The Republican journal., 1902-05-01
FATHER AND DAUGHTER DROWNED
T.
james Crosby and Daughter CAROLYN of
Bangor Victims of a Canoe Accident. Mrs.
Crosby Rescued.

james Crosby and Daughter Carolyn OF
| Crosby Rescued.
Bangor Daily News April %.
| With his little daughter clasped in his
arms. struggling to reach the shore after hav-
| ing placed his wife upon their overturned
| canoe for safety, James Crosby of 1856 Pine
| street, one of BangOr's best known youne
| men, was drowned in the Penobscot near
| Riverside Park Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
| Crosby was soon rescued by,members of the
Condeskeag Canoe Club, and suffered only
! from shock the bodies of Mr.. Crosby and
| little girl were recovered and brought home.
| No more SOrrOWful event than this has ever
darkened Bangor home or aroused more
generally the public sympathy for the sur
| viving relatives.
was an expert and enthusiastic canoeist,
started, with his wife and child, for a trip
| down the river to the house of the Condes-
keag Club, using the canoe in which they
had enjoyed many a happy trip together
No sai1 was used, as some supposed when
the accident was reported, and the canoe
had smooth passage until, having arrived
at d point near Riverside Park and opened
out the point above the clubhouse, she was
struck by squally gust of wind from the
hills. which quickly stirred up "a choppy
sea and careened the little craft on her side.
~ tlosof, atLoisl one ol the pest men
WIN paddle on lhe river, was unable to
get the canoes head into the wind, and
when she fell off into the trough of the sea,
pioauslde Oh, llie llSh! craft went over No
ohe "lintSseu lht acc'ueht' anu MI. troS6y
hao 10 iisht tlle pdltle LOT ne alone. lie
| placed his wife upon the overturned conoe,
ltiliiie hei 10 cllnS 10 II until ne had gotten
lhe niue sirl ashore When he would return
to her rescue. Mrs. Crosby carried ont her
part of the plan with admirable courage,
anu 70 hel pia'elH ana coolhess She owes
| hei me
MI Irosoy was a good swimmer. and
was lhahliiS lall progress toward tne shore,
I wheh, prooaoiy because OF sudden cramp,
Ne Sank, ana was drowned with MS little
one
ne acGluent IS supposed 10 nave occurred
at ABOUT nan past lhTee CLOCK, lor shortly
aIter that time MesSrs. Ralph +. Plalsted,
| HarrS l. Baker, JACK Lyon and Fred ID.
| OllVer, members OF the CondeSkeag Canoe
ciup, saw the overturned canoe upon which
she was tloatlng DRIFT down past the point
on the upper side OF the clubhouse cove.
MessrS. Ilasled ana Baker Jumped INTO a
| canoe at the landing and put Oft to the
rescue, ana III lew minutes, after Sklllful
| ana courageous Work, they brought Mrs.
| CROSBY to shore, and had her removed to
| the house OF Postmaster h. Il. ork, on the
NH H. near ~, Wiie1t w r. sne was cared lor.
| rpppVprp1 ahOnt p'0lnal- of int
600 yards below Riverside Park, by John
filchafos' Harry ufeeley ana Mason Murch,
fta, Ranaor ~ W 'Ae i'''''iS iesi'eiice III
Mr.. Crosby was the son of John 7, Crosby.
and was about 40 years of age. He was
o"'rSa 4hara 40 atornG th anu aitpl us
| library as assistant librarian acfino in that
capacity for some years, after which he was
~ ~ 9o1.ie 'liiie asslstait 70 MS laehef wneh
| sition of trust was that Of trea S1rar of fhe
Bangor Savings bank, which he filled for
some years; ana 'hen became eastern agent
each A. Co Zaw Yorll ba4;n1, W, ~ a+tiao t ~
the Morse-Olver building
Mr.. CROSBY leaves, besides his wife and
aaod e ise,iia' nst, i ai
who was drowned, was seven Years old
lie Is also survived by two brothers-George
ad ShaI u 'lit oeooliu Ns'.pllaI I loalh,
| Trust a BANKING co,
The mournful event may be said, truly, to
nave i cast gloom over the city, and hun
ronrarniut he ccidant I'M ona Ital .7a f
sympathy and expressions of the deepest
regret