Sept. 1, 1949
Yet another drowning took place in Acadia National Park along Ocean Drive Tuesday night when Mrs. Millicent Quinn, age 39, of West Hartford Conn. was swept off a ledge by a large wave. Her husband, Philip Quinn, who could not swim, rushed to the road above and stopped a passing car containing John L. Harrison, age 40, of Montgomery Pa. along with his sons and wife. Mr Harrison shed some cloths and quickly jumped into the surf and brought Mrs. Quinn to the rocky shore but before he got her onto the rocks the waves broke his grip and Miss Quinn disappeared beneath the water.
Mr Quinn and bystanders had to than help drag Mr. Harrison from the water, as he was exhausted.
Due to a storm that Monday, the ocean waves were very strong and most people stayed well away from the waters edge. Following a drowning near the same spot back in 1936, the Park Service had maintained a rescue rope and life ring there but in recent years had stopped doing that. A Park Ranger had been on patrol for much of that day, but not at the time of the accident.
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