QUICK LINKS TO RECORDED DEATHS

1 - 3.    CAR CRASH LEAVES THREE DEAD - 2019

4.  ADAM "A.J." EMMETT - APRIL 2019

5.  MOTORCYCLIST DIES FOLLOWING CRASH ON  CADILLAC MOUNTAIN SUMMIT ROAD - 2016

6.  MAN DIES AFTER SWIMMING IN ECHO LAKE IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - 2016

7.  MAN ATTEMPTS TO GET A PERFECT PHOTO FALLS TO HIS DEATH NEAR SAND BEACH - 2016

8.  HUMAN  REMAINS  LOCATED  -  APRIL  2016

9.  LOCAL MAN DIES AFTER FALL FROM DUCK  BROOK    BRIDGE  IN  ACADIA  -  2014

10.  LOCAL MAN FOUND DEAD ALONG SCHOONER  HEAD  TRAIL IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - 2012

11.  COLLEGE STUDENT SHIRLEY  LADD DIES FOLLOWING A FALL FROM PRECIPICE  -  ACADIA - 2012

12.  MAN COMMITS SUICIDE ATOP CADILLAC MOUNTAIN - 2012

13.  MAN  DIES  WHILE  SKIING  IN  PARK  -  JAN.  2011

14.  WAVES FROM HURRICANE BILL CLAIM LIFE OF 7 YEAR OLD GIRL  BY  THUNDER  HOLE - ACADIA 2009

15.  COREY  O'BRIAN DIES  FROM  SKATEBOARD  FALL IN  ACADIA  NATIONAL  PARK  -  2008

16.  FAITH  M.  WISE  FALLS IN OCEAN  AT  SCHOODIC  POINT  DROWNS  -  ACADIA, 2007

17.  39 YEAR OLD NEW JERSEY MAN DIES FOLLOWING FALL FROM CLIFF BY SAND BEACH - ACADIA, 2005

18.  MAN  DROWNS  AT  ECHO  LAKE  -  AUGUST 2005

19.  ROCK CLIMBER EMIL  LIN  DROWNS AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE A SHOE  BY  OTTER  CLIFFS - ACADIA, 2004

