Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-14
FOUR PERSONS
MEET DEATH
BY DROWNING
Newark Man Goes Down at
Dover in Sight of His
Wife.
ORANGE STUDENT Is
LOST IN MICHIGAN LAKE
Two Boys Perish While
Swimming in Morris
Canal.

Drowning accidents registered
toll of four people yesterday and
Saturday. Two of these were New
arkers and two from the suburbs.
The Newark people were Alexander
Marshall, twenty-six years of age, of
406la South Orange avenue, who met
death in the sight of his wife. while
swimming in Gooddale Lake, Dover,
and Samuel Senders, a boy of nine
years, of 40 Rutgers street, who lost
his life while swimming in the Morris
canal this city, yesterday.
Arthur II. Rowe, aged twentyone,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. willard c.
Rowe. of SO Hillside avenue, Orange,
a student at the University of Miehi-
gan, was drowned in Case Lake, Ann
Arbor, Mich, Saturday afternoon,
when a canoe in which he and an
other youth was sailing, upset. His
body has not been recovered yet. Al
fred Rutchman, six years of age, of
Nutley. lperished in the Morris canal,
Bloomfield, when he went in swim
ming with his brother and some other
boys and was unable to swim when
he got beyond his depth.
The body of an unidentified man
was found floating in Newark bay
this morning by boat captain and
was tied to the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road bridge, after which the captain
notified the police. When the officers
from the Third precinct went to the
scene to get the body the tide had
come in and the body had been COW
cred so that they were unable to find
it. 1t is not known how long the
body had been in the water. but 1t
must have been there several days.
The discovery of the body in New
ark bay was made by Captain
Charles Olson, of 522 West Side ave-
nue., Jersey City, who was passing
the spot in his boat.
Captain Olson tied the body to a
post at the Newark bay lighthouse
and then notified the Bayonne police.
The authorities in this city were
notified, and Patrolman Arthur Mar
tin, of the Third precinct, together
with employees of Mullins morgue.
were sent to bring the body to the
morgue in this city.
Taking steam launch at F'rey's
boathouse, the party rode out to the
lighthouse, but could not locate the
body. The tide had risen during the.
morning, and the corpse was buried
In the high water.
Although repeated efforts we're
made to find the corpse, the high
water hindered the Work of the res
cuers. and they were forced to aban-
don the search temporarily, until the
tide goes down.
MarshalPs drowning occurred in
view of his wife and a friend, Alfred
1nvererity, also of this city. The VIC
tim was twenty-eight years old and
q strong swimmer. According to the
i Of np l..
was summoned, he was attacked with
cramps, which brought on heart fail
ure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall came to
Dover Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs
Inpererity to spend the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Cross, of
Pequannoc street, intimate friends OF
the deceased. To add to the pleasure
of the visit 1t was proposed that
swim be enjoyed in the pond fire.
quently visited by bathers.
wife Witnesses Death Struggle.
Accompanied by his wife and life
long friend, Mr.. Inyererity, Mr. Mar
shall went to the pond, and after
swimming about for several minutes
the others noticed that Mr.. Marshall
was in trouble. He was seen to throw
up his hands and sink in about eight
feet of water. Inability to swim pre-
vented Mr.. Invererity to go to his
friends assistance, and with Mrs.
Marshall watched the death struggle.
! Although unable to swim. Mr.. Cross,
who reached the scene just as his
guest had sank for a third time,
Jumped into the pond, fully clothed,
and, laying on a log, padded to the
spot where he sank from view
The screams of Mrs. Marshall were
moved part of his clothing, and dived
several times. but was unable to To-
cate the body, which was finally
brought to the surface by John Jones,
of Central avenue. who lives nearby.
DR. Baker was summoned, but ef-
forts to resuscitate the victim proved
futile, and Coroner Edward #. Totten
was notified. A burial permit was is
sued and the remains taken to
n1Drgue.
Deceased was an electrician and
had been employed in this city for a
number of years. Besides his widow
the survivors are mother and sew
eral brothers, who reside in Glasgow,
Scotland.
Orange Student Drowned from Canoe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowe, received word
last night of the drowning of their
son, at Ann Arbor. He met his death
when a canoe in which he and an
other student were making a pleas
ure trip, was upset by a strong wind
and rough waters at the entrance to
Case Lake, Ann Arbor The body
has not been recovered.
The dead student was twenty years
old He was in the third year as a
student of forestry In the university.
He was graduated from the Orange
High School in 1912.
His father is business manager of
the Munson Supply Company, of this
city. Mr.. and Mrs. Rowe left last
night for Ann Arbor to bring back
the body of their SON. Besides his
brother and sister.
Young Senders, who was the son
of Charles Senders. a painter. was
drowned in the Morris Canal just
back of the Jail yesterday afternoon
between 3 and o'clock. in the pres
ence of his seven -year-old brother
Joseph and five-year-old brother
Harry. The three left home about
4. o'clock and nothing was heard from
them until o'clock when Joe rushed
IN with his brothers clothes, saying:
s4Sammy's dead up in the canal: he
got drowned" He told the story to
his father and mother, who with
their two youngest children, Jennie,
two -and -one-half, and Eva, eighteen
months. were at home Mrs. Senders
was prostrated.
Detectives Kenny and Tortoriello