Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
TWO CANOE|STS
DROWNED OFF
MORGAN BEACH
Double Accident Tragic Ending
to Camps on Raritan
Bay.
Special to the Evening Star.

Special to the Evening Star.
MORGAN STATION, Sept. 14.-In
separate accidents in hte Raritan bay
off this camping resort yesterday two
young men were drowned. They were
Edward Farmer, of South River, and
Carl Reiman, of 40 Main street, Rah-
way. Both Were drowned from cap
sized canoes.
The Farmer boy was enjoying a sail
in his canoe with his brother Joseph,
when a cross sea struck the craft
and turned it over. Both brothers
struggled in the water out of reach of
the canoe, about half mile from the
Cheesequake Creek jetties, until Ed
ward drowned, a few minutes before
a power boat from Elizabeth came
along. Joseph Farmer was lifted into
the power boat and rushed ashore,
where DR. B. A. Robinson. of 265 Null
berry street. Newark, aided by some
Of the campers, resorted to heroic
methods and saved his life.
Charles Lining, of 16 Ferry street,
coming in from the fishing grounds,
picked up the canoe and searched for
Edward Farmers body without sue
cess. Both brothers were spending
their vacation at Camp Dixie, on
Morgan Beach.
few minutes after the Farmer boy
was brought ashore. Mrs. Fred d.
Smith, wife of Fred d. Smith, of Smith
& Linnett, of Franklin street, New
ark, heard cries for help coming from
the bay, and calling to Mr. Smith and
her brother, Leslie Pollock, of Mon
mouth place, Newark, they started on
run for the shore where Anthony
Schelker was seen struggling in the
water.
Pollock rushed into the water and
pulled him ashore. He was so eX-
hausted he could not speak. Mrs.
Smith. who was standing on the
heights at Morgan, saw a canoe at
the end of a dock with man hang
ing to it She ran to the home of
William Il. Lawrence and told him
and Lawrence ran to the creek where
William Cleveland was preparing to
go out in his power boat for sail
Telling him of the trouble, Cleveland
cast off his lines and put out through
the jetties to where Lawrence had
seen the canoe. They arrived five
too late. Mrs, Smith in the
had seen Reiman let go of
the canoe and sink
Harry c. Perrine president of the
South Amboy National Bank, had
witnessed the struggles of the drown.
ing man from his home on the bluff
at South Amboy and telephoned to
Jack Willetts at Morgan, but he was
too late to help.
Schelker was taken to the Smith
home on Morgan Heights after being
revived and provided with covering.
as he had Invested himself of all his
while in the water. He said
that he and Reiman had broken camp
and, packing their tent, poles and
bedding into the canoe. started for
Railway. When half mile from
Morgan a huge wave swamped the
canoe and he, being a good swimmer,
told Reiman to hang to the canoe
while he swan ashore for help.
That was the last he saw of his
companion, who boarded at the
Schelker home. Reiman has no known
relatives in this country, having ar
rived here from Germany, where he
served in the marine corps.
All the boys were under twenty
years of age, but We're unacquainted.
although near neighbors in camp.
Both canoes left the beach at the
same time and one was drowned from
each.