20.  STEPHEN  KENNEDY  DIES  AFTER  RIDING  BIKE  INTO  CLOSED  GATE  ON  PARK  LOOP  ROAD - ACADIA, 2004

21.  JOANNE  DEMARTINI  DIES  AFTER  FALL  FROM  CLIFF  BY  SAND  BEACH - ACADIA, 2004

22.  BODY OF BENJAMIN A. ELLIS FOUND ON GREAT HILL - ACADIA, 2004

23.  MAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH ON THE BEEHIVE - AUGUST  2000

24.  ROBERT & MARGARET CROTEA POSE FOR PHOTO AT SCHOODIC POINT SWEPT TO SEA - ACADIA, 1999

25.  MAN DIES AFTER FALL ON PRECIPICE - 1985

26.  SNOWMOBILER SHON LEWIS DIES AFTER CRASH AT HULL'S COVE VISITORS CENTER PARKING LOT - ACADIA, 1997

27.  MICHAEL DOMINO FALLS TO HIS DEATH ON PRECIPICE TRAIL - ACADIA, 1997

28.  COLLEGE STUDENT DOUGLAS ROSE DROWNS AT ANEMONE CAVE - 1993

29.  SEAN KELLEY  DIES  FROM FALL ALONG CLIFF NEAR BLACKWOODS CAMPGROUND - ACADIA, 1993

30.  PRIEST FALLS TO HIS DEATH FROM CLIFF ON MANSELL MOUNTAIN IN ACADIA - 1989

31.  DENNIS  R.  LARSON PUSHES WIFE TO HER DEATH AT OTTER CLIFF - ACADIA, 1987

32.  UMO  STUDENT  KILLED  IN  PLUNGE  FROM  BEEHIVE  -  ACADIA, OCT.  21,  1977

33.  YOUNG WOMANS  TRIP  TO  ACADIA  NATIONAL  PARK  ENDS  IN  MURDER  MYSTERY  -  1977

34.  AIR FORCE PILOT ROBERT MCGAUNN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - 1970

35.  TEEN  EXPLORING  CAVE  AT  GREAT  HEAD  IN  ACADIA  SWEPT  TO  SEA  -  1969

36.  GERALD  D.F.  POISSON  DROWNS  NEAR  THUNDER  HOLE  -  1963

37.  SHOVEL OPERATOR KILLED IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - 1954

38.  LOCAL PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DROWNS  -  1949

39.  WAVES  CARRY  WOMAN  TO  HER  DEATH  -  1949

40.  YOUNG  BOY  PLUNGES  TO  HIS  DEATH  ON  BEECH  MOUNTAIN  -  1939

41.  KARL ANDREW JACOBSON - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK RANGER, KILLED BY POACHER - 1938

42.  WALDON GRAY DROWNED IN ECHO LAKE - 1935

43.  EMILY  MCDOUGALL  DROWNS  NEAR  THUNDER  HOLE  -  1934

44.  LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS SON DROWNS WHILE PLAYING  -  1932

45.  BERT  H.  YOUNG  DROWNS  ON  LONG  POND  -  1931

46.  EAST MACHIAS MAN, RALPH GILES  FATALLY INJURED AFTER FALL FROM TRUCK IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - 1931

47.  DENNIS DOONAN KILLED WHILE BLASTING LEDGE ALONG CADILLAC MOUNTAIN SUMMIT ROAD - 1929

48.   SERVICEMAN DIES IN OTTER CREEK RADIO FIRE - 1923

49.  Henry W. Brown Accidentally Shot - October  1919

50.  TRAGIC DEATH AT SPOUTING HORN  -  1918

51.  7 YEAR OLD FRANCIS HAMOR DROWNS ON SAND BAR - 1915

52.  J.B. Whelpley KILLED IN SHIP WRECK AT SAND BEACH  -  AUGUST 1911

53.  9  YEAR  OLD  DROWNS  AT  EAGLE  LAKE  CHRISTMAS  DAY  -  1909

54.  JIMMY ELKHORN DROWNS AT WITCH HOLE POND -  JULY 1896 

55.  MARIE STEWART - 1887, Green Mountain

56.  CAPTAIN STEPHEN HIGGINS DIES ON DRY MOUNTAIN - 1862

57.  12 YEAR OLD LUCREATIA K. DOUGLAS DIES FROM FALLING OFF CLIFF ON PRECIPICE - ACADIA, 1853

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EARLY HISTORY OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND

MARIE STEWART - 1887, Green Mountain

September 16, 1887
Mount Desert Herald

Miss Marie Stewart, of Bangor, who has been very ill with dipbtherta at the Summit House, Green Mountain, died yesterday.  Many persons have wondered how she could take dipbtheria on Green Mountain, and the sickness certainly was caused in a very peculiar manner.  It seems that in her rumbles on the side of the mountain, she came upon an old diseased well.  Being very thirsty, she made a small birch bark cup, and took a drink of the water.  Soon after she was taken violently ill.

SERVICEMAN DIES IN OTTER CREEK RADIO FIRE - 1923

In late January of 1923, a fire broke out at a Naval Radio Station which was located on land that is now part of Acadia National Park.  The fire caused about $150,000 in damages and cost the life of  serviceman, Clifton W. Ward, who was operating a film projector in the projector room when the fire broke out.  The fire spread at rapid speed and Mr. Ward became trapped in the projector room, which had no windows and only one door in or out. 
The remains of Clifton  W. Ward, the unfortunate victim of the fire, were recovered from the ruins Sunday.  The service was held at the station this afternoon by the Rev. C.W. Turner, Pastor of the Bar Harbor Baptist Church, and the only will, he sent to the home in Longville, La. That afternoon.  Lieut. Fielding and every man in the station spoke in highest terms of this young man, who in two months would have completed his first cruise.  He was twenty-two years of age, a quiet unassuming young man and one who had the respect of the fellows.  His father, Alva Ward, of Longville, La. Survives him.  He was unmarried.

