Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
Young Woman Disappears
From Boat as Companion
Swims in Vicinity.
THREE MEN ARE VICTIMS
IN HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS
More Than 100 Lives Are Lost
Throughout Country-Middle
West Tops List.

-Four persons. including q young wom-
an clerk at the Census Bureau. were
drowned Yesterday as holiday throngs
sought escape from the heat at bath
ing places in the Capital, Maryland and
nearby Virginia.
The dead are:
Almea Adkins, 1913 r street south
east
Ethelbert Milburn. Shawmut Apart
ments. Nineteenth street and Column
bia road.
George Foster, colored, 200 block Sec
ond street.
Robert Browning, New Baltimore. Va
At late hour last night volunteers
were drs gging the PatuXent River for
the BODY of 23-year-old Almea Adkins
of 1913 F street southeast. supposed to
have slipped overheard while her escort
was swimming In the water near their
rowboat.
The latter. Robert Moore IS years
Old OF Berwyn. Nd. was so shocked by
the accident he was unable to give an
account OF what happened hours after
he had been rescued from the water.
Despite lalient efforts of girl COM
canion and younger brother to save
him, 2o-year-old Robert Browning OF
New Baltimore, Va, persisted yeSter-
Occoquan Greek, near Occoquan, Va.
Rescuers Endangered.
Miss Alice Wilson and Browning'S
lo-year-old brother, both Of New Bal
timore, almost lost their own lives at
tempting to hold up the struggling
youth until rescue boat could reach
their side.
Witnesses said Miss Wilson strove for
some time to fight of the drowning
mans grip and obtain a hold SO she
could keen him ahoTe the surface, but
her strength failed just as the rescue
boat came up.
Ethelbcrt Milburn. l8 years old, OF
the Shawmut Apartments, Nineteenth
street and Columbia road, was drowned
in the Potomac yesterday afternoon
when he sank unnoticed while SWIM
ming with five youthful compaions near
sycamore Island above Little Falls, Md.
John Shaw OF 423 Jefferson street
went slightly h gher up the river bank
with a companion to change clothes and
when he swan down to rejoin the
others they noticed that young Milburn
was missing
Shaw called the others and they all
began TO dive for Milbuln in the water
just OF shore. He had been under the
surface, however, for almost 30 min
utes wnen they located the body and
brought IL ashore. First aid efforts on
the part OF the boys and Montgomery
County ohlcers we're futile.
Went for Row on River,
Miss Adkins, daughter Of r. E. Ad-
KlnS, pennsylvania Railroad engineer.
ana Moore set out for a row on the
Patu%ent in Calvert County near
BroomS Island, clad in bathing suits.
They had ben gone for some time.
when about 5 O'Clock. Moore's brother,
Dewey, also of Berwyn, noticed their
beat adri1t about 500 yards OF shore
end apparently unoccupled.
Dewey Moore and several others hur-
rled to the rescue in another boat. AS
they approached, they noticed Robert
Moore swimming about in the water
some distance from the boat. There
was no trace of Miss Adkins, either on
the surface of the water or in the boat.
Other boats came out and the vicinity
was searched to no avail. Robert
Moore could not enlighten his question
erS as to how the accident occurred and
last night was under treatment for
shock and exhaustion. His broth-r said
Moore could not utter a word of ex-
PLANTATION.
1t was presumed however, that Miss
Adkins, said to be an Indifferent swim
mer, slipped into the water and went
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