The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-21
UNDERTOW TAKES
SEVEN ATLANTIC
CITY BATHERS
Prominent Members Of PhiladeI :
phia Summer Colony Drowned
DESPERATE BATTLE IN SURF
Four Men Lose Their Lives In At
tempt to Reocue Guard Who
Was Saved.

Philadelphia, June 2l-Buheted by
| a huge wave and carried into deep
water by treacherous undertow
seven bathers, including prominent
|, members of the Philadelphia summer
| colony, were drowned in the surf at
Atlantic City, N. j., yesterday Scores
of others were dragged to the beach
in an unconscious condition after
| life guards and other bathers had
battled desperately to save their
lives One other man was drowned
when six fishing smacks capsized
simultaneously as they we're about to
come ashore at Mississippi avenue,
and a score of fishermen thrown into
the water
The dead are: Miss Marion
Rhoades Creamer, IS. student at
Beechwood college, Jenkinton. Pa.
John Lysle, %, a prominent member
of the junior bar of Philadelphia;
Philip Arnold, 1S; Charles j. Mat
lock- IS; James McCay, William
Grove, all of Philadelphia. Charles
Green, the fisherman who lost his
life lived at Philadelphia.
Life guards say a storm caused an
Offset or gully between a sand bar
100 yards out and the beach. The off
set extended the entire length of the
beach. and with the development of
the strong undercurrent the bathers
we're swept into water of unexpected
depth. Many heroic recues were
made by members of the beach pat
rol and by volunteers and several
persons gave UP their lives to save
others.
Arnold, McCay, Grove and Matlock
plunged into the surf to assist Walter
Margerum, one of the guards who
had been knocked unconscious by
can buoy. All of the would-be rescu-
ers were drowned, while Margerum
was brought safely ashore short
time later by another guard.
John Lysle was talking with
friends on the beach when he heard
Miss Creamer's call for help. He i'm
mediately went to her assistance, but
was carried away by the tide. Earle
Collins of Atlantic City succeeded in
reaching the drowning girl but she
was pulled away from him and sank.
Collins, however, then fought his way
to another girl and brought her
ashore
;,I,n drnx W
his brother-in-law, DR.. John Coulter.
was trying to bring him ashore. The
physician stumbled unconscious into
shallow water with the boy clinging
to his neck. Brigham was swept
away before The rescuers could reach
him and DR.. Coulter was barely alive.
The latter was later revived
In addition to the seven cases re-
ported from Atlantic City four Phil
adelphians were drowned while bath
ing at various places yesterday.
Theodore George, As, boiler inspect
or at the Philadelphia navy yard, lost
his life in the surf at Wildwood; Her.
man Rosett was drowned in small
stream in Montgomery county, while
Max Rudnik, "a, and Charles Helig-
man. Is, were drowned while swim
ming in the Delaware river.
New York, June 21-Six persons
were drowned in waters near New
York yesterday four of these being
victims of boating accidents Five
foreigners were in a rowboat that
capszed on the Shrewsbury river.
near Red Bank. N. j., and three of
them sank, the others managing to
cling to the overturned craft and
gain the shore. An unidentified fish
erman fell from his boat in Sandy
Hook bay and was drowned. James
r. Bruner, a New York bank clerk,
was caught in the undertow at Edge
mere, L. ] and was carried out into
deep water. where he went down be-
fore a companion could reach him.
Ruth Colley, small child, was
drowned in stream near her home