Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-06-14
the cold, placid waters closed above
her. Then the other girl went down.


the two. nea''y perishipg girls from
the boat and set them ashore. Another
boat towed McQuigg and Loud ashore.
&Then several ooats, manned, went
out the spot to fad the bodies.
On the Point there was heart rend-
Ing scene. Mrs. Albright was beside
herself with gre, Ter reason tempor-
arily dethroned. She begged to be
permitted to dro wn Ehereelf, and her
cries sounded every where. ALI the
other girls were cr zad and their grief
was simply heart.rending. Fires were
onilt so that the girls who were saved
could be dried aud warmed.
A PIONEER reporter learned of the
accident at half past six. through the
kindness of Arthur and The mas Shinn.
Aspeedy horse carried him 10 the Tum-
bling Dam in very short time. Then
there.were less than fifty people about
the Dam. Olt in the middle of the
pond an overturned boat told the sad
story. Three other boats were there,
and the occupants were grappling for
the bodies.
Clark had marked the spot where
the accident occurred with a fishing
pole, and about this the party were
grappling.
In the meantime, news of the acci-
dent had reached town. and people
began pouring to the resort. Every
trolley car was crowded to its utmost
capacity. Hacks and carriages were
pressed into service, and hundreds
walked. It was estimated that fully
three thousand people lined the shore
while the parties were graphing for
the bodies.
Where the girls were drowned, the
water Is from twelve to fifteen feet
deep, and the bottom Is lined with
stumps and roots, and made graphing
difficult.
A PIONEER reporter was taken out
iu boat with Herbert Williams and
Joe McQuigg. They were in bathing
suits, and for half an hour they dived
to the bottom without being able to
| find the bodies. The water was icy
cold. being springy at this point. and
the young men suffered from the cold.
About half-past seven the launch
came up, and the grief stricken party
from the Point were taken across to
the pavilion, and from there conveyed
to their homes in hacks.
About seven o'clock John Baum
carton, who had been dragging the
pond with hook made of trolley wire,
fastened 1t into one of the bodies.
This was about ten feet from the spot
where the girls had gone down. The
body was raised and pulled into the
boat and found to be that of Nellie
Powell. Immediately the great crowd
on shore rushed to where the landing
was supposed to be made, ready to
crafty their morbid curiosity. 1t was
decided, however, that the body
should not be landed until permit
was received from County Physician
Thompson, to remove the body home.
The PIONEER reporter drove hurriedly
to the store of s. NJ. Allen, where he
telephoned the facts to Or. Thompson
and received an order to remove the
body to the home.
While the reporter was doing this,
James Robinson of North Pearl street,
had hooked the body of May Hires,
and brought it to the boat.
All the while the crowd was increas.
ing, and when the bodies were brought
ashore 1t was almost impossible to
land them from the boats. A hack
was secured and the bodies placed In
there and they were brought to the
sad homes.
The Hires body was taken out first;
she lived on South Pearl street, oppo-
site the station. Here an immense
crowd had gathered and officers ex-
perienced great trouble In getting a
passage.way to the house. Finally the
body was laid upon settee, and the
family was alone with Its dead.
Nellie Powell's body was taken to
the home of her widowed mother on
Lemon street, and removed to back
room.
County Phy sician Thompson viewed
both bodies, and then interviewed the
two surviving girls who had been In
the boat together with the other par
ties, and the facts as appear In this re-
port were entirely substantiated, and
he decided there would be no inquest,
as the drowning was undoubtedly the
result of an accident.
Engaged for the Fourth.
Monday the City Band was en-
y