Acadia National Park
Henry J. Wong was killed following a fall on the Precipice Trail. His death and place of accident is listed in his family genealogy. He was born January 12, 1958 at Bangor, Maine, and died from a climbing accident in Acadia National Park in 1985.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Thursday, May 23, 2019
39 YEAR OLD NEW JERSEY MAN DIES FOLLOWING FALL FROM CLIFF BY SAND BEACH - ACADIA, 2005
Deaths In Acadia National Park
October 3, 2005
The Ellsworth American newspaper reported on a death which occurred in Acadia national park, but for some unknown reason the victim was never identified in the story. A visitor and a friend were out taking a walk along the path by the Park Loop Road near Sand Beach, when they decided to venture off of the official path, and wandered near the cliffs overlooking Sand Beach. The victim is said to have jumped onto rocks near the edge of the cliff and lost his balance, and attempted to cling to the cliff but soon lost his hold and plummeted some 60 feet to the boulders below.
The man was said to be 39 years old and from Tom's River, New Jersey and had been out walking with a female friend. The victim was in a very bad location which made the rescue effort even more difficult. As in most tragic falls that take place within the park, Life Flight was called and a helecopter on its way. Meantime rescue workers lowered ropes down the cliff and started first aid, during the rescue effort a rock slide occurred, falling rocks damageing oxygen bottles and ropes as well as other rescue equipment. At this point it was decided it would be best to do a rescue by sea and a 25 foot Coast Guard boat was brought in. Medical personnel also climbed aboard and the boat then raced to the Bar Harbor Municipal Pier where it was met by LifeFlight personnel and Bar Harbor Ambulance personnel. Efforts to resuscitate the victim continued at the town pier for 20 minutes. He was taken to the Mount Desert Island Hospital by ambulance and declared dead a short time later.
October 3, 2005
The Ellsworth American newspaper reported on a death which occurred in Acadia national park, but for some unknown reason the victim was never identified in the story. A visitor and a friend were out taking a walk along the path by the Park Loop Road near Sand Beach, when they decided to venture off of the official path, and wandered near the cliffs overlooking Sand Beach. The victim is said to have jumped onto rocks near the edge of the cliff and lost his balance, and attempted to cling to the cliff but soon lost his hold and plummeted some 60 feet to the boulders below.
The man was said to be 39 years old and from Tom's River, New Jersey and had been out walking with a female friend. The victim was in a very bad location which made the rescue effort even more difficult. As in most tragic falls that take place within the park, Life Flight was called and a helecopter on its way. Meantime rescue workers lowered ropes down the cliff and started first aid, during the rescue effort a rock slide occurred, falling rocks damageing oxygen bottles and ropes as well as other rescue equipment. At this point it was decided it would be best to do a rescue by sea and a 25 foot Coast Guard boat was brought in. Medical personnel also climbed aboard and the boat then raced to the Bar Harbor Municipal Pier where it was met by LifeFlight personnel and Bar Harbor Ambulance personnel. Efforts to resuscitate the victim continued at the town pier for 20 minutes. He was taken to the Mount Desert Island Hospital by ambulance and declared dead a short time later.
DENNIS DOONAN KILLED WHILE BLASTING LEDGE ALONG CADILLAC MOUNTAIN SUMMIT ROAD - ACADIA, 1929
Deaths In Acadia National Park
September 10, 1929
September 10, 1929
ADAM "A.J." EMMETT BODY LOCATED BETWEEN SAND BEACH AND THUNDER HOLE - ACADIA, APRIL 2019
Deaths In Acadia National Park;
A local man missing in Acadia National Park since Monday was found deceased Thursday afternoon, according to park officials.
The body of Adam “A.J.” Emmett, 45, was found along the shore off Ocean Drive, in between Sand Beach and Thunder Hole, before 1 p.m., park spokeswoman Christie Anastasia said. His family has been notified, and his body has been recovered and sent to the state Medical Examiner’s office in Augusta to determine the cause of death, she said.
A local man missing in Acadia National Park since Monday was found deceased Thursday afternoon, according to park officials.
The body of Adam “A.J.” Emmett, 45, was found along the shore off Ocean Drive, in between Sand Beach and Thunder Hole, before 1 p.m., park spokeswoman Christie Anastasia said. His family has been notified, and his body has been recovered and sent to the state Medical Examiner’s office in Augusta to determine the cause of death, she said.
