Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-11
SHERIFF MERW|N SHOT SFaS
JOHN CORPS DEATH.
Was Unable to Reach the Shore After
 Boat Capsized.

. Boat CApsized. -..
 John Corr, p years of age, of ATS
 East Main street, was drowned in "ShelP' Httchcock's pond, which is
 near the Southington mountain, on
 Sunday morning about 2 o'clock. The
 drowning occurred after boat in
 which were Corr and his three com
 panions, had capsiZed and the occu- pants had been thrown into the deep
 water. All but Corr, however, man.
 aged to escape. It is thought that he was seized with cramps while swim
 inning to safety and that he sank be- fore he could shout for assistance.
 John Corr, Patrick Coughlan, en-
 ployed by B. $. Hotchkiss; Walter GarthWaite of Wolcott street and Jo-
 seph Casey of Welton street left the eastern section of the city after Il o'clock on Saturday night to go on a fishing trip to Hlitchcock's pond. Af ter arriving at the pond they decided to get into boat and row out sto the
 middle of the pond and fish. This
 happened about o'clock. GarthWaite
 and Corr were rowing, but the boat
 wasn't going along smoothly and so they decided to exchange places. It was while they were in the act of ex
 changing places that the boat waS
 overturned and all the occupantN thrown suddenly into the water, the l depth of which is from to 10 feet. The distance from the shore to where the boat overturned is about 400 feet.
 Coughlan and Casey managed to swim
 towards the boat after it was over turned, caught hold of it and then shouted for help. They were rescued by some parties who were fishing in
 the pond. Garthwaite and Corr start ed to swim towards the shore. Garth waite succeeded in reaching land, but Corr did not. When last seen he was still swimming, but the distance was either too far and he became exhaust ed or he was seized with cra1mps. None of his companions saw him sink. They had all they could do to look out for themselves. Corr was strong athlete and a fine swimmer and there fore the theory of the distance being
 too far is somewhat doubted. His friends believe that 1t is more probable that he was seized with cramps. It
 was at first believed that GarthWaite
 was also drowned, for he did not
 show up until some time after the ac-
 cf,lent occurred. A long search was
 made about the shore for Corr by the parties who had rescued his compan- ions, but the search was fruitless. Ills
 companions were then taken to MT
 Hitchcock's house where restoratiyes l were administered to, them and later
 they were brought. to their homes 1n this city.
 | Early yesterday morning CorrSs family and relatives were notified or the unfortunate accident and they went out to search for the body. Louis Corr spent large part of the day in
 diving for the body, but it was of no avail. Later the work of dragging the pond for the body was begun.
 John Corr was a wen known young
 man in the eastern section Of the clty and had a large number of friends.
 He was a member of the class Of lSuo
 of the Waterbury High school. While
 at school he was prominently identified with athletics and was member or
 the baseball and football teams. Since
 leaving school he has worked 1n the
 factOr1eS or Dne ScoElll nAS1huAaSe - GO and the Waterbury Farrel Foundry
 and Machine Go. Besides his father,
 Joseph Corr, who is now on trip TO
 Ireland. he leaves four sisters, Martha
 and Maria M., school teachers, Nellie,
 employed at Conlon Brothers ana
 Laura, and two brothers, Charles and
 George. k.. ->
 The body had not been recovered at 3:3O this afternoon and it was the ln~7 tention of those having charge of the
 search to use dynamite, a permit hav- ing beea obtained from the proper au- thoritiCs.