Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-21
THREE BOYS DROWNED
And Another Narrowly Escapes Same
Fate at Lynn, Mass.

| Lynn. Nov. 2o-IEree boys We're
! drowned ana fourth narrowly escaped
Il similar fate in d clay pit off HolyOkf
! street. Saturday noon. Tie boys were
skating and the Thin ice broke. throw
! ing them into the water. The bodies
! We're later recovered.
| The dead:
| George Dearborn Stiles, aged II, 9e
Gardner street.
Bertram Leroy Hawkes, aged 10, Z:
| Gardner street.
Edward Carey. aged 10, 50 Holyoke
street.
J Charles Randall. aged g. 122 Gardner
street. escaped. The boy made Il des-
/ lerate struggle for his Iice. and When
! he reached shore WAS "N.i.iusted.
! Tonight. the bodies Iii, ~ the homes
Of the parents. and mlny people have
called to express their SYMPATHY The
/ boys We're weil-knoWn III the section,
of the city in which. taey lived and
all attended schoo. stiles and Hawkes.
at the Burril. ana Carey at the Myrtle
street school.
Tile cold weather of yesterday and
LIST night formed thin coating of ice
over the water in the clay pit ana the
boys. who lived near the place. were
anxious to lave their first skate of the
winter.
Ii WIS without the knowledge of the
A.! parents that the skates were taken
from the houses. and the four bows.
1 accompanied by others who thought
they would watch the sport but not
venture on the ice. went to the pit.
A polo game was proposed and the
! tour BOYS put on their skates and
struck out on the thin ice. For a few
( moments all went well, and then. sud-
denly. when all We're standing clost to-
eether, the ice gave way and they Went
/ down.
! Carey. Stiles and Hawkes. never came
up or else arose beneath the ice. The
, Randall boy managed to cling to the
; ice and soon WAS in water up to his
hips. As he tried to reach the shore
! the ice broke beneath him. The small
boys on the bank threw a plank to him
! and he iinally succeeded in reaching
the shore. where he became uncon-
scious.
| The cries Of the boys attracted the
| attention Of persons in the vicinity. in
i NiudIiiSo tA-NIaypI tNUtpHtIu, fTti
| Phillips. James f. Rich. Joseph REGAIN
and Michael Murphy. They hurried t.
Z the pit and Phillips. fully clothed,
jumped in.
! He succeeded in bringing the body of
Carey to the surface and finally broke
/ the ice sufficiently to allow it to be
drawn to the shore. Drs. Mcdonald and
/ Abbott worked over the body, but life
/ was extinct.
! The police arrived with graphing
! irons and the bodies of Stiles and
Hawkes. We're brought to the surface.
| Life bad departed, but every effort was
! made to resuscitate them.
| Ex-Nayor Shepherd, Rich, Regain
and Murphy rendered great assistance
removing obstacles from the pit and
breaking the ice so the graphing irons
could be used. The bodies, as they
We're recovered We're laid side by side
| and then taken to the homes of the pa
rents, Mr.. shepherd riding with each
| and rendering his sympathy and aid to,
the families.
| Stiles was the son of Joseph S. Stiles.
a shoemaker. and Hawkes. the son of
William Hawkes., employed at the Cen
! eral Electric Co. The Carey boys IA
Their is James Carey. who at one time
owned the claypit where the three boys
| We're drowned.
1t is probable a double funeral Will
be held. Monday, when Stiles ana
Hawkes. will be buried with services at
the Trinity Methodist church. Carey
will be buried from the Sacred Heart
church. Monday morning.
Hawkes. vas the hero of an accideht'
last summer. He and Milton Bachei-
ler. another small boy. were hshlls a'
Rreed's pond when Bachelor 1eii III
and had gone down twice VINES
Hawkes. succeeded in extending
to him and drew hAn out OF tne pou
He carried Bachelor on MS pach -
some distance and then, meetihs
man. the latter took charge or the IVY
who soon returned to CONSCIOUSNESS