WALTER E. CAMPBELL
[People’s Press, 19 January 1909]
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Walter E. Campbell, the only person who ever swam the rapids of Niagara River, died last week at the county hospital at Lockport. He was 39 years old. He went through the rapids in 1889. Campbell was born in Youngstown, N.Y., and had served in the regular army in the Philippines. He went to the county hospital two weeks ago suffering from alcoholism.
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