New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
TWO SISTERS AND MAN
co SWIMMING AND DIE
Escort Loses Life in Effort to
Save Girls, While a Conn
panion Narrowly Escapes.
TWO DIE AFTER RESCUE
Helpers Unable to Revive Them,
Though Hours Work Restores
Survivor Of Party
to Life.

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young women and a young man lost
their lives while trying to swim in the
Raritan Bay. OF Morgans. this after
noon. Another girl was rescued and re-
vived with difficulty.
The dead are Anna Hill. twenty-one
years of age, OF Highland Park sub
urb of this place: Edith Hill. her sister,
about two years younger, and Gordon
Siverthorne, twenty-five years OF age.
of Newark The girl who was rescued
Is Miss Helen White, daughter OF John
White, of this place She was uncon-
scious when taken from the water, but
her rescuers managed to revive her, and
she is now under the care of a physician
Morgans, Is a small place. near South
Amboy. and is inhabited in the summer
time principally by campers. who live
along the Raritan Bay This afternoon
the four young people went out in a row.
boat with the intention Of swimming
ashore All had on their bathing suits
when they left the shore, and after they
had gone about one hundred yards. they
went overheard from the boat There
was an unusually strong tide running at
the time. and as none Of them was an
expert swimmer they had a hard time
battling with the current.
Efforts at Rescue Vain.
Miss Anna Hill was the first 70 become
exhausted by her efforts. and young Sill
verthorne, who was some distance 70
one side of her. went 70 her aid, while
the two other young women screamed
for help. They also tried TO reach the
drowning girl. but were unsuccessful
Young Silverthorne managed 10 get close
to the girl, but before he could give her
any aid she sank out of sight When she
came UP again she was some distance
away, and the would-be rescuer again
went after her but she went down before
he reached her.
In the mean time the other two girls
were having d hard time trying 70 re-
:. ain afoat SiIverthorne swan about
the spot where Miss Hill had gone down.
but saw nothing of her again, and then
he started 10 swim ashore, but he had
not gone far before he began TO grow
exhausted, and then he, too, cried for
help.
Harry Bloodgood. who was out IN
rowboat. rowed TO the spot and Sue
ceedec in getting both Miss White and
Edith Hill into his boat but Miss Hill
was almost dead before he got her from
the water Other rescuers had IN the
mean time gone toward Silverthorne- bur
when they got 20 him he had gone down
twice and was thoroughly exhausted
The three were hurried to the shore and
efforts TO revive Iiss Hill and young Sill
verthorne proved fruirless-
Two Died Before Doctor Came.
Before doctor could be called both
had died from the effects Of their struS-
giles Miss White. however who was
the best swimmer OF them al. was re-
vived after hard work on the part OF her
rescuers and physicians
DR.. Beeknan. the Coroner. was one OF
the first doctors to reach the scene and
he did what he could TO aid in the at
tempted resuscitation of Miss Edith Hill
and SilvertI rne, but after several min
utes of hard work had TO pronOunee
them both dead Miss White was taken
10 her parents camp, and is now thought
to be out OF danger.
The search for the body OF Miss Anna
Hill continued all the afternoon. and to-
night graphing hooks are being used IN
the bay to try and recover the body Ii
i; believed. however that she was car
ried along in the swift tide. and that v
will he several days before her body is
found
The news of the drowning OF their '"o
daughters has Frustrated the parents OF
he girls, and they refuse To DC COM
forted. The body OF Miss Edith Hill VIII
De sent to Highland Park and her par
ants will return with IL