Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-06-14
TWO GIRLS DROWNED.

May Hires and Nellie POWELL
Could Not b , saved and Meet
Death In the Water--.The Bod
les Recovered Alter q OupIe
of Hours Search--.Gse at Ex-
citement Prevails.
After pic-nicing at the Tumblipg
Dam all day, two girls, with others,
take a short ride in a small boat upo
the pond, and within few moments
their dead bodies are at the bottom of
the lake. and merry party Is filled
with anguish and terror.
Friday was beau iful day, es
pecially fitted for pic-aics, ~..d the
party OF girls who were over on "Piney
Point" at the Tumbling Dam, 81 ent
most eDj >yable time. Considerable
preparations had been made for this
picnic, and at ten o'clock Friday
morning there was party Of some
ten or twelve who went up to the lake
on the naphthe launch. Wi Il the
giIls was Mrs. Chas. Albright, mott er
of one, and they had large baskets
filled with dinner for the party. Ar
rangements had been made that a
party of young men should join the
picnic that night about seven O'Clock,
and some of them had reached differ
ent parts of the park when the terri
BILE accident brought the festivities to
an end. which caused the greatest
grief, and the widest excitement.
In the party of girls on the Point
were Nellie Powell, May Hires. Ella
Brown and Lizzie Powell. About five
O'Clock two of these girls went over on
the naptha launch to the pavilion
after some cream, expecting to return
In the same manner, but while they
were getting the cream they missed
the launch, and there was nothing
to do but wait for the mex boat.
During the afternoon Will M'Gear,
the ball player, was up in the Tum
bling Dam In his boat fishing. He
was accompanied by Chester Loud
and Herbert Williams. Some little
time after five o'clock they we're fish.
ing in Ireland's mill cove, when a cou.
pie of the girls in the picnic party &C.
costed them.
The girls wanted M'Gear to take
two of them across to the pavilion and
get the two girls who had missed the
launch, and bring the entire party
back.
M'Gear agreed, and Williams left
the boat and remained upon the Point
while Loud, MIG car, Lizzie Powell and
Ella Brown went over to the pavilion.
This trip was accomplished without
any incident worth mentioning, and
the girls landed from the Point, and
joined the other girls who he'd been
left at the pavilion by the launch.
In a few minutes the entire party
returned and boarded the row boat
The craft is quite small one, and con-
sidered crank. and the four girls and
two fellows made heavy load. AS
the boat got out into the centre of the
pond the party decided the craft was
loaded too heavily in the stern. May
Hires said she would move forward.
She arose from her seat and stepped
on one side of the boat. The boat
tipped considerably and May lost her
balance. As she was about to fall the
other members of the party all leaned
hurriedly toward her. This caused
the boat to capsize and the entire six
persons were thrown into the water.
All was excitement; six were strug-
Cling to keep their heads above water.
The girls could not swim and it
seemed as If the entire four would
drown. Loud managed, unassisted to
get two of the girls, Ella Brown and
Lizzie Powell, to the overturned boat,
which they grasped and kept above
the water. But his unaided efforts
were of no avail In saving the other
two.
When the boat went over there was
but one other boat on the pond, Leu
Clark and John Baumgartin being in
1t fishing. The party did not make
much of an outcry until about the
time the two girls went down for the
last time. Then their cries started all
those about the pond.
Several persons on the pavilion
rushed to the railing, and gazed upon
the party In the water. One party
had boat tied to the landing. Some
fellows quickly went out In this. Joe
McQuigg pulled off his pantaloons and
shoes and swan to the scene. Clark
and Baumgarten hurriedly pulled to-
ward the capsized boat, but could not
reach the spot In time to save the two
unfortunate pjrls