Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-16
FIRST EDITION.
sad Drowning Affair.

PARTY or YOUNG MEN OF PHILADELPHIA VISIT
CHESTER AND wILMINdToN-Two OF THE NUM-
BER DROWNED In THE BRANDYwIFE.
very sad case of drowning occurred in the
Brandywine, on Saturday,o of which the following
are the particulars, part of which we take from
the EUery Euening club party, eleven young
men in ALL from Philadelphia, cane down to
spend the day in Wilmington, stopping an hour
or 30 IN Chester on their way down. On their
arrival here about 10 o'clock, the party mmedi-
ately proceeded to the Brandywine, and being
warm on their arrival they concluded to go up
the stream far as Riddles cotton mills and
bathe. After arriving there one OF the party,
good swimmer, stripped and jumped from rock
on the Brandywine, where the water is 70 feet or
more deep. Caleb L. Haddock, who lives at
Fifteenth above jefferson streets, and Frank
Yost, residing at Eighteenth street and Colum-
bia avenue, both of Philadelphia, concluded to
follow the example of their comrade, although
neither could swim. TheJ both jumped of the
rock about the same time and the struggle for
life Immediately began.
Morton Stafford, member of the party, seeing
that both the young men, who were by the way,
about 1S years old were about to go down, in an
instant stripped and plunged in to save them
Haddock and Yost both made for him and chung
20 tightly to hi5 person that IL was with strenu-
ous efforts that he kept above the water, and to
eave himself WAS compelled as a last resort, to
release himself from the drowning men. He
then. in an exhausted condition, came ashore.
Haddock and Yost in the meantime. going under
for the last time.
Efforts were Immediately made TO recover the
lost bodies. A man named John Bradley vol
unteered to dive for the bodies, which he did, and
about one o'clock succeeded in finding young
Yost. The water was about twenty feet deep,
aud two or three feet below the surface, the wa
ter was 30 cold that it was almost impossible to
stay on the bottom more than an instant. Two
other men dived down o number of times, but
failed to find the body of Haddock Graphing
irons were then obtained by Mr. Bradley, from
the Harlan & Hollngsworth Go. 3 yard, and
with those the body Of young Haddock was
found about o'clock in the evening
Word was immediately telegraphed to MIR.
Haddock in Philadelphia, who came down and
returned by the o'clock train, in charge of the
two bodies
Coroner Winslow was notified, in the mean
time, aud held an INCEST The Jury rendered
was about II years Of age and Haddock about 1S
years.
As soon as the news of tho drowning was
known in town. hundreds OF people started for
the scene OF accident, and crowds remained u"-
til after the bodies had been found. In letting
Off the water Of the dam, man, whose name
We did not learn, received severe injury Oh the
leg by being struck with piece of timber.
The father of one the young men is Major
John A. Haddock, one of the firm of Haddock
Il Son. printers, 10i and LOG South 9th st.. Phila-
delphia. He took up the bodies, on the o'cleck
train, to Philadelphia. In hasty Dote to the
editor of the COMMERCIAL, written while at the
depot waiting, he says I'm your notice OF the
poor boys DEATH caution all bathers to avoid
the treacherous spot where they lost their lives"