Evening star., 1931-06-21
Two DROWN, HEAT
|. PROSTRATES EIGHT
SO Record Temperature for
Year in CapitaI-ShoWers
Forecast.
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tContlnued FTom rISG Fa8e.l
the 900 block of Rhode Island avenue
northeast.
Jarman was overcome in his home,
while Edwards was Frustrated on Della
ware avenue, near d street southwest.
Both we're treated at Emergency Hos
pital.
The Others overcome were members
of the geology class at George WASH
inRton University. They collapsed near
the Chesapeake a. Ohio Canal, about
Q miles north OF Georgetown, where
they and other members OF the class
had gone for field studies.
The students. whose names could not
be learned were revived by Milton L.
Dennis, Robert Brumbaugh and other
members of the class. Two OF them
were young women, their classmates
with Chandler when he drowned was
Potter Parke Payne, also "a. Both men
swan along beside the overturned
canoe for a while, but the current
finally parted them.
Payne succeeded In swimming ashore,
but Chandler, for some unexplained
reason, was unable to make 1t. Several
persons on the bridge saw him sink.
Swim Often Made.
Chandler. a former swimming In
structor at the Y. M. c. A.. often swan
from Key Bridge to Chain Bridge,
friends said.
He had been driving a taxicab to earn
enough money to pay his tuition at
George Washington University. where
he was about to be graduated. He
planned to follow physical education as
career.
Chandler, according to Payne. had
swan from FletcherS Boat House to
Chain Bridge and back to Key Bridge
earlier in the day. II was at the latter
span that he met Payne. with whom he
decided to go canoing.
Peanuts and a'chocolate bar eaten by
Chandler before he and Payne began
their trip. it is thought. may have
caused him to be seized by an attack of
cramps after his plunge into the water.
Coming through the rapids. Chandler
had the stern paddle. They were shoot
ing the rapids in a manner which
Payne thought would be successful.
DISAPPEARANCE in Stream.
1--WE seen many people 60 through
that same place the same way" Payne
explained. Suddenly" he continued,
"the canoe was swirled about by the
current. and upset" He and Chandler
clung to it for awhile, travelling down.
II saw Chandler at least twice. -
Payne related. The last time he was
almost to Chain Bridge, and his head
was well out of the water. AS he was
a stronger swimmer than ], there was
no reason for me TO believe he was IN
any trouble. When I finally got over
to shore farther down, thought he
might be worried about me, and as
soon as 1 could I yelled to group OF
people upstream. But to my surprise
/ soon learned they were watching for
him to come up / dived down into the
river once to see If could find him.
But the water was too thick with mud
and the current too strong"
After losing his friend in the river,
Payne went to Clarendon and informed
the family of the drowned swimmer.
who is survived by his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Chand-
Ter, "a Chestnut street; brother, George
Irving, and o sister, Lois.
Western High Graduate.
Chandler graduated from Western
High School in 1923, where he was .
sergeant in the cadet corps.
He was q member of the First Bap-
tist Church of Clarendon, in which he
was an active worker, formerly teach
ing q Sunday School class. He was a
member of the original Boy Scout Troop
No. So, which was changed to No l04,
and often has organized groups OF boys
for hiking. He was planning to form
a Boy Scout Club group.
Marshall Snyder. Is. who was with
the Gillum boy when he was drowned,
narrowly escaped similar fate. He
was rescued by men working on the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Bridge.
When Gillum dropped into the
creek, witnesses said, Snyder plunged
in after him, in an effort to save him.
The strong current carried both up
stream, however.
Aaron S. Ripley. 30. Of ll6 Wooten
street, Chevy Chase, D. c., surveyor
employed by the ONCE Of Public Build
ings and Public Parks, and William
Shelton, 1s. of 106 u street. attempted
to rescue the boys.
Ripley succeeded in saving Snyder,
but Shelton was unable to reach Gil
lun before the boy sank.
Harbor precinct police made a
thorough search for both bodies, but
failed to And any trace They planned
to continue the quest today.