CAR CRASH ON PARK LOOP ROAD LEAVES THREE DEAD - 2019

On August 31, in the early hours at around 3 a.m. a car left the Park Loop Road, rolling well off the roadway and ending up a ways into the woods. First reports from the scene was that there was four individuals in the car, all of which were non responsive. At one point early on there was a call over the radio that CPR was now in progress on one of the victims. By the time other ambulances arrived it was determined three of the occupants in the car were deceased, with their bodies still trapped in the wreckage. A photo of the wreck shows a car with no roof which suffered extensive damage. As of this writing police are still trying to determine what caused the crash, and that section of the One Way Section of the Park Loop Road remained closed all that night and much of the following day. At around 3;30 p.m.  of Aug. 31, a hearse was seen making its way down along Kebo Street heading into the area of the crash. With three dead, this appears to be one of the worse crashes to have occurred in Acadia National Park, at least in my memory. A sign of just how severe the accident was can be found in the fact that life flight had not been called. The names of the three people who were deceased at the scene of the crash have not been released as to date.

I just got back from the crash site, which was further up the Park Loop Road than I thought.  As your driving along the One Way section of the Park Loop Road you will round a corner and approach a stone bridge with a sign before the bridge for the Gorge Path.  The car left the roadway about 5 to 6 car lengths before that sign, and appears to have started to roll when it crashed into a very large thick tree.  The tire marks lead to that tree, and the tree is missing a good amount of bark and has deep gashes in it.  The car then appears to have traveled a very short distance before plowing into a fairly good size white birch, which was pretty much ripped up out of the ground, it is leaning badly with its roots exposed.  Nearby is broken glass from the car windows, a few pieces of the car, and just in the trees is one of the car mirrors.
Marking where the car tires left the road was two ANP emergency cones, and just up the road before the crash site was a speed trailer letting people know how fast they are going.  The crash scene was on the right hand side of the road as your approaching the bridge, though it is not easy to spot until you see the large tree with the missing bark and deep slashes in it.

Large tree - second view

Photo of Bridge shot from crash scene

Large tree with damage from impact

UPDATE;

Federal authorities have now filed criminal charges against Praneeth Manubolu, the driver of the car that rolled over early Saturday morning, killing three people inside the car.    According to papers filed in court, Manubolu had been drinking and was driving too fast to make the curve when the accident occurred.

Manubolu himself called the police and reported the accident at around 2;47 a.m. Saturday and police used GPS from his phone call to locate the crash scene.

Police found Manubolu outside of the car with a few cuts and scrapes and police detected the strong odor of alcoholic beverages, according to court papers.  

Manubolu told police him and his friends had been drinking in Bar Harbor and that when they left the bar his friends wanted him to drive.

Manubolu allegedly told a park ranger that he lost control of his vehicle on a curve and hit a tree.

“Praneeth Manubolu made additional statements about being intoxicated,” Dominy wrote. “He further stated one of his passengers warned him about a curve coming up in the roadway, but that he failed to slow down in time.”

Six hours after the accident police could still smell a strong odor of alcohol on Manubolu.

The three passengers who died in the accident were identified as Lenny Fuchs, 36, Laura Leong, 30, and Zeeshan Mohammed, 27, all of New York City.