EAST MACHIAS MAN, RALPH GILES FATALLY INJURED AFTER FALL FROM TRUCK IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - 1931
November 4, 1931
Ralph Giles, aged 22, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Giles of East Machias, fell from an Acadia National park truck Friday afternoon about 3;45, breaking his neck and dying in the Mt. Desert Island Hospital less than half an hour later.
The accident is one of the most tragic and terrible in the annals of the region. Young Giles, in his third season of work here, had climbed aboard the truck scarcely a minute before the fall. Willis Perry was driving. Beside him in the cab was foreman Edwin C. Mitchell of the Park Road Construction crew. Perry shouted, "Everything all right!" Someone yelled, "Yes, go ahead." This is the usual procedure to avoid accidents.
The truck moved forward but a few feet, with the motor in second gear only, for it had not gathered momentum sufficient for Perry to shift as he turned a curve. A short ways up from the rear and almost instantly Perry, one of the Park's best drivers and most capable men, had stopped the truck. As he glanced down he saw young Giles upon the ground and the wheel of the truck was against the boy's head, not, however, doing anything more than to move it slightly.
It was all too evident by the injuries boy's cries that he was desperately hurt and stopping for nothing save to raise him and gently lay him in the truck his comrades rushed him to the Mount Desert Island Hospital. Dr. Ralph W. Wakefield, Government physician in this section being summoned. But the boy was scarcely breathing, hospital officials state, when he was brought in and death took place within a few moments.
The men in the truck with young Giles say that he, like the rest were seated on the rails and that he started to stand and move just as the curve was reached. He lost his balance, lurched and went head over heels, striking the ground with impact sufficient to snap a vertebrae in the back of his neck.
The Park officials were at once notified and the dead boy's family told of the tragedy by telephone. Mr. Giles arrived in the evening from East Machias, and met by foreman Mitchell, at whose home he spent the night, and in the morning took the boy's remains to his home.
Young Giles made friends everywhere. He was conscientious and industrious, winning the liking and respect of his fellow workmen and of those in charge of work where ever he was employed. he was a young man whose life in his home town and here was such as to make him held in affection by all who knew him. Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, and he had made himself financially responsible for the education in high school of the younger sister. The grief in his family is one of which the Park employees join and the shadow of his passing is already felt by them all.
Ralph Giles, aged 22, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Giles of East Machias, fell from an Acadia National park truck Friday afternoon about 3;45, breaking his neck and dying in the Mt. Desert Island Hospital less than half an hour later.
The accident is one of the most tragic and terrible in the annals of the region. Young Giles, in his third season of work here, had climbed aboard the truck scarcely a minute before the fall. Willis Perry was driving. Beside him in the cab was foreman Edwin C. Mitchell of the Park Road Construction crew. Perry shouted, "Everything all right!" Someone yelled, "Yes, go ahead." This is the usual procedure to avoid accidents.
The truck moved forward but a few feet, with the motor in second gear only, for it had not gathered momentum sufficient for Perry to shift as he turned a curve. A short ways up from the rear and almost instantly Perry, one of the Park's best drivers and most capable men, had stopped the truck. As he glanced down he saw young Giles upon the ground and the wheel of the truck was against the boy's head, not, however, doing anything more than to move it slightly.
It was all too evident by the injuries boy's cries that he was desperately hurt and stopping for nothing save to raise him and gently lay him in the truck his comrades rushed him to the Mount Desert Island Hospital. Dr. Ralph W. Wakefield, Government physician in this section being summoned. But the boy was scarcely breathing, hospital officials state, when he was brought in and death took place within a few moments.
The men in the truck with young Giles say that he, like the rest were seated on the rails and that he started to stand and move just as the curve was reached. He lost his balance, lurched and went head over heels, striking the ground with impact sufficient to snap a vertebrae in the back of his neck.
The Park officials were at once notified and the dead boy's family told of the tragedy by telephone. Mr. Giles arrived in the evening from East Machias, and met by foreman Mitchell, at whose home he spent the night, and in the morning took the boy's remains to his home.
