SERVICES HELD FOR BERNARD McFADZEN
Topsham Sept 21–Funeral services for Bernard McFadzen, 14 years old, son of Mr. And Mrs. Gilbert McFadzen of Main street, were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the home of Mr. And Mrs. George Furbish of Pleasant street, Rev. Harry Chamberlin was the officiating clergyman, the bearers were Walter Furbish, Charles Hall, Ralph Beaulieu and Ernest Beaulieu Interment was in the Rogers Cemetery. Transcribed from the Lewiston Daily Sun page 2 of September 22, 1936 issue.
Cave-In Of Sandpit Fatal To Two Topsham Boys
Topsham, Sept 20–Two Topsham boys, James Hall, 10, and Bernard McFadzen, 14, were dead today, the result of the cave-in of their caves in a sandpit two miles from this town, Saturday, in which the boys were suffocated.
The boys were buried in nine feet of sand by the cave-in. Despite hurried action of a rescue squad under Chief of Police Carver, the boys were dead when the crews reached them. Two other boys, James Hyde, 13, and Howard Hall, 9, brother of James, had been in the cave a short time before the roof collapsed.
The two boys spread the alarm, ran to the Hall home, and also to the home of Holman and Robert Foster nearby. That they would also have been caught in the cave-in of the twin tunnels had not Hyde seen the mailman approaching and ran to his home to take care of whatever mail there was. He was returning to the caves when met by the younger Hall, and was told of the cave-in.
The boys had dug twin tunnels in the sandbank, were digging a connecting tunnel when they collapsed.
Chief Carver directed the efforts of a crew of a dozen men in reaching the boys. It was about 40 minutes before the two bodies were removed from the sandbank. They were pronounced dead by Chief Carver, and later medical examiner, Dr. Henry Morin of Bath was notified.
James Halls, 10, was the son of Mr. And Mrs. Edward Hall, and McFadzen was the son of Gilbert McFadzen. The McFadzen boy is also survived by a brother; and the Hall boy by four brothers and two sisters.
Transcribed from the Lewiston Daily Sun, Monday Morning, September 21, 1936 (page 5).
Bio by Jane Strain
Topsham Sept 21–Funeral services for Bernard McFadzen, 14 years old, son of Mr. And Mrs. Gilbert McFadzen of Main street, were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the home of Mr. And Mrs. George Furbish of Pleasant street, Rev. Harry Chamberlin was the officiating clergyman, the bearers were Walter Furbish, Charles Hall, Ralph Beaulieu and Ernest Beaulieu Interment was in the Rogers Cemetery. Transcribed from the Lewiston Daily Sun page 2 of September 22, 1936 issue.
Cave-In Of Sandpit Fatal To Two Topsham Boys
Topsham, Sept 20–Two Topsham boys, James Hall, 10, and Bernard McFadzen, 14, were dead today, the result of the cave-in of their caves in a sandpit two miles from this town, Saturday, in which the boys were suffocated.
The boys were buried in nine feet of sand by the cave-in. Despite hurried action of a rescue squad under Chief of Police Carver, the boys were dead when the crews reached them. Two other boys, James Hyde, 13, and Howard Hall, 9, brother of James, had been in the cave a short time before the roof collapsed.
The two boys spread the alarm, ran to the Hall home, and also to the home of Holman and Robert Foster nearby. That they would also have been caught in the cave-in of the twin tunnels had not Hyde seen the mailman approaching and ran to his home to take care of whatever mail there was. He was returning to the caves when met by the younger Hall, and was told of the cave-in.
The boys had dug twin tunnels in the sandbank, were digging a connecting tunnel when they collapsed.
Chief Carver directed the efforts of a crew of a dozen men in reaching the boys. It was about 40 minutes before the two bodies were removed from the sandbank. They were pronounced dead by Chief Carver, and later medical examiner, Dr. Henry Morin of Bath was notified.
James Halls, 10, was the son of Mr. And Mrs. Edward Hall, and McFadzen was the son of Gilbert McFadzen. The McFadzen boy is also survived by a brother; and the Hall boy by four brothers and two sisters.
Transcribed from the Lewiston Daily Sun, Monday Morning, September 21, 1936 (page 5).
