Milford chronicle., 1930-02-07
DUCK HUNTERSSAVED
AFTER SNOW STORM
HAD MAROONED THEM
John G. Townsend, 3rd, Son Of
U. S. Senator, Among Those
Cut Off By Storm.
WERE GLAD TO GET OUT
All Of The Hunters We're Hun
CRY And Say They Do Not
Want To Repeat Again.

Between 80 and 35 duck hunters,
cunning on the half-mile-wide Wor-
cester county peninsula, about %
miles south of Ocean City, Monday
and Tuesday of last week, and who
were marooned in blizzard for two
days, were rescued and brought
safely to that city late Friday after
noon.
The men, shivering and nearly
famished, told tales of narrowing
experiences on their ill-starred
hunting trip.
The rescue efforts were carried Oh
without a break for two days before
an exceptionally heavy sea came TO
the assistance of the workers by
washing up and undermining the
snowbanks which ranged from ten
to fifteen feet high.
Included in the list of hunters
who underwent the unpleasant ex-
nerience are City Manager John T.
Whaley of Ocean City, Jonn u.
Townsend, 9rd, son of United states
senator Townsend of Selbyville, and
DIR. Frank J. Townsend, OF ocean
City. =. nj.
There were several parties OF
hunters strung out along the PENN
suIa known as the Eastern Shores
finest duck-hunting grounds. The
only way to reach the club houses
and blinds, which string along the
narrow strip of land extending into
the ocean, is by motoring down the
beach from Ocean City.
A bay, seven miles in width sep
arates the peninsula from the lana
side of Worcester county in the SIN
en1lxent Channel. 1t was on thls
finger of land that the hunters were
stationed when the raging bllzzaru
struck on Wednesday.
The snow fell heavily and drlIteu.
When the hunters tried to get out
with their automobiles they found
out that they could not.
They were in the same predlca-
ment as a group of six hunters ma
rooned near Trappe, Nd, and VINO
were rescued after snow ploW dug
them out. One of this seXtetCe
fought his way through the snow 10
a farmhouse and telephone for alo'
Hope For Rain
The men on the Worcester PENN
sula. however, were worse off. They
could only wait and hope that the
storm would abate or turn into ram.
II did neither. Word of their pllgnt
soon became an absorbing topic ana
rescue parties were fitted out. Tneh
on Thursday, initial efforts to get 10
the hunters were made. These were
unsuccessful and the marOoned men
faced a dangerous delay.
Until noon Friday the rescuers
worked. but made little headway. 1t
was a serious business with no ap-
parent gain over the drifts When
high water came to the rescue.
Seas raced up on the snow-plled
beach and undermined the drlfts'
At 8 O'Clock Friday afternoon the
rescue party reached the hrst
group of men, who had been marco
ned at Green Run, II miles to the
south of Ocean City.
It was in this party that the CITY
Manager, the Senator's son, Dr.
Townsend and the others were
found. The rest of the party was
made up of Crawford Savage ana
William Brittingham, of Ocean CITY,
and John J. Tubbs, contractor, OF
Selbyville; Ray Guthrie, Calvin Jar.
man, J. Richard Phillips, Justice OF
the Peace A. W. Peters, Milton Ira
der. Carlton Bruitt and Charles H.
Coates, all of Berlin, Md.
These were loaded into automo-
biles and taken to Ocean City. They
were all mighty hungry and d1dn't
display any reticence in saying SO.
Almost to a man they all had
hing to their braces of ducks.
"Why not?" one asked. We went
to a lot of trouble to get them.