Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-25
A SAD SEARCH.
No Trace Of the Three Miss
ing Augusta Young Men.
Graphing Parties Work All Day, Mon
day, Near Scene Of Accident.
Diver Chase Arrives and Will Try 10 Recover
the Bodies. Today.

NO drowning accident has ever come
as a greater blow to this community
or stirred its sympathies more pro
foundly than the sad one which re-
suited, Sunday. in the loss of three of
the best known. and most estimable
young men CT cur city. 1t was the
citizens all day long, and every posi-
BILE effort was made to recover the
bodies.
AT an early hour large number of
boats with graphing parties We're at
work for a mile or two below Five
Mile island and their efforts continued
until late hour in the evening, but
without success.
All three of the young men were
members of Trinity Commandery, hav-
ing been knighted at about the same
time. last winter. Eminent Com
mander ]. e. Kingsley telegraphed TO
Portland. early Monday morning, for a
diver, and Mr.. Robert Chase arrived
with a helper on the afternoon train,
in readiness to take up the search.
Meanwhile the efforts of the Crap
ping parties had been in a measure
successful SO far as the locating of the
place where the accident occurred was
A man was found who had
seen the young men making for Five
Mile island from a point near the cas-;
shore. He paid no special attention to
them and did not see the accident.
this point and the island resulted in
the discovery of the boats rudder.
This appears to determine with consid-
cradle exactness the location of the
accident, and Diver Chase's search for
the bodies will commence there. Tuss-
dayfmorning.
In the afternoon a scow belonging to
the Edwards Manufacturing Co. was
moved to appoint just below the island,
and viii be used. today. by Mr.. Chase
and his assistants.
1t will remembered that pipe and
found at Cony's landing, near the
point where a roadway down the bank.
known as Beale's road, reaches the
shore. Near this point also a cap be-
longing to Nash was found The dis
covery of these articles, and the fact
that a boat containing three persons
had been seen near there between ~
and II o'clock, by Mr.. Ed. Harwood,
from the back piazza of his father
house, led to the general belief that the
accident must have occurred in that
vicinity.
In the early part of the day the
search was largely confined to that part
of the river. Later in the day, the dis
coyery that the boat had been seen
nearly two and a half miles UP the
river heading for Five-Mile island from
ne east shore, led to search OF tna'
nart of the river with the result above
stated.
II is probable that the articles founu
All Cows landing had lioated down the
river from The scene Of the ACCIDENT
and been lodged upon the shore by the
strong current which makes in at thai
point.
Various reports were current upon Tic
streets during the day. and late in the
ffernoon, there was one to the e1ec'
that the body of Moore had been re-
oovarea. but this was not the case
Contrary TO the first impression 1t Is
so;d that all three of the young men
,za,e GOOD swimmers. This leads many
m believe that they lost their lives III
the effort to assist one another anu
,ha+ their bodies will be found neal
| together.
The search of the river Will be re-
spmed today, and, with the assistance
of Diver Chase, it is hoped that IL may
| be successful.
The report published in ONE OIL u.