SHOVEL OPERATOR FOUND DEAD - 1954

Bar Harbor Times
April 29, 1954

BAR HARBOR SHOVEL OPERATOR IS FOUND DEAD NEAR MACHINE

Edward Thomas Jr, Salisbury Cove, tractor operator for Harold MacQuinn, Bar Harbor general contractor was found dead yesterday morning at the base of a 20 foot road bank within ten feet of the one-half yard shovel loader which he had been operating on a construction job on the Acadia National park Paradise Hill road.  Thomas was found by MacQuinn who said that he had arrived at the job and asked of the construction superintendent the where abouts of the shovel and operator.  When he was told that Thomas was at the South end of the road with the loader MacQuinn went looking for him and found the rubber-tired machine upright at the foot of the road bank near the stone overpass at the new Eagle Lake Road.  MacQuinn said that Thomas was lying face down about half way down the bank.
He was pronounced dead by a physician who was summoned immediately.
Maurice Staples, a MacQuinn employee, said that he drove the shovel from the Paradise Hill road to the MacQuinn shop on Holland Avenue following the accident.  He told the Times that there were no mechanical defects apparent in the piece of equipment and that he operated it without difficulty on the way to the shop.
Police Chief Howard McFarland investigated the incident and reported that according to the tire imprints made by the tractor, that the machine apparently left its normal course in its progress along the road and moved diagonally across the roadway and started down the steep bank at the same angle.  The machine rolled over he said and landed right side up.
Maximum speed of the tractor, MacQuinn said, is 10 miles per hour.
Thomas, who lived at Salisbury Cove, was born at Bar Harbor, Sept. 28, 1915, the son of Edward Pettengill Thomas and the late Orra Hadley (Thomas).  He was a resident of Bar Harbor in early life and attended Bar Harbor High School.
Surviving are his widow Shirley (Duffey) Thomas, a son, David, both of Salisbury Cove, and a brother.

TRAGIC DEATH AT SPOUTING HORN - 1918

Acadia National Park
Spouting Horn Death
Bar Harbor Times
July 6, 1918




DROWNING ACCIDENT AT SCHOONER HEAD




Camera Man For Moving Picture Company Meets Tragic Death

John Von den Brock, camera man for the Maurice Tourneue Production Company of Fort Lee, N.J., was accidentally drowned at Schooner Head on last Saturday.

At the time the accident occurred the company was in the vicinity of the Spouting Horn making a picture and Mr. Von den Brock was on a ledge close to the sea with his back to the water using his camera. The sea was rough and a heavy swell was running and the director of the company urged Mr. Von den Brock not to stand so close to the water, but the latter said there was no danger and stuck to his position.

The place is a very exposed one and the sea sweeps in from the ocean with nothing to break its force. When the sea is rough and the tide coming in, it is an exceedingly dangerous place for a person not acquainted with the spot. One may stand there in perfect safety for half an hour when all at once a big wave will come in with irresistible force.

That is just what happened Saturday. The picture company had been at work there all the forenoon when at about 12;30 a high wave came in with over-whelming power and took Mr. Von den Brock off his feet and carried him and his camera out to sea. It happened so quickly that the other members of the company were powerless to render their companion any aid and he was drown before their eyes.

Mr. Von den Brock is said to have been the highest paid camera man in the business and was most popular young man among his associates. He was 23 years of age, unmarried and resided at 156 Riverside Drive, New York City.




SPOUTING HORN CAVE
SCHOONER HEAD
BAR HARBOR, MAINE

NOTE; I was unable to find out the name of the movie they were filming, but a number of movies were filmed in and around Schooner Head and Spouting Horn, including Dead Men Tell No Tales in 1920.

CLIFF OVER LOOKING SPOUTING HORN CAVE
SCHOONER HEAD
BAR HARBOR

STEPHEN HIGGINS DIES ON DRY MOUNTAIN - 1862

Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor Times
December 26, 1928
Dry Mountain

Stephen Higgins the second, or Captain Stephen Higgins, was a sailor in every sense of the word, and in his day was commander of many large clipper ships which were than sailing the world over.
Captain Stephen Higgins died on Dry or Flying Squadron Mountain September 4, 1862.  I will remember the occasion, and the exciting time there was in finding him up there in those lonely woods and darkness, as the search had reached into the early twilight.  Home from one of his long voyages, he, accompanied by a little eight year old girl relative, went up this mountain berry picking, when suddenly Captain Steve lay down in a shady grove and expired.  The little girl quickly scrambled down the mountain and spread the news.
Captain Stephen Higgins, or Stephen Higgins the second, was a brother of Captain Royal G. Higgins, and their parents were Captain Isreal and Polly Higgins, and their grave, although Capt. Israel was lost at sea, was the first one to be placed in the old Village Cemetery on Mount Desert Street.


NOTE - Dry Mountain today is known as Dorr Mountain.

