Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-15
FIRST FATALITY
At Hammond's Groye---Frank
Reynolds of Plainfeld, NJ J,
Drowned Saturday -ssAy ssesssfss sas"'
As,er me Accident.

W nut q ffT HSHfH 7tf%sTs ~ 1890 -
ana giadnsss, nor Is asHgis, but grief.
VI, ,se first time On record fatal seci-
aea, has ocrurred 81 the shores Of this
nopuiar summer res0rt.
y,,uk ReynoIds Of Plsinfeld- New Jer-
.ev. one Of the popular Looms at the Bar
lstzt, cottage vas wss drosHsd shortly be-
fore noon saturfaY-
From what can be learned the yonay man
wen. on, In a row boat into the narrow
channel between the Torphin club
house ard the rprszae cottage
where the water j. II least
eight fee, deep and gent IN swimiHz alone
The only person watching him vas ziri
employed In one the cottages rome distance
Of She could ace bis head boEbing about
"a he swam around.
Suddenly she rni.neti him several min-
utes passing wi,Itoa, his reaPpearance the
girl gave the alarm There vas some siig'h
delay among the co'tager'
elose at hand, no one seeming
70 know inst what TO no. Then Mr.. D. G.
Robinson Of Boston came isshng over from
hi. cottage more than g quarter Of mile
aeay.
nr Robinson and others vent out al
once in boat TO the point where the hoy
yaa last sesn Looking dow u through the
clear water they sav him lying on the hot
tom
Mr. Robinson Aived, AMI bringing the
hoiy to the surface. carried il ashore.
probably within - minute, after the acct
den, had occurred
Mr.. Robinson. his sons. Tom and sam.
pbysieisn rho is at the grove and others
worked over the hoy for hours, but in
vain
Nr j 4 Hilton, With whom Frank Roy
noids vas spending the summer. was sum
roned from this city and di1 his best.
Finally he was compelled 10 send the
hear, breaking dispatch to the boys par
ents Mr. and tirs. George s kaynolds Of
risinheld ~ j. Mr. Raynelds Is cashier
Of the National Park hank. Broadway, New
York CITY Frank and his younger
brother Walter we're spending the summer
Al IN. grove where both b"va. the elder
ESPECIALLY, have made many warm friends.
ne mas la7i e"''t'" '''i ''.' a'',
character ~ his friends ami companions
have nothing but words of praise and aaec.
ton for him
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II F,ec,c Smith anil lame. + Fuller
snoo. SUNDAY al Squirrel Island
Rev Fred F Sturgis. of Natck Mass,
+. visiting his sister. Mrs Folsom.
T. \ Cooper has returned from a weeks
vacation which va. 4pent in Boston.
Miss Maud Packard Of Portland was the
guest Of Miss Blanche Trae last week
IA. French of the Boston Traveller
was in the oity SATURDAY.,
Mr. and Mrs y w Sewall and asngh-
ter Miss ilnlsla Sewall are in the City
Fred knsus of WaferTille whofhns been
visiting friends IN the ct, has returned
home
W + Turner returned saturday from u
three ~eeks' vacation outing At Ocean
Point
Miss Hattie : Fierce of Boston. Mass.
is visiting at !. frank fierce'7 for several
weeks
Mrs. + W Whtehoase ani family are
spending the summer at their cottage at
rophsm Beach
Miss Lucy Vt. Soule and Miss NHSton
are in the CITY guests of Miss Soules
brother W 7 Soule.
Hon prsille Dewey Baker' left Satnr-
day morning for small Point where he will
spend several ia,.
Mrs Ira u Shirg,s Is spending few
weeks At Btoadacros.' the old SturgiS
homestead At RlFerstAe.
Francis Woodbridge left on the early