Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-02-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS

A SAD CASE on DRowHING. -lnielligence
reached here on Monday last of the accidental
drowning, IN the harbor Of Baltimore, OF Mr..
Oliver Humphrey, son OF VIM. ". Humphrey,
Esq of this place. Mr.. Humphrey went 10
Baltimore and secured the body OF bis son,
which was brought here on Tuesday last, and
on Wednesday was followed to the grave 10
The Episcopal Buryng Ground, by large
number OF relatives anc friends. The deceased
was born and raised in our midst, where be
was well known ms generous, knd-hearied
young man, and he has left II host of friends
to mourn his sudden departure. The entire
community deeply sympathize with the afiici-
ed family in their sofe bereavement. The fol-
lowing are the particulars OF the sad affair as
given in the Baltimore Sum-
"At o O'Clock on Friday night, Samuel
Humphrey, one of the hands employed on the
puugy War Eagle, Capt. Jas. Abbott, was
drowned from a small boat in the harbor
about 300 yards from Atlantic wharf, Canton.
Humphrey and three other hands belonging 10
the War Eagle, named Jas. Fay, VIM. Monta-
que and VIM. Mcnamara, were returning from
visit to South Baltimore. Fay stood up in
the boat and losing his balance fell over
board the boat at the same time being nearly
| filed with water. Fay swan to schooner
near by, and climbed on board, but the other
three men with the boat went alongside the
schooner Robert Healey, and made q simulta-
neous effort to get on board. Their precipi-
tate action caused the small boat to capsize
and all three of them went overheard. Joseph
Peters and VIM. Collins, two hands on the
| Robert Healy, came TO the assistance Of the
party, and Mcnamara and Montague were
hauled on board the schooner. Humphrey,
who could not swim, was not seen after the
boat capsized, but Mcnamara states that Pun
phrey caught him by the body and he was
forced to break the bold to save himself. Me-
Namara and Montague were nearly insensible
VIXEN rescued and after restoration to con-
seriousness could give only an imperfect state
ment of the occurrences which led TO the
casualty. Efforts 10 find the body of Pun
phrey were not successful until yesterday at
noon, when Dr. Kelly, coroner, summoned a
jury ofinquest, verdict of accidental drown
ing being rendered. The deceased was a sim
gle man, twenty-five or twenty six years OF age,
and came from Rockville Montgomery county.
Nd, where his parents live. He had made
one trip on the War Eagle, which is owned
by David Noble, of Baltimore
SHAMEFUL. The action of the authorities oil
Baltimore city in the case of the drowning oil
Mr.. Oliver Humphrey, in the harbor at that
place, we do not think is calculated TO raise
them much in the estimation of persons with
any feelings of common humanity. After the
verdict of the Coroner's Jury, and knowing
the whereabouts of his family, it would GER
tainly have had more the appearance Of hn'
manity to have informed them BY letter OIL
Telegraph of the affair than 10 have acted al
they did and hurried the remains off to til,
public burial ground. Had it not been fol
the article in the daily papers, the parents
would have, no doubt, remained in Ignorance
and never recovered the body o. their son =
We do not know upon what particular off
Ger the blame should rest, but it is certainly
deserving somewhere.
REMOVED CAsEs.-On wednesday last, tWt
prisoners named Donoho and Rench wer,
brought here from Cumberland to be tried
the March Term of Court. They are charged
with stealing watches, and had their cases re
moved to this Court on ,the plea that they
could not get justice done them in Allegany
county-we hope they will get it here.
REsToRED.-Thc eyesight Of the son of Mr.
Robt. Ricketts, has been entirely restored oJ
the medical skill of DR. A. II. Summers. /
will be remembered that the accident va!
caused by the explosion of gunpowder, and i
was thought that he would never regain his
eyesight.
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