The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-13
rominent Summer Residents of Marion, Mass, Drown as Motor Boat
 Burns.
TWO SWIMMERS RESCUED
Taken from Water After Twelve Hours---Son of the Late Robert Worthington, of Boston,
 a Victim.

f Marion Mass, July l2. Four prom Fnent summer residents of this town End Falmouth met death through an Explosion on board i5-foot .aunch off Fhere last night. The survivors were |plcked up today after having been in Ethe water for 12 hours.
 Tine dead: Roland Worthlngton, Bos- Cton; John T Trull, Woburn; Joseph s. EBeal Milton; George savory. Marble nbead, captain of the launch.
 I The rescued: IA P. Tarbell, Marble head. Edward Peckcr. Boston.
 4 Pecker who was ciuging to m oar land Tarbell who was supported by a llife preserver, were able 10 swim and !they remained together until they were picked up by lobster fisherman. Neither of the survivors was able to lEiye the cause of the explosion. Mr LJarhel whao owned the Dolphin. as |ihe launch was called, said that the boat had started out from Marion on Ia short pleasure cruise, and was well out In the middle of Buzzards' Bay when the explosion occurred Savoy. the engineer was suddenly blown into the air and was probably lead when be struck the water The boat caught his comrades to leap overheard He strapped a life preserver about himself before he leaped, and MT Pecker whc is connected with the Boston banking firm of Rollins & Son on State street feized an oar and followed So far as they know. none of the others in thu party jumped Either they could no swim and preferred to cling to the dis bbled launch until help came ar else they were stunned by the explosion
 Both Tarbell and Pecker remained il the vicinity of the launch for severa moments urging their comrades [, jump into the water with 9 cushion oar, life preserver. or something for the launch was burning rapidly one nan. believed to be Roland Worthlngtt n was seen clinging to the side of the boat but he could not swim apparently and the men in the water could mol reach Tim
 Gradually the launch drifted away further out to sea and Mir Pecker ant MT Tarbell were forced to give up hope of doing anaything to aid their com rades. They turned landward ant struck out with slow strokes so as tc husband their strength as much as pos 7 slhle. It was not until they had beer twelve hours in the water that rescu, came to them.
 As soon as news of the disAste reached here nearly every summer res iaent and fisherman who owned yacht or launch at once went out fl the bay to search for some trace o the boat or it's occupants, but tn search proved frutless The launch un doubtedly sank with all on board
 The party had gone out for crus in the bay at the invitation of MT { Tarbel who came here yesterday iron Marblehead Neck. Mir Worthington who was spending the summer at Fal mouth, was a large owner of real es tate in the Boston financial districts but had retired from active business He was 49 years old. In addition t membership in the Eastern Corinthiai Yacht club of Marblehead, he belonge 10 various clubs in Boston. His father the late Roland ,Worthington, was
 prominent figure in Bostons affairs fo
 many years, being collector of the DOT under President Grant and at one tim owner of the Boston Traveller.
 Mr. Trull, who was 66 years ole was prominent in Boston mercantil circles and had place of business a 76 Chauncey street. He lived in Wo burn, but spent his summers in Fal mouth For long time Mir Trull wa connected with the print cloth manu featuring concern of David Nevin company of Woburn. He was vice president of that company but retire when the plant moved to New York
 few years ago He leaves a widow an
 three children, one of whom was Mir
 Edgar A. Bates of New York.
 Mir Beal was connected with the of fee of the Osceola Consolidated Minin company in Boston,
 Savory, the engineer of the cWf
 was 20 years old, and unmarried. II
 served in the Spanish American war.