Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
NAVY SEAPLANE RESCUES
FIVE AFTER SCOW UPSETS
NEAR ST. MICHAELS, MD.
Lieut.. MulherOn and Grew
Take 2 Boys and 3
Girls From Water.
OFFICER SAW SPILL
Children Had Been Cruis.
ing i'm River When
Boat Overturned.

SWoop1ng from the air to the side
Of an overturned sailing scow In the
Miles River, miles from st.
Michaels on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland, a navy seaplane accom-
plished thrilling rescue yesterday aft
ernoon of two boys and three girls, one
of whom is Hillard Owen, l4-year-old
son Of MIR. and Mrs. Welding D. Owen
of 3013 Dumbarton avenue, this city
Mr.. Owen is real estate operator ard
has q Summer home at st. Michaels.
Lieut.. Edward S. Mulheron, whose
home is near Fairfax Court House, Va,
was in charge of the plane. which
reached the children after they had
BECOME thoroughly frightened and
nearly exhausted from clineing to the
upturned boat.
The seaplane happened to be pass
ing overhead at the critical moment,
when the father Of young Owen was
stopped in his effort to reach the chill
dren In another boat by the breaking
Of tiller rope.
Young Owen is spending the Summer
with his parents at st. Michaels. The
other children, whose ages range from
IA to Is years, live at st. Nfichaels.
They are Louise Burns, 16; Sarah
Adams, Is; Dorothy Taylor, Is, and
Warthman Dodson, IA.
Stiff Breeze Upsets Boat.
The children had been cruising about
the river during the afternoon. Sud-
denly stiff breeze sprung up, and be-
fore they knew what had happened the
children found themselves floundering
In the salt water with the sailboat on
its side. Fortunately they all could
swim and managed to reach the side
Of the boat.
Mr.. Owen was working on another
boat at the wharf of a yacht club at
ST. Michaels, about miles from the
scene of the accident. Learning of the
plight of the children from another
man, who had seen the sailboat upset
in the high wind. Mr.. Owen started to
the rescue with all possible speed. Be-
fore he could reach the overturned
craft broke and he became temporarily
helpless to aid the children.
It looked for a few moments as II
all or some of the children might be
drowned; for they were having diffi-
Guilty in holding onto the boat and some
Of them were becoming panicky.
Brings Plane to Rescue.
Overhead Lieut.. Mulheron in the
Navy seaplane had witnessed the acci-
dent. He Immediately brought the
plane down to the surface Of the river
and TAXED to the side Of the upset
boat.
So frightened were the children by
this time that Lieut.. Mulheron and
his crew had great difficulty in getting
them to release their hold on the
overturned boat so that they might be
lifted into the plane. Finally they
were all safely placed in the planes
cockpit and Lieut.. Mulheron gave the
With eight men already aboard when
the flying boat left the Naval Academy
earlier in the day. the additional load
prevented the craft from leaving the
water. The overweighted machine
then TAXED for more than a mile to-
ward port.
Taken Aboard Yacht.
It was met by the yacht Rosebud,
under the command Of Capt. Nichols
former commodore of the
Miles River Yacht Club. He approach
ed the loaded plane cautiously, took
the children aboard the yacht and
carried them to shore.
The flying boat, slowly turned about,
plowed furrow in the water Of the
harbor. mounted into the air and In
short time had disappeared over the
The seaplane which effected the
spectacular rescue is attached to the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis and was being used In con-
nection with the Summer aviation
course for second class midshipmen.
With Lieut.. Mulheron In the plane were
four midshipmen and three members
Of the crew, who assisted In pulling the
children from the water.
The crew consisted Of Assistant Pilot
John J. O'Brien Of San Diego, Calf,
and two mechanics, John M. Robinec
Of Rochester, N. Y, and Floyd d. Bern
hardt of Salisbury, N. c., and four mid
shipmen of the second class.
The midshipmen were E. J. O'Neill of
Annapolis; j. H. Notes, South Carolina;
Stanley Mumford, New Jersey, and r.
e. Parker. Pennsylvania. They had
sailed from the academy to give the
lessons in navigation. At
the time of the accident they happened
to be flying in a position which would
give the pilot full view of the section
of the river where the sailing scow was.
Pilot Saw Boat Founder.
A CLINT of a sail caught the pilots
eve. The next thing he saw was the