Jessie Irene Mullins, aged seven, fell through the ice on a lake near here Saturday and was drowned.

Decatur Evening Herald, Decatur, IL 23 Dec 1928