Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-05
-Four Newarkers, Three
from Nearby Places
Go to Death.
YOUNG WOMEN AMONG
ESSEX COUNTY VICTIMS
Intense Heat and SunstrOkes
Cause Several to Sink
While in Bathing.

Four Newark homes and three in
surrounding cities are plunged in grief
today by an appalling series of Fourth
of July drowning fatalities that caused
the death of seven YOU g people yes
terday.
Jersey rivers, lakes and shores were
responsible for all seven deaths. Two Of
the victims were young women shumS.
each "a years old, who had gofie to-
gether for an hours sport in the waves
at Keansburg. The other five were
young men, two of whom were New
arkers.
THE DEAD,
DoIan, Miss Margaret, "a years old, of
405 warren street. was drowned at
Keansburg.
MuIvaney, Miss Bessie, "a years old, of
38e Warren street, was also drowned
at Keansburg.
Meyer, Henry G., Fl years old. of AS
South Seventeenth street, who suf-
fered q sunstroke on Monday, drown
ed at Atlantic Highlands.
vaiderhoof, Lester H, ~ years old, of
40 Monmouth street, fell overheard
and drowned while mounting to the
roof of his motorboat Mt South Beach.
McCloud, Alexander, IL years old, of
e56 Madison avenue, Paterson, was
drowned In Verona Lake and body
found today after lake was drained'
PenopoaIis, George X, n young Greek,
OF Montclair, drowned In Verona
Lake while bathing with several
companions.
Cehn, David, 10 years old, of 42s Pali-
sade avenue. Jersey City. was
drowned I'm Newark Bay.
In the party at Keansburg, two of
whom were drowned. were the victims.
Miss Mulvaney and Miss Dolan; Miss
Veronica Farrell 20 years old, OF 80
Newton street, who was rescued by
John Howard, life-guard; Mary Dris-
coll, of 6S Fairmount avenue, whose
life was probably saved because she
was waiting for friends expected on
the next boat, and refused to battle
Notwithstanding the pleadings of her
friends; Miss Eleanor Baker, of 440
East 156th street, New York, who was
rescued by Barney Romanoff, of Ss
Barclay street; Joseph Reilly, cousin
of Miss Mulvaney's. of 329 Warren
street, with his wife and child; John
Culligan and Thomas Carey. of this
city, and Miss Elizabeth Kearns, of
So Paramount avenue.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
I'll
Farrell joined the throng of bathers
after they had vainly tried to induce
Miss Driscoll to accompany them.
Ten minutes later Miss Farrell
screamed for help and hundreds hur-
ried to where the girls went down.
The drowning was witnessed by Miss
Lillian Ashley. of 2S Newton street, who
was also spending the weekend at
Keansburg, and who described the
affair to an Evening STAR reporter
today.
'It was so sudden and terrible" said
Miss Ashley, that 1t simply unnerved
everybody at the resort. 1 was in
bathing about twenty feet from the
spot where the three girls went down
and they seemed SO jolly before the
accident, laughing and splashing the
water at each other and having the
time of their lives
Suddenly we heard scream. 1t was
Miss Farrell, and she grasped hold of
a woman near her The woman's hus-
band came to their aid Immediately
and brought them to shore. The boys
all went after the other two girls, and,
honestly, I never saw people work
harder than they did to save Miss Null
vaney and Miss Dolan.
"lIiss Dolan was found after search
ing twenty minutes and she was hurried
ashore, where every effort was made to
revive her. Indeed. one Of the young
men got on his hands and knees and
let them roll Miss Dolan on his back
for nearly an hour, in order to get the
water out of her lungs and stomach. The
poor girl had a little life in her when
they started this, I am sure, for we
heard her moan. But she was too far
gone and we realized finally that she
was beyond aid.
''The accident happened about 1O:3U
o'clock in the morning and Miss Null
vaney's body was not found until nearly
IL o'clock noon. She was standing up
right in the sand hole in which she
had been dragged to her death.
"They have lifelines oi ropes there
for bathers, but there are posts show
ing where the holes are, and II was
near one of these where the girls went
down. They evidently thought the dam
ger lay beyond these posts. There were
a number of families staying on Ocean
View avenue, where we were, who were
completely unnerved by the accident
and began packing up the.r belongings,
saying they would return to Newark.
The bodies of Miss Mulvaney and
Miss Dolan arrived in this city today.
Mrs. Reilly of 1886 Warren street, with
whom Miss Mulvaney lived, declared
she could not have the funeral from
her home, as she had lost her husband
only eight months ago and could not
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