Bio by Jane Strain
SERVICES HELD FOR BERNARD McFADZEN
Topsham Sept 21–Funeral services for Bernard McFadzen, 14 years old, son of Mr. And Mrs. Gilbert McFadzen of Main street, were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the home of Mr. And Mrs. George Furbish of Pleasant street, Rev. Harry Chamberlin was the officiating clergyman, the bearers were Walter Furbish, Charles Hall, Ralph Beaulieu and Ernest Beaulieu Interment was in the Rogers Cemetery. Transcribed from the Lewiston Daily Sun page 2 of September 22, 1936 issue.
Cave-In Of Sandpit Fatal To Two Topsham Boys
Topsham, Sept 20–Two Topsham boys, James Hall, 10, and Bernard McFadzen, 14, were dead today, the result of the cave-in of their caves in a sandpit two miles from this town, Saturday, in which the boys were suffocated.
The boys were buried in nine feet of sand by the cave-in. Despite hurried action of a rescue squad under Chief of Police Carver, the boys were dead when the crews reached them. Two other boys, James Hyde, 13, and Howard Hall, 9, brother of James, had been in the cave a short time before the roof collapsed.
The two boys spread the alarm, ran to the Hall home, and also to the home of Holman and Robert Foster nearby. That they would also have been caught in the cave-in of the twin tunnels had not Hyde seen the mailman approaching and ran to his home to take care of whatever mail there was. He was returning to the caves when met by the younger Hall, and was told of the cave-in.
The boys had dug twin tunnels in the sandbank, were digging a connecting tunnel when they collapsed.
Chief Carver directed the efforts of a crew of a dozen men in reaching the boys. It was about 40 minutes before the two bodies were removed from the sandbank. They were pronounced dead by Chief Carver, and later medical examiner, Dr. Henry Morin of Bath was notified.
James Halls, 10, was the son of Mr. And Mrs. Edward Hall, and McFadzen was the son of Gilbert McFadzen. The McFadzen boy is also survived by a brother; and the Hall boy by four brothers and two sisters.
Transcribed from the Lewiston Daily Sun, Monday Morning, September 21, 1936 (page 5).
Bio by Jane Strain
Topsham Sept 21–Funeral services for Bernard McFadzen, 14 years old, son of Mr. And Mrs. Gilbert McFadzen of Main street, were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the home of Mr. And Mrs. George Furbish of Pleasant street, Rev. Harry Chamberlin was the officiating clergyman, the bearers were Walter Furbish, Charles Hall, Ralph Beaulieu and Ernest Beaulieu Interment was in the Rogers Cemetery. Transcribed from the Lewiston Daily Sun page 2 of September 22, 1936 issue.
Cave-In Of Sandpit Fatal To Two Topsham Boys
Topsham, Sept 20–Two Topsham boys, James Hall, 10, and Bernard McFadzen, 14, were dead today, the result of the cave-in of their caves in a sandpit two miles from this town, Saturday, in which the boys were suffocated.
The boys were buried in nine feet of sand by the cave-in. Despite hurried action of a rescue squad under Chief of Police Carver, the boys were dead when the crews reached them. Two other boys, James Hyde, 13, and Howard Hall, 9, brother of James, had been in the cave a short time before the roof collapsed.
The two boys spread the alarm, ran to the Hall home, and also to the home of Holman and Robert Foster nearby. That they would also have been caught in the cave-in of the twin tunnels had not Hyde seen the mailman approaching and ran to his home to take care of whatever mail there was. He was returning to the caves when met by the younger Hall, and was told of the cave-in.
The boys had dug twin tunnels in the sandbank, were digging a connecting tunnel when they collapsed.
Chief Carver directed the efforts of a crew of a dozen men in reaching the boys. It was about 40 minutes before the two bodies were removed from the sandbank. They were pronounced dead by Chief Carver, and later medical examiner, Dr. Henry Morin of Bath was notified.
James Halls, 10, was the son of Mr. And Mrs. Edward Hall, and McFadzen was the son of Gilbert McFadzen. The McFadzen boy is also survived by a brother; and the Hall boy by four brothers and two sisters.
Transcribed from the Lewiston Daily Sun, Monday Morning, September 21, 1936 (page 5).
Bio by Jane Strain
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