Smyrna times., 1924-02-27
ITIrlNI COMMUNITY ..I!i. IS
TlIIFj 'IT OVER DROWNING
,p,GDoN, SON OF DRUG
|0iD Dp -S THRU ICE ON LAKE

rllls THRU ICE ON LAKE
n,..+ His Lone Companion, Al
9 15,e r,o,.n ll't to Death in His He
1''i r,,te ,,temut TO Rescue Him
!" a..u., and community is much
il'.vsr .ysr the drowning Of one OF
8 . ',oI oonpIar young men, Lloyd
Y. s,.id'. p'Y son Of ]. C. BragdOn, the
-, suv,' druggist. Young Brag-
lo'i lso !, employed by the dupont
...y wv At 4 wilmington, was drown E,o,
\. Sunday afternoon in ,{:l1,e SILVER
.soat on one mile south of Middle
'Tfe' Tss body was recovered Mon
.,st about II o'clock and re-
= +be home of his parents,
' y Mrs Joseph Gaylord Brag-
y !. couh Broad street, Middle
Y The funeral was held from
lq . o'clock this Wednesday af-
The services were in charge
R DOnaghay, rector of st.
E. Church, and interment
r,ds in old St. Anne's cemetery.
~, with Harry West, another
.,t Of lEddletOwn, had been to
tbe cOves along the lake and
an their way home about .
n They were walking across the
Al eoyered the lake when sud
\ Brsgdon stepped upon the thin
N crered an air hole and he
through and into the water. The
4, about eight or ten feet deep
A point. BragdOn was a power
Tmner, but he had little chance
m himself because Of the manner
asb he was weighted down with
ag. He was bundled up to keep
and in addition wore heavy
n boots. It is believed these
With water and that he drowned
n he could succeed in kicking
f.
Dalion Makes Attempt to Rescue
E.s made a heroic attempt to res
il companion and as a result he
Dhy in a serious condition. He
fsTRg from frozen feet and ex-
s ad his condition is said to be
Gical. BragdOn had called to
ior help and it is understood
sad succeed in catching hold of
ll, but in trying to get him to
the thin ice gave way under
u them and they fell back into
Rta. West lost his grip on his
a and was again unable to reach
He dived into the water repeat
pan effort to again locate Brag-
but could not see nor feel his
anywhere. It was in these colo
gs that his feet were frozen anC
be vas 50 chilled that he him
vas nearly frozen to death later
ae evening when others went tC
axe after hearing about the ac-
West was so exhausted by hi:
8 50 chilled by the cold plunge.
% overcome by the tragedy tina,
S about 3 o'clock Monday nigh
he was able to get into Middle
% give the alarm and tell wha
aPened. Then a number O
hurried to Silver Lake an,
g % drag the bottom for tn,
o. bfagdon. Chief of Polio,
! mally located it right at tn.
pot where Bragdon had disap
y 1t was brought to the sur
sna removed to the home O
gums parents in Middletown an.
.-eIal was held from there thi
1''a' The young mans man
' n hiddletOwn were shocke
Y announcement Of his death an
.''S also caused a shock to hi
!. employees M, in the dupont build
!. !. ."llll,lngton, where he wa
" almost everyone in tn
'a BY Wife and Two Childre
% sl'gdon g. is survived by his wifi
H. 4 Miss Helen Myers, and tw
,I ann aged 8 years, an
,,., asea 4 years. He had bee
nm ,'s,.,a! y the dupont Company !
4; 0~ r.slI purchasing agent Sine
sd lilg ssi the war he was give
,,l,a,.' absence to join the armv an
S,..9 a,.,,l'sl0ned a first lieutenar
'I 3" IN charge Of the Woo,
! \ 4. loading 1S Plant. He ret1r,
IT, 3 aap0nt Company after !
,o,s.'. 9.larged from the arm.
neri 'esea y 1 with the purchasin
l' ia@ DIT q the company f,s''''r. he r.
jsD,,.en Osen engaged with n
d, s.nas.ls Haeat in the sale of mira.
i VI ,speclally !. through the sout !
as,' y 10 . have left Monday md yOf. +,
uy. PIP, ~ to MissiDpi for Il
! ,olleet.GC srlees Company, sa Mr., Bra. Bra.
Fruit 'C.ed ca Tor a time with b