The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
AS
HE SAVES
Her LIFE
Police Believe This to Be
FATE Of Captain George
Lockwood.
MISS ~LOUNDSBURY SAFE
Missing Man Told Her He Would
Rescue Her After She Fell From
Canal Boat in Passaic, but
:. SlleSawH Him INC M After
He Drew Her to Safety.

Miss Margaret Loundsbury. SO years
old, who lives with her sister, Mrs.
Lemue1 Burnett, of 56A Summit place,
had a narrow escape from drowning
last night in the Passaic River, while
her rescuer, George Lockwood, captain
of he canalboat John F. Hagar, has
mysteriously disappeared. The police
believe that he was drowned.
Miss Loundsbury was removed to st.
Michael's Hospital, suffering from a
badly swollen face, caused by striking
against a fender and from the effects
of swallowing river water. h was
discharged from the hospital this MORN
ing and went to the home of her sister.
When the woman fell into the water
her screams brought Captain Lockwood
from the cabin of the boat and he
sprang into the water. He caught the
woman by the hair and drew her to a
fender on the side of the boat. The
last time she saw him or heard his
voice was when he jumped into the
water and said, maggie, grab me by
the waist" she told the police.
When the woman fell into the water
her screams brought Thomas Murphy,
of Lafayette street, a stevedore, to the
scene. He dived into the water, and 1t
was he who held her until assistance
came. In the meantime Lockwood dis
appeared and no trace of him could be
found. The woman was taken into the
cabin of the schooner Charles Ii.
Klinck, and everything done to resus-
citate her. When the police of the
Second Precinct station arrived the
patrol wagon was called and the oma
was removed to st. Michael's Hospital.
An EVENING STAR reporter called
at 56h Summit street this morning and
saw Miss Loundsbury. She had just
arrived home from the hospital. She
said:
Last night 1 was doing some work
in the cabin Of the boat. Mrs. Mary
O'Grady, a friend of mine, who lives
in Seventh avenue, was also in the
cabin. Her husband and a man named
Holly, who had been helping the cap
tain load the boat, sat in the cabin until
about 7:30 O'clock. We all had sup
per together. After the two men left
Mrs. O'Grady, the captain n l sat in
the cabin talking.
about 0 o'clock I went up on deck to
get a pail and tripping over a coil of
rome fell into the river. I screamed and
the captain rushed up on deck and sprang
into the water. He caught me by the
hair and said Maggie, grab me by the
waist | became exhausted and was sick
from swallowing the water. The pain in
my face, caused by striking it against a
fender when ] fell overheard, was so bad
that ] did not notice what was going on.
I have a faint recollection of the captain
letting go and then someone grabbed me
and pulled me out of the water. l was
taken into the cabin Of a schooner. l
thought the captain was in his own cabin
! changin his Clothes, and did not know
that he was missing until this morning
Miss Loundsbury said that she knew
Captain Lockwood for about five years and
believed that his home was in Newark.
She had worked for him off and on for the
past year. Whenever the boat came TO
Newark he always sent for her to clean up
the cabin and cook for him while he was
In Newark. She said that she has made
several trips on the boat between Newark
and Brooklyn. The boat, she said, had
been tied up in the Passaic River since
last Friday. The boat was loading with
tan bark that was to he conveyed to the
National Lead Works, in Brooklyn.
She described the missing man as being
about SO years old, small, dark-complex-
toned, black hair and mustache and weigh
Ing about 40 pounds. He wore a blue shirt,
black trousers. heavy feeeed underwear
and black socks.
The police of the Second Precinct sta
ton are investigating the case.