The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-08-04
SEA AT LAVAL
CLAIMS VICTIM
Charles Dillingham; Jr. browns
While Bathing At Popular
Kauai Beach Resort a3

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Charles Dillingham; Jr., luna with
the McBryde Sugar Company of
Kauai, son of Charles Dillingham; OF
/ Boston and cousin of the DiliinRhams
of Honolulu, was drowned in the sea
at Laval, Kauai at about Eve o clock
last Saturday evening. Jt.-...
The body was brought TO Honolulu
in the Inter Island steamer Doris,
which, arrived yesterday afternoon
from the Garden Island. The funeral
services will be held at two thirty this
afternoon in the Williams undertaking
parlors, the interment to follow in Nj
uanu Cemetery. e.
A certificate signed by DR.. Albert II
Waterhouse Of Koloa and attached to
the casket containing the body gives
accidental drowning as the cause Of
the death OF the young man. Dilling
ham was unmarried, native of Bos
ton and thirty.seven years old. He
had been in the Islands the past ak
years, mainly in Kauai News of the
son 8 death has been cabled to the
parents in Boston. ,r
Expected To See Service a'f sFa
Dillingham; was first lieutenant In the
Lihue Company of the Second Infan.
try, N. 9. H., md had recently applied
to come TO the officers training camp
which will be established in this is-
land shortly by the war department.
A guard or honor, the Kauai militia,
stood watch over Lieutenant DilHng.
ham IS body day and night until .it was
taken aboard the Doris for the Journey.
to Honolulu. Flags were at halfnrast
throughout Kauai and on the Doris
when she arrived here yesterday after
noon. A guard of honor of the Homo.
'"'p mHitia will escort the BODY TO its
last resting place in Nuuanu Cemetery
this Afternoon. :. gI. 49, e
A. A. Whelan, stable luna of the
Mrsryde Sugar Company nj Wahia-
wa, Kauai, accompanied the body TO
Honolulu. He tells the story of the
drowning of Dillingham; and the mi
rrulous escape of himself and Norman
Pilkington, both of whom were with
Charles Dillingham; bathing in the sea
at Laval '...-.. = - -
Story Of Drowning .".. -,..#,
THE three of us had gone in swim
ming at Laval between four and five
o clock Saturday afternoon" Mr..
Whelan said yesterday. eve had been
in the water about half an hour and
were in only waistdeep when an under.
tow caught aud carried the three of
us out to sea. All of us. struggled
against the undertow but for a while
were unable TO, make any Roadway.
Dillingham; was a poor swimmer
and was easily exhausted and when we
noticed that ne was in great distress
PilkingtOn and / placed him between
N "A n - =. w.
fought the undertOw and made slight
headway for land. Dillingham; grew
fainter and heavy and hard drag on
US. He seemed to have swallowed
good deal of water and finally gave no
his feeble struggle. Pflkington and
also were becoming exhausted and
PilkingtOn asked me what to do.
told him to try to get ashore and SC
cure help, which he did.
Whelan Had Close Call
~ was about to give up all efforts,
but / had'presence of mind to turn on
my back and float and after that |
lost consciousness for short time.
When ! came to, the waves had WASHED
me into wading ground, but Dillingham;
was gone. Pilkington was returning,
with ladder and long rope. He told
me to get hold of the rope, which
did
"Pilkington then swan out for Dill
lingham and recovered his body, which
he brought ashore, although at great
peril to himself for he, too, was nearly
exhausted. When we finally got Dii
bingham ashore we worked on him for
half an hour, meanwhile having sent
for a doctor, who arrived at the end OF
that time. We tried everything we
rOuld to resuscitate the drowned man,
but all Our efforts were unavaihng
When the doctor came he said that
Dillingham; had died from drowning
before we pulled him out.
% As it was | think that Pikington
and myself were fortunate that we es
capped the sad fate of poor Dillingham;
for we, too, had mighty narroA
call"