The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-05-25
Two Veterans Drowned.
News and Courier, May 20.

ID. Carmichael, of Dillon, and
J. ". Harman, of Lexington, we're
drowned yesterday ia the bay, near
Tort Sumter. They had gone out in
small boat with party of friends
for sail and the boat was accident
ally capsized. The bodies we're
recovered soon after the accident had
occurred, and though every effort
known 10 science was made to re-
suscitate the unfortunate men, but
lite had entirely departed and they
could not be brought back to con-
sciousnese. The bodies OF the dead
I men we're brought t. Charleston on
the As boat from Mount Pleasant
and were prepared for shipment to
Dillon and Lexington today.
It seems that Mr.. Sullivan had
agreed to take a party of Elk, among
whom was Mr.. J. II. Pound, of ths
Swansea section, for sail 'round
the harhor, ard that up to the time
of the accident the cruise had been
e1ioyable. 1t seems that the hat OF
a member cf the party blew over
board and that either the owner of
the hat or one of his friends on board
reached over the side Of the little
craft for the purpose of recovering
the lost hat. 1t is supposed that
this caused the boat to overbslance.
for it at once turned over, throwing
all of the seven occupants into the
water.
The accident occurred in sight of
the life-saving station on Sulllvan's
Island. The life-saying crew made
all haste to get to the spot where
the men were struggling i'll the water.
They succeeded in doing this, though
not in time to save the lives Of Mr..
Carmichael and MIR. Harman.
As soon as the men had been pick
ed up and brought to the land they
were at orce taken in charge by the
surgeon and hospital corps stationed
on the Island They we're taken to
the post hospital and given the very
best aid and attention and everything
was done that could be thought of
by those in charge. The life-saving
crew and those in charge. The life
saving crew and those who aided
them IN getting to the drowning men
in the water are deserving of high
praise for the prompt and efficient
manner in which they went to the
rescue of the men in distress, and
had it not been fer their aid it is
certain that other members of the
party would have been drowned. 1t
was q close shave for those who were
rescued.
Soon after the accident occurred
and the news became generally
known in the city a telephone mes
sage was sent to the J. NJ. Conne!ley
undertaking establishment, asking
that they send over their ambulance
to bring back the bodies Of the
dead. This call met with prompt
response and the vehicle was sent
over. The bodies were brought back
on the boat from Mount Pleasant at
IS o'clock, 6 "A when the boat
arrived at the wharf there were
present there great many Confed-
crate Veterans who had heard that
the bodies of the two drowned com-
rades were to arrive at that time.
None of the others who were in
the accident we're seriou:ly injured
Mr.. William Olson, one of the visi
tors, who was in The boat when it
capsized, came to the city and was
seLt to the CITY Hospital, where be
Was doing we'll last night at late
hour.
Mr.. Harman was a member Of q
large and Influential family of that
name. He was brave soldier,
useful citizen, a good, honest, up
right and industrious man.
At the beginning of hostilities
between the States be at once
volunteered in Co. K. goth regiment
and served the long four years in his