Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-07-14
A Very Sad Drowning.

Irene Herring, of Brooklyn, n. Y, at
Camp Klondike, near Round Island,
last Sunday evening. Thecommunity
was profoundly shocked and the ex-
pressions of sympathy were many and
truly sincere. That such a beautiful
young life should be so suddenly
ended so far away from home was OF
itself enough to cause the most pro-
found sensation, but those who knew
Miss Herring best were the keenest
sufferers, because she was their true,
their sincere, noble friend. She was
friend indeed to all who had the pleas
ure of her acquaintance and a lady,
who, though a comparative stranger
to many Renovoites, was thoroughly
beloved for those beautiful traits of
character peculiar to her.
The accident which resulted so
fatally occurred about 700 o'clock in
the evening. Miss Herring, with a
gentleman friend, Mr.. DeBoies, of
West Chester, was bathing in the
Sinnemahoning river, which runs to
the north of the camp. Not a thought
of the sad end that awaited her enter
ed the lady's mind and she seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the refreshing BATH
The day was unusually sultry and the
water was cool enough to be pleasant.
Neither Miss Herring nor Mr.. DeBoies
could swim and for that reason neither
ventured very far out into the stream.
The water, however, near that par
ticular point is dangerously deep and
extreme caution was necessary to
avoid many holes in that vicinity.
How the fatal accident happened
no one really appears to know for
certainty. A cry for help, a ready
response from the men who were quite
a distance away, seem to be the facts
in the case. The assistance arrived
too late and the body of the unfortun-
ate lady was recovered, probably ten
minutes after it had sunk from sight,
lying in one of the deep cavities in the
bottom of the river.
Wnen the lady first sank the alarm
was at once sent back to the camp
where nearly the entire party was at
supper. The first to respond to the
alarm were E. +. Green, Roy Kirk
and John Mcdonald. Messrs. Green
and Kirk dove for the body and had
brought it to the surface. A boat was
rapidly showed out to them and in
attempting to get in, it capsized, throw
ing all overheard. The three sank
from sight and grave fears were en-
tertained for the safety of all. With
the assistance of Mr.. Mcdonald, the
body was brought to shore and all
that could be done to resuscitate the
spark of life was tried without avail.
A special train was despatched to
Driftwood for a physician and during
the interval each of the gentleman
campers took turns at trying to bring
the lady back to consciousness. Each
was untiring in his efforts and all
worked over the body for period of
three and one-half hours. The ply
sician from Driftwood arrived just as
soon as steam could bring him. He
pronounced the lady dead and the
horror of the campers can better be
imagined than described.
The remains were placed upon a
camp cot and brought to Remove Sun
day night on mail and taken to Stras-
sers undertaking establishment where
they were prepared for burial.
Yesterday morning all of the dead
lady's friends were permitted to view
the remains and the scene was a
touching one. There was hardly one
who went into the room and came
forth with dry eye. The remains
| reposed in handsome white casket
and the features of the dead girl were
| almost life-like.
Yesterday morning the remains were
accompanied by Mr.. E. D. Gardner.
A telegram had been sent Sunday
night apprising the relatives of the sad
end.
The deceased was in the twenty.
third year of her age and is survived
by her father and mother, two brothers
and two sisters. Mr. Herring is a U.
| S. naval officer and is at present in
command of revenue cutter on the
| Pacific coast
Miss Herring had been on visit to
her uncle, Mr.. J. H. Schanbacher, al
Ridgway, the past few months. Pre-.
viously to that, she had been the guest
of relatives and friend at Erie. From
Ridgway she came to the camp at
Round Island last week, intending tC
remain there until to-day. Her sad
demise ended the camp life for this
year.-Renovo News.