Oklahoman Archives

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
August 1, 1931, pg 1
SWIM IN LAKE KILLS FARMER
pulmotor Fails to Revive Harrah Man After Heart
Attack.
Heart disease was given as the cause of death of
Louis Kuryanski, 43 years old, a farmer living one
mile north of Harrah , when he sank in Horseshoe
Lake in an attempt to swim across it with his
clothes on.
Although the man vas
pronounced dead by C. R. Greiggs, Harrah physician.
immediately after he was dragged from the lake by
rescuers, a city fire department pulmotor crew was
summoned and resuscitation efferts were administered
50 minutes.
When no water was found in Kuryanski's lungs. both
Doctor Griggs and firemen said he evidently had died
of heart attack. He was in the water more than 30
minutes. The physician said since Kuryanski
attempted to swim the lake with his clothes on, he
probably over-exerted himself.
Kuryanski Is survived by his wife, one son, and two
daughters, all living near Harrah.