Young Giles made friends everywhere. He was conscientious and industrious, winning the liking and respect of his fellow workmen and of those in charge of work where ever he was employed. he was a young man whose life in his home town and here was such as to make him held in affection by all who knew him. Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, and he had made himself financially responsible for the education in high school of the younger sister. The grief in his family is one of which the Park employees join and the shadow of his passing is already felt by them all.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
7 YEAR OLD FRANCIS HAMOR DROWNS ON SAND BAR - ACADIA, 1915
Deaths In Acadia National Park;
Bar Harbor Times
June 19, 1915
Sad Accident Of Bar Harbor Boy On Bar Sunday
Francis Hamor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel A. Hamor of Bar Harbor, was drowned on Sunday afternoon on the bar leading to Bar Island, as he and another small boy - George Landers, where making their way to their camp on the island. He was 7 tears, 6 months and 24 days of age. The boy's mother is suffering severly from the shock.
Many conflicting stories are told as to how the accident happened but it appears from information secured by Chief of Police Gerry, who was called to the scene, that the happenings were as follows; The tide had not wholly left the bar as the boys started to cross and the Hamor boy began to wade across the strip next to Bar Island which had not been left bare. The Landers boy refused to go and returned to the Bar Harbor side. He threw rocks into the water and killed some time until the tide went out. Then it was that he joined some other boys on the other side and asked them if they had seen the Hamor boy. They said they had not.
Then the search began. Some of the boys went to the camp but failed to find him. Cecil Hodgkins, a young man who happened to be some distance away on the beach, inquired of the boys if the one who had started across had arrived safely and sent the Landers boy to get the Hamor boy's father - Bert Hamor, as he is generally known, at his home on Strawberry Hill. Mr. Hamor rushed to the scene. A man in a row boat soon put in an appearance and when his services were asked, rowed around Bar Island to get on the other side of the bar and began searching up and down the length of the bar. The body was found in about three feet of water and brought ashore. Mr. Hamor than went and notified Mr. Gerry who at once sent for doctors. In the meantime Dr. Fremont Smith's son began to administer first aid. Doctor's who arrived found a flutter of the heart and at once rushed the boy to the hospital. Everything that could be done was done but without avail as the boy had been in the water for about two hours.
Scratches were found about the face but according to those who examined the body there appeared to be no badbruises which would indicate that the boy had been stunned by striking his head in a fall. It is rather the opinion that he walked into a deep hole and was unable to get back within his depth and that the scratches were those received from sharp shells as the tide rolled him over the beach. The fact that it was about two hours from the time the boy must have fallen into the water until he was taken out is thought to bear out the theory that he had fallen into a deep hole, the lapse of time accounting for the receding of the tide to the depth of about three feet. The fact that no one saw the accident and that no one knew that the boy was in the water seems to be accountable for the tragedy. The police feel that they should always be notified immediately in all such cases. Funeral services were held at the home on the May Drive, Strawberry Hill on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Dr. F.A. Leitch officiating, and internment was at Ledgelawn Cemetery.
Bar Harbor Times
June 19, 1915
Sad Accident Of Bar Harbor Boy On Bar Sunday
Francis Hamor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel A. Hamor of Bar Harbor, was drowned on Sunday afternoon on the bar leading to Bar Island, as he and another small boy - George Landers, where making their way to their camp on the island. He was 7 tears, 6 months and 24 days of age. The boy's mother is suffering severly from the shock.
Many conflicting stories are told as to how the accident happened but it appears from information secured by Chief of Police Gerry, who was called to the scene, that the happenings were as follows; The tide had not wholly left the bar as the boys started to cross and the Hamor boy began to wade across the strip next to Bar Island which had not been left bare. The Landers boy refused to go and returned to the Bar Harbor side. He threw rocks into the water and killed some time until the tide went out. Then it was that he joined some other boys on the other side and asked them if they had seen the Hamor boy. They said they had not.
Then the search began. Some of the boys went to the camp but failed to find him. Cecil Hodgkins, a young man who happened to be some distance away on the beach, inquired of the boys if the one who had started across had arrived safely and sent the Landers boy to get the Hamor boy's father - Bert Hamor, as he is generally known, at his home on Strawberry Hill. Mr. Hamor rushed to the scene. A man in a row boat soon put in an appearance and when his services were asked, rowed around Bar Island to get on the other side of the bar and began searching up and down the length of the bar. The body was found in about three feet of water and brought ashore. Mr. Hamor than went and notified Mr. Gerry who at once sent for doctors. In the meantime Dr. Fremont Smith's son began to administer first aid. Doctor's who arrived found a flutter of the heart and at once rushed the boy to the hospital. Everything that could be done was done but without avail as the boy had been in the water for about two hours.
