The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-29
THREE BOYS LOSE LIVES
IN WAYNE COUNTY LAKES
ERNEST AND HARRY PRICE PER-
ISH IN ELK LAKE; OWEN
KERN DROWNS AT LODORE.


est Price Loses Life in Effort to
Save His Brother Harry Who
Could Not Swim.
Three more drowning accidents
occurred in Wayne county on Sun
day, making a total of five which
have taken place in the lakes in the
vicinity of Honesdale this season.
Two young lads, Ernest R. Price, 81
years of age, and his brother, Harry,
saged IS, of Carbondale, were drown
ed in the waters of Elk Lake Sun
day morning and in the afternoon at
Lake Lodore, Owen Kern, Jr.,
aged 19, son of Owen Kern, of Way
mart, perished in the water. In all
three cases the boys were in bath
ing.
Ernest Price and Harry Price,
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Price, whose home is in
Carbondale, the father being a flor
ist of that city, were spending sew
, eral weeks at Elk Lake at their cot
tage. On Sunday morning about ten
O. clock the brothers left the cottage
+ to go in bathing. They went alone
Z and chose that part of the lake
f which is near the outlet where the
4 water is about eight feet deep That
= was the last seen of the boys alive,
At noon when they failed to re-
4 turn the parents became anxious and
i instituted a search fearing that
something had happened. Mr.. Sen
senstine, a farmer living in that
neighborhood, rowed over to the
outlet and found floating on the sur
Co - ED, t1A
of the Price boys. 1t was then two
o'clock in the afternoon and the
boys had been dead several hours.
Mr.. Sensenstine brought the sad
news back to the parents who be-
came grief stricken at the terrible
accident. Coroner P. B. Peterson
of Honesdale was notified and went
at once to the lake where a jury was
empanelled and a verdict of death
by accidental drowning was reached.
The jury was composed of the fol-
lowing men: ]. j. Devaney, G. E.
Volkhardt, Joseph Hurd, Ernest F.
Dudley, Jr., Vance Carr and Arthur
B. Burdict.
There were no witnesses to the
accident and only one theory to the
cause of the drowning is advanced.
The elder brother knew how to
swim while the younger did not. 1t
Is supposed that the elder Price boy
attempted to teach the younger how
to swim and the latter being fright
ened in the water commenced to
struggle and pulled both down to a
vatery grave. Undertaken Shifier of
y Carbondale took charge of the re-
mains.
Drowning at Lake Lodore.
Fd from Elk Lake when the news OF
mother drowning accident reached
him by phone and he set out i'm.
nediately for Lake Lodore.
Owen Kern, with several Other
ads, were learning to swim in the
hallow waters along the edge oi
he lake and accidentally stepped
If from a ledge of rock into deer
water. He had no idea of deep wa
er being anywhere near. He drop
|ed out of sight of his companions
Fho were near, and in a few seconds
ater came up to the surface. They
aw him reach up with his hands ant
Fipe away the water from his face
md thinking that he knew how tt
w III luty OllcIeu uO
he boy did not return to the surface
second time.
When the coroner arrived a jury
q Tas called and rendered a verdic
W accidental death by drowning
he jury was composed of the fol
bwing: Thomas A. Walker, Thoma
lanley, c. E. Volkhardt, William F
brennan, Floyd Wayman and Jas
urnett.
The accident occurred near Hem
bck point, near the ball grounds
aymond Box and Grant Morton
ere the other two boys who wer
ith Kern. They could swim bu
ern could not. The accident oc
lrred about half-past two in tn
fternoon and when the boy wen
own and did not show up again tn
kys notified one of the employee
the park who recovered the bod
ler it had been in the water abou
teen minutes. They tried artificia
n reathing to bring back life but thei
forts failed. The body was take
4l the home of his parents at Way
jart where Undertaken ]. H. Steph
lson took charge of the remains.