HENRY J. WONG - KILLED IN FALL ON PRECIPICE 1998

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.

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.

DENNIS DOONAN KILLED WHILE BLASTING LEDGE ALONG CADILLAC MOUNTAIN SUMMIT ROAD - ACADIA, 1929

Deaths In Acadia National Park

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.

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.

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.

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.

WITCH HOLE POND - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
DEATHS IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

James father was Henry Elkhorn.

J.B. Whelpley KILLED IN SHIP WRECK AT SAND BEACH - ACADIA, AUGUST 1911

Acadia National Park
Bar Harbor Record
August 2,  1911

J.B. Whelpley lost his life during a severe storm.  Mr. Whelpley was on board as crew member on the two mast schooner the Tay, out of St. John N.B. when the schooner wrecked on the shore of Sand Beach.  He was survived by a wife and three children.  The wreck occurred at 12;15 o'clock Friday night.  The ship was carrying a load of lumber at the time fo the wreck.
The cook J. B. Whelpley, who was below deck making coffee for the crew, was lost in the chaos. He had been manning the pumps all night. He left behind a widow and three children . 4

Over time sections of the Tay have become buried under the sand at Sand Beach, and the National Park Service considers the area high sensitivity area for cultural resources.

LOCAL PASTOR REV. HERMAN E. VAN SCHUYVER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DROWNS BY OCEAN DRIVE - ACADIA, 1949

Deaths In Acadia National Park;

LOCAL PASTOT DROWNS
Bar Harbor Times
June 16,  1949

Services Held For Local Minister Believed Drowned
Memorial services were held at the Baptist Church on Wednesday afternoon for Rev. Herman E. Van Schuyver who is thought by police to have drowned in the waters off Ocean Drive last Saturday.
Following a report of Van Schuyver's disappearance Chief of Police George Abbott initiated a search in which the police Reserves, Park Rangers, Fire Department and Coast Guard took part.  His car was discovered in a parking lot off the Ocean Drive and according to police a bloodhound picked up Van Schuyver's trail three times which led to the water's edge each time, "therefore it is presumed that Mr. Van Schuyver drowned."
Rev. Van Schuyver assumed his duties here as Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bar Harbor and the Eden Baptist Church at Salisbury Cove, on April 1.  He was a native of Maysville, Oklahoma, a graduate of Gordon College of Theology, Boston and previous to coming to Bar Harbor was leader of the Hudson Baptist Church and assisted at the Columbia Street Baptist Church in Bangor.  Mrs. Van Schuyver was the former Marjorie Ames of Bangor.

WALDON GRAY DROWNED IN ECHO LAKE - ACADIA, 1935

Deaths In Acadia National Park;

Bar Harbor Times
August 28, 1935

Bar Harbor Boy Loses Life While In Swimming
Funeral services for Waldon Emery Gray, who lost his life Sunday night while bathing at Echo Lake, were held Wed. morning at ten o'clock from the church at Salsbury Cove.  Rev. Melvin Harter officated at the services.
Young Gray, who left his home Sunday afternoon with a party of friends, was at Echo Lake Sunday evening.  They were swimming in about ten feet of water at the Somesville end of the lake.  Mr. Gray had laughingly spoken of swimming under water.  He dove in, came up twice and disappeared.  William Mordaunt of Portland, a member of the 158th C.C.C. arrived in answer to9 the call for help, dove in and brought the body ashore.  It was than about eleven-thirty P.M. and for more than two hours a determined effort was made to save the young man's life.  Dr. S.A. Coffin and Dr. E.J. Morrison were summoned.  Mordaunt had recently taken special first aid training at Fort Williams and he deserves credit for the aid which he administered.
Deputy Sheriff's Richard Carroll of Southwest Harbor and Warren J. Tribou were also promptly on hand in response to the call for help.
Waldon Gray was born on August 2, 1915, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gray.  Besides his parents he is survived by his brothers and sisters;  Mrs. James Cook and Jeannette Freda, Bradford and Mary Elizabeth Gray.  He also leaves his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Gray and Mrs. Laura Coombs.  He was a graduate of the Bar Harbor High School in the class of 1934.  He was a boy of the finest type and he is deeply mourned by all who knew him.
The bearers at the services on Wednesday were George Webb, Francis Haskell, James Mcdonald, and Frederick Leland.  Burial was in the family lot at Salsbury Cove.

