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Evening Journal
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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Body of a Camden, N.J. man, who drowned last Sunday while diving from a sloop in the Delaware River at Pennsgrove, was found yesterday afternoon at Fenton's Beach by locals Marcus Reed and William F. Seal, among others. The unidentified body was recovered and taken to Pennsgrove for identification before transport to Philadelphia.
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PENN'S GROVE
Marcus Reed, of No. 600 Washington
street, and William F. Seal, of No. 405
South Harrison street, yesterday after-
afternoon found the body of the supposed
Camden, N. J., man, who was drowned
in the Delaware river at Pennsgrove,
on last Sunday. The man was a mem-
ber of a party of fifteen men, who
came down the river on a sloop and
anchored off that place. The drowned
man dived overboard and failed to come
to the surface.
The body was found floating in the
river at Fenton's Beach, about a
quarter of a mile from the place where
he was drowned. Reed and Seal were
in a launch owned by the latter. Robert
Smith, Frederick Ridings and Samuel
Hill, who were in the launch Red
Rock, also saw the body at about the
same time. It was towed ashore and
the authorities at Pennsgrove were
notified and later removed the body
to that town. It will be taken to Phil-
adelphia as soon as the man's name is
learned and whereabouts of his people
made known.
It is said the man lived in vicinity
of Thirty-third and Poplar streets in
Philadelphia.
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Penn's Grove
Event Date
Yesterday Afternoon (Body Found); Last Sunday (Drowning)
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body of drowned man found floating in the river and towed ashore; to be taken to philadelphia once identified
Event Details
Marcus Reed of No. 600 Washington street and William F. Seal of No. 405 South Harrison street found the body of a supposed Camden, N.J. man who drowned in the Delaware river at Pennsgrove on last Sunday. The man was part of a party of fifteen men on a sloop anchored off that place and dived overboard without resurfacing. The body was found at Fenton's Beach, about a quarter of a mile from the drowning site. Reed and Seal were in Seal's launch; Robert Smith, Frederick Ridings, and Samuel Hill in the launch Red Rock also saw it. Authorities at Pennsgrove notified and removed the body to that town. The man is said to have lived in the vicinity of Thirty-third and Poplar streets in Philadelphia.