Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-07-17
TWO SISTERS DROWNED.

The Sad Fate of Lillian and ROsRbel
Goodrich, which Brought Sorrow to
All the People Of CambrIdgeport.
The saddest accident that ever occurred
in Cambridgeport was the drowning Satur-
day afternoon in the SaXtons river, below
the upper dam and short distance from
their home, of the two younger daughters
of Rev. f. d. Goodrich a retired Methodist
minister.
Mr.. Goodrich's family consisted of his
wife, a married daughter, Mrs. Boline of
Montpelier, a daughter in Seattle, Wash,
and the two daughters Lillian and Rosa
bel, aged respectively 20 and II years.
Mr.. Goodrichs last charge before COM
ing here was in Salisbury, this state. The
family have lived in Cambridgeport nearly
Two years, having bought place in that
part of the village known as Wymanville.
About IL o'clock Saturday forenoon the
daughters left the house telling their father,
who was haying near by, that they were
going for a stroll, the mother having gone
out berrying.
Mrs. Goodrich returning about p. NJ.
and not finding her daughters, went to look
for them, thinking they had strolled further
than they intended. Upon coming back to
the house she missed their bathing suits,
they having returned after their stroll and
changed their clothing. She fastened to
the river where they were accustomed TO
battle and found the body of the elder
daughter in shallow water near the shore.
She drew out the body and shouted for
help. The alarm was given and men has
tened to the spot. Nothing was to be seen
OF the other daughter except her feet, the
body having been washed back under the
dam II feet from the other body. Fred
Smith, good swimmer, with the aid of a
spike pole drew out the body which was in
Il feet of water.
No effort was made to restore them to
life as DR.. Osgood, who was present, said
they had been dead several hours. Kind
friends prepared the bodies for burial and
did all in their power to soften the blow to
the distracted parents. The cause of the
accident is a mystery, but the most plausi-
BILE theory of your correspondent, from the
position of the bodies and the fact that
the first one found had bad bruise on her
temple, is that the one found in deep water
slipped off a stone, lost her footing, and
the other in trying to save her fell and
struck a stone, rendering her unconscious,
or that finding she could not save her sis
ter, not being able to swim, she turned
toward the shore to get help and fell in a
faint.
Both were bright, attractive girls, win
ming in manner, making many friends dur
ing their vacations. They were graduates
of the State Normal school in Randolph
and were fitting themselves in music and
other accomplishments for useful positions
in life. Miss Rosabe, at the anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh the evening before
her death, gave very pleasant rendering
of humorous selection, "The automatic
CRADLE They were both members of the
Methodist church in Athens.
At the funeral on Monday afternoon,
Rev. j. A. Leach officiating, the large at
tendance, not only from Cambridgeport
but from adjoining towns, and the many
beautiful floral tributes, testified to the
deep sympathy which all felt for the be-
reaved family. Mrs. Boline of Montpelier
and two sisters of Mrs. Goodrich from
Massachusetts, and other friends of the
family attended the funeral
The burial was at sunset and they were
laid to rest in a double, daisy lined grave in
the cemetery at Cambridgeport. The family
have the deep sympathy of the whole COM
munity in this great atlliction.