HENRY W. BROWN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - OCTOBER 1919

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BAR HARBOR RECORD
Oct. 8, 1919
Henry W. Brown Accidentally Shot

Unfortunate event results in Death Monday.
BOY WAS BUT FOURTEEN
Whole Town Saddened By Accidental Death Of Son of Mr. and Mrs Arthur Brown.

One of the sadest accidents that Bar Harbor has ever known occurred Saturday when Henry W. Brown, the young son of Mr and Mrs Arthur W. Brown, accidently shot himself as a result of which he died Monday morning at the Bar Harbor hospital.  Young Brown, who was fourteen years of age, had spent the night at a camp at Eagle Lake with three other boys and rising before daylight they had made their way to the Breakneck Road hoping to shoot some ducks at Half Moon Pond.
It seems that they were cold and they started to build a fire.  Henry Brown attempted to break a dead branch from a tree with the butt of his shotgun, thinking that the weapon was not loaded.  It was thus accidently discharged and the entire charge of shot entered his leg near the hip.  His young companions acted with rare presence of mind in applying first aid treatment.  A tourniquet was made and the flow of blood thus stopped.  A fire was built and the other boys took off their own outter garments and in every way made their unfortunate friend as comfortable as possible.  one of them made an haste to the nearest telephone and phoned Dr. Charles Morrison Jr, who with Chief Gerry of the Bar Harbor police rushed to the spot in Dr. Morrison's car.  The unfortunate boy was immediately removed to the hospital where his wound was dressed and where all that could be done to save his life was done, but from the first little hope was held out for his recovery.
The boy was cheerful and optimistic throughout, maintaining that he was all right.  chief Gerry said that his courage was remarkable and discriobed his conduct as that of the gamest youngster he had ever seen.  Dr. Morrison said that he was most courageous and brave about it all.  Both the doctor and the Chief spoke in highest terms of the conduct of the companions of the unfortunate lad.  These boys, Fayette Norwood, Earle Stover and Russell Lea, acted with rare presence of mind and without such conduct on their part their friend might not have lived to see his family.
Henry Brown was of fourteen years of age and had entered Bar Harbor High school this fall.  He was one of the highest, most cheerful and most promising lads in town.  A general favorite, popular with his school fellows and with other people alike, he will be sadly missed by many friends.  The sympathy of the entire town goes out to the family.  Prayers were said at the home this afternoon.

STEPHEN CHAN OF MARYLAND DROWNS AT ECHO LAKE - ACADIA, AUGUST 2005

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Aug. 2005

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK (AP) – Divers have recovered the body of a 22-year-old Maryland man who drowned in Echo Lake in Acadia National Park.
The body of Stephen Chan of Newmarket, Md., was found Friday after a nearly 24-hour air, water and ground search.
Chan was reported missing by his girlfriend, who said she last saw him wading in the lake Thursday afternoon.
Chan’s body was found in 60 feet of water about midway across the lake, Ranger Neil Labrie said. Because there were no witnesses, officials said they were uncertain about what happened.

MAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH ON THE BEEHIVE IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - AUGUST 2000

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Aug. 2000

A 57-year-old Maryland man (name withheld in paper) fell at least 100 feet to his death after losing his balance on a challenging section of trail at Acadia National Park on Friday, officials said.
The man and a friend of his were about five minutes from the top of the 520-foot mountain known as “The Beehive,” about a quarter-mile from Sand Beach, when he lost his balance in a confined area while stepping down about a foot and a half onto another rock, Park Ranger Jim Grover said.
Park Rangers were notified at about 4 p.m., nearly an hour after the fall, when the man’s companion was able to notify rangers. The man’s name was being withheld late Friday pending notification of relatives.
Grover described it as a difficult but popular trail with iron rungs and handholds, and said rangers will be studying the accident for any safety improvements they might make.