The evening world., 1894-05-15
were a. DROWNED 4?
Party Of Harvard Students Fail
to Return from Q Sail.
Coats Found on an Island in
Boston Harbor.
Edward s. Bach, OF This City, One
of the Missing.

BOSTON. May l5.-The finding of some
clothing and a part Of the boom Of a
catboat on Thompson's Island this
morning, led up to the discovery TINT
n boat was overturned on that place
Sunday evening. M It's occupants, four
Harvard students, were undoubtedly
drowned.
About 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon four
young men hired a catboat from Boat
keeper Hutchins. at city Point. They
told the boatkeeper that they were 60
ing for IA few hours sail. Mr.. Hutchins
did not know any OF them. but Ii
quite sure they were students. He says
they were all about twenty-five years
OF age and well dressed. On leaving
the point they sailed south, and he saw
the boat until just before 6 o'clock, when
u squat suddenly came up.
The cat was then OF Thompson's
Island. When the squall had blown over
II was rather dark and the catboat could
not be seen. The boat WAS not returne
Yesterday, ard Nj. Hutchins went down
the harbor In search of II. but did not
find anything to indicate that II had been
Bradley. OF the State Farm School on
Thompson's Island. found on the beach
a pair of oal 3. l.. part OF he boom OF
some small boat and two coats.
dressed to John Farnum Browne, cam
bridge, Mass; a number Of receipts Tor
board bills. and tickets for admission
to the Harvard baseball ana ph CLICK.
phia, also addressed to Browne. was
found in the coat. In the other coat
were letters addressed to w; Camphel'
Truesdale. "A Brattle street. Cambridge;
1t Is supposed that the students had
taken of their coats and were row;
Ing when the squall overlook them ahd
Brrattle street. Cambridge, today that
W, Campbell Truesdale and Edward s.
Bach boarded there with DR.. Dunbar
the owner of the hou se,oa Tru nnd hac Is
d member OF the class of 80.
on Sunday morning both young men
started for south Boston. telling Or.
dunbar that they were going for II sail,
John Farnum Browne. another member
OF the party, rooms at Hastings Hall;
He has not been seen since Sunday anJ
none Of his friends knows where he wen'
on that day.
These three young men were un,
doubtedly members OF the party which
hired the BOA at city Point Sunday
rooln-mate, a member OF the Senior
Class, has not been seen since Sunday
any 1T Ia supposed that he was with tn
Oel>A three.
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Bach's parents live at 2s West Thirty
eighth street, New York. City. while
Browne came from Philadelphia.
whitehall resides in Germantown. Pa
Two bodies have been seen floating of
the cas- side of Thomoson's Island. Boat
have set out after them.
At the residence OF f. s. Bach's parents
2s West Fifty-eighth street. no word ha
been received from the Harvard authofi
ties or from Boston regarding the r.
ported accident. Miss Julia Bach. a 81:
: ter of L. s. Bach. expressed great SUI
prise when tod Of the contents Of tn
!, despatch from Boston. She said:
I'VE generally hear from my brothe
on Tuesday mornings. but this mornin
we received no letter.
This did not occasion n alarm. De
cause you cannot expect students I
attend faithfully to such matters. W
have not had the slightest intimatio
that my brother was missing. or tina
an accident had occurred.
81 shall Immediately telegraph III
Dean OF Harvard College for informa
ton"
Miss Bach Immediately left for tn
Plaza Hotel to execute this purpose.