Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… Kelley by the hair of her head to stop her from drowning. Kelley said, ‘I just wanted to lay down and go to sleep.’ Kelley’s sister Ellen was the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"Twelve Lubec school children drowned that day, June 19, 1936. A summer day, after school ended for the year, created for picnics and the usually…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… 4, 1855, when fifteen year old Sarah Richards drowned while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island opposite Richmond."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… Woodbury (one of his sons) went to Enfield and drowned in the river. He made his way north in 1824 with all of his family, where on the Winn…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"I could fall off the edge of the boat and drown. It’s scary because there isn’t a lot of room. I can’t stand people pushing and kicking me as they…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… cause of death is unknown, but some suggest he drowned or was killed by accident. Hiram's body is buried not far from Lincoln, along US Route 2 in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"He drowned in the Mattawamkeag River. The body was found in Babcock’s Boom in what now is called Winn."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"$300,000 today). Many cattle and sheep were also drowned. Many mills that lined the Sandy River banks, were wiped out time and again."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"He returned home safely but tragically drowned in the Royal River in 1868. His death was noted in a diary kept by Ellen Marston, the fiancée of his…"