Scratches were found about the face but according to those who examined the body there appeared to be no badbruises which would indicate that the boy had been stunned by striking his head in a fall. It is rather the opinion that he walked into a deep hole and was unable to get back within his depth and that the scratches were those received from sharp shells as the tide rolled him over the beach. The fact that it was about two hours from the time the boy must have fallen into the water until he was taken out is thought to bear out the theory that he had fallen into a deep hole, the lapse of time accounting for the receding of the tide to the depth of about three feet. The fact that no one saw the accident and that no one knew that the boy was in the water seems to be accountable for the tragedy. The police feel that they should always be notified immediately in all such cases. Funeral services were held at the home on the May Drive, Strawberry Hill on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Dr. F.A. Leitch officiating, and internment was at Ledgelawn Cemetery.
Saturday, December 1, 2018
LITTLE JIMMY ELKHORN DROWNS AT WITCH HOLE POND - ACADIA, JULY 1896
Deaths In Acadia National Park;
JIMMY ELKHORN
Bar Harbor Record
July 18, 1896
DROWN IN LILIES
James Jimmy Elkhorn Sank In Lily Bed In Witch Hole Pond
Little Jimmy Elkhorn, called by his boy friends "Pond Lily Jimmy" was drowned Thursday afternoon in Witch Hole Pond among the lilies which he loved to gather. His body was found at night by William H. albert who was one of the searchers. Jimmy, with Guy Bunker as companion, went out on the pond in the early afternoon for lilies in a punt built by himself. The punt was a shaky, dangerous affair and Jimmy boasted that he could rock it without danger. Jimmy had built many of these punts when he lived near the pond where he met his death. He was familiar with every nook of the pond and knew where to find the best lilies.
Every morning in summer Jimmy would appear at the cottages of the summer visitors and offer his sweet smelling flowers for sale and he became a familiar little figure about the streets. Jimmy's father was an old soldier who died last winter leaving Jimmy alone with his mother. They lived alone in the woods near Witch Hole Pond, but later moved into the village. Thursday afternoon Jimmy, with Guy Bunker went out on the pond after lilies in Jimmy's punt. Jimmy began to rock the boat after they had gathered lilies enough. Young Bunker protested against rocking and suddenly both were spilled out into the water.
Bunker started to get a place on the upturned boat and called out to Jimmy not to swim for the shore. Jimmy was a great swimmer and struck out. He mad for a bed of pond lilies and suddenly sank from sight in the midst of them. When found a few hours later the long stems of the lilies were wound about his limbs and in his hands he grasped a bunch of stems, as if he made a last effort to save himself by their aid. Jimmy was fifteen years old. Guy Bunker was rescued from the upturned boat by a man who was near.
James father was Henry Elkhorn.
JIMMY ELKHORN
Bar Harbor Record
July 18, 1896
DROWN IN LILIES
James Jimmy Elkhorn Sank In Lily Bed In Witch Hole Pond
Little Jimmy Elkhorn, called by his boy friends "Pond Lily Jimmy" was drowned Thursday afternoon in Witch Hole Pond among the lilies which he loved to gather. His body was found at night by William H. albert who was one of the searchers. Jimmy, with Guy Bunker as companion, went out on the pond in the early afternoon for lilies in a punt built by himself. The punt was a shaky, dangerous affair and Jimmy boasted that he could rock it without danger. Jimmy had built many of these punts when he lived near the pond where he met his death. He was familiar with every nook of the pond and knew where to find the best lilies.
Every morning in summer Jimmy would appear at the cottages of the summer visitors and offer his sweet smelling flowers for sale and he became a familiar little figure about the streets. Jimmy's father was an old soldier who died last winter leaving Jimmy alone with his mother. They lived alone in the woods near Witch Hole Pond, but later moved into the village. Thursday afternoon Jimmy, with Guy Bunker went out on the pond after lilies in Jimmy's punt. Jimmy began to rock the boat after they had gathered lilies enough. Young Bunker protested against rocking and suddenly both were spilled out into the water.
Bunker started to get a place on the upturned boat and called out to Jimmy not to swim for the shore. Jimmy was a great swimmer and struck out. He mad for a bed of pond lilies and suddenly sank from sight in the midst of them. When found a few hours later the long stems of the lilies were wound about his limbs and in his hands he grasped a bunch of stems, as if he made a last effort to save himself by their aid. Jimmy was fifteen years old. Guy Bunker was rescued from the upturned boat by a man who was near.
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