The Republican journal., 1903-07-30
SAD DROWNING ACCIDENT.
Everett E. Pillsbury, His Two Cniidren and
Miss Carrie A. Stevens Drowned by the Up
setting of Sail Boat.

Everett e. Pillsbury, His Two Chiiuren and
Miss Carrie A. Stevens Drowned by the Up
setting of Sail Boat.
An unusually sad drowning accident Oc-
CURED in Belfast Harbor Sunday afternoon,
in which Everett E. Pillsbury, job printer
of this city, his two children, Blanche and
Myron, and Miss Carrie A. Stevens of
Frankfort, a compOsitor in his Office, lost
their lives. Mr.. Pillsbury hired boat of
James Dunton and the party set out about
two O'Clock Sunday afternoon. They sailed
about the bay during the afternoon and at
6 O'Clock were a short distance above Little
River. The wind was then blowing mod
crate breeze. Mr.. Dunton was watching
the boat from his house near the foot OF
Race street and saw her gibe instead of
tack between Niurphy's Point and the
Battery. She then stood off shore, with the
sheet well off. Mr.. Dunton went into the
house and when he came out few minutes
later saw only white streak on the water,
which he took to be the gunwale of the
boat He at once rowed to the spot, or as
near as he could locate it, but could see
nothing of the boat or its inmates. About
an hour later a severe squall came up and
the wind blew gale from the north for
nearly "a hours, making choppy sea in the
harbor and preventing any attempt at drag
ging for the bodies.
The boat was double ender. IS feet long,
with one mast, mainsail and jib, and was
ballasted with about 500 pounds OF railroad
iron. She was built for fishing in the har-
Dor and had no cuddy or other enclosed
space
Just how the accident happened is not
known, but from the way the boat had been
handled it is thought that Mr.. Pillsbury
tried to gibe again and in so doing the boat
capsized, and taking in water the ballast
caused her to sink at once.
Tuesday morning the wind had abated
and the bay was smooth. City Marshal
Mcdonald with Decrow's and Dickey's
launches and some small boats began drag
ging the harbor, working southwark from a
line between the Battery and Steele's bea-
con. The dragging was continued all day
without success. Wednesday morning
they began again, but were obliged to stop
on account of the rain. The dragging was
with halibut trawl of 700 hooks the first
day, and an additional hundred afterwards.
The trawl brought up considerable matter
from the bottom, showing that the surface
was being thoroughly covered.
Mr.. Pillsbury was born in Shapleigh,
Maine, Aug. 3, 1868, a son of Orrin F. and
Mary E. Pillsbury. He learned the print
ers' trade in Providence, R. L., and worked
in Sanford, Me-, a few years. He came tc
Belfast in the fall of 1899, as foreman of the
Belfast Age job printing office. The office
was burned the following February and be
soon after established a job office, which he
had since continued. He married Ella Cole
of Biddeford, who survives him. By this
sad bereavement Mrs. Pillsbury is left alone
| in the world, without parents, brothers
| sisters, husband or children. The children
were more than usually bright and intelli
gent and were favorites with all who knew
them They were Blanche Edna, aged !
wears and 3 months and Myron Elmer, age(
years and months. Mr.. Pillsbury'
father and mother live in Sanford, and came
| to Belfast at once on hearing of the accident
/ He leaves two brothers and one sister, Fred
erick B., Herbert L. and Edith PillSbury
all of Providence. He was member of th'
| Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, knights
| of Malta and Sons of Veterans, and was
past captain in the latter.
Miss Stevens was born in Swanvlle ant
was 90 years old last March, a daughter O.
Ella A. (noW Mrs. Marshall) and the lat
! Chandler r. Stevens. She came to Belfas
three years ago and for two years past ha
worked as a compositor in Mr.. Pillsbury'
office and boarded in his family. Her mOthe
and step father were in Belfast Tuesda y
She leaves one sister, Mrs. Mabel Butler o
Monroe, and two half brothers, S. c. Mar
shall and Oscar Marshall, both of Frank
| fort.