The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
SWIFT TIDE BROWNS THREE
TWO GIRLS AND 4 YOUNG NAN ~
LOSING RATTLE WIN 1T.
I.eaped From Boat In Raritan nay for
swim-IIad Net Counted on swift.
ness or the Curreat FataI Auto
Accident while Hurrying 60 SCENE.

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NEw BRrxswIcK. n. J.. July 7s-Two
young women and a young man were
drowned in the Raritan Bay on Morsans
this afternoon. They were Anna Hill.
u years Of age. OF Highland Park, a sub
urb Of this place Edith Hill. her sister.
about two years younger. and Gordon
sllverthorne. ~ years OF age. Of Newark.
Miss Helen White daughter Of John
White Of this place. was rescued uncon-
scious and fs now under the care Of a
physician.
Morgans il a small place near South
Amboy and Il inhabited in the summer
time principally by campers who live
along the Raritan Bay. This afternoon
the four young people went out in row.
boat with the intention Of swimming
ashore They each had on their bathing
suits when they left the shore and after
they had gone about n hundred yards
they went over board from the boat
There was an unusually strong tide run
ming nj the time and a. none Of them could
swim very we'll they had hard job bat
Ting with the current.
Miss Anna Hill was the first 20 become
exhausted by her efforts, and young
Silverthorne who was some distance
20 one side OF her. went to her aid. while
the two other young women screa med
for help. They also tried To reach the
drowning girl but were unsuccessful
Young Silverthorns managed to get close
70 the girl but before he could render
her any aid she sank When she came
up again she was some distance away
and the wouLi-be re~c,Ier again went
after her. but she drowned before he got
TO her
Meanwhile the two other girls were
having a hard time trying to remain
ahoat Silverthorne swan about the
spot where Mi-s Hill had gone down,
hut saw nothing Of her again. and then
he started To swim ashore but he had
not gone far before he became exhausted
and called for help Harry Bloodgood.
who was out in a rowboat. rowed TO the
spot and succeeded in getting both Miss
white and Edith Hill into his boat, but
Miss Hin was almost dead before he got
her from the water Other rescuers
had in the meantime gone toward Silver
gone down twice and was thoroughly
exhausted The Shree were hurried To
the shore and efforts to revive Miss Hin
and young silverthorne proved fruit
less Before a doctor arrived both were
dead Miss White was the best swimmer
Of them ali and she was revived after
hard work on the part Of her rescuers
and physicians
Or Beekman. the Coroner. was among
the first doctors to reach The scene and he
did what he could to aid the attempted
rcS,lscitation OF Miss Edith Hill and
Silverthorne; but after several minutes ~
hard work hs pronounced them both
dead. Miss White was taken to her
parents camp and is now thought to be-
recovering
The search for the body n Miss Anna
Hill continued all the afternoon. and
tonight graphing hooks are being used
in the hay 10 try 60 recover the body
" IL believed that her body was carried
along in the swift tide and that II will he
several days before it il recovered.
while hurryinR in an auto to the scene
Of the drowning one man was killed. one
was 80 badly injured that he cannot
liv. and two others were hurt, when
the machine turned turtle on the ROAD
between South Amboy and Morgans
after jumping an embAnkment.
The dead man was Edward Dugan. n
clerk. Of South Amboy. He was about
Is years oil. a widower and leaves seven
children He was caught under the
machine a. u went over and his neck was
broken William Monaghan was also
pinned under tho auto and hal several
rihs broken and IL IL fearel that he has
internal injuries. There is little hope 81
his recovery.
The auto IL owned by Patrick Fallon
and was driven by him lie was not
much hurt fourth man in m" car had
~ arm broken The men left South Am
boy Ia gu IN the scene of the drowning
and were spec ling along theroah. when the
steering gear went wrong and before
Fallon could straiRhten out the machine
Il hal shot over the embankment