The wife and child, of Joseph J. Rambo, of Pemberton, were drowned in the Eayrestown creek on Monday(presumably a reference to July 14, 1873). Mrs. R. left home in the morning with her little boy to make a visit near Vincentown. During the day in company with her mother and sister she went to the creek to let the children bathe. Young Rambo ventured out too far and got beyond his depth, when the mother rushed in to rescue him, and both went down. Mrs. R's sister then went in to aid them, when she too gave out, and was saved only by grasping a stick held out to her by her little son, who waded out up to his neck for the purpose, and towed her in. At this juncture, a brother of Mrs. Rambo came down and plunged into the water and engaged in vain effort to find the missing ones, until he too gave out, and saved himself only by seizing the roots or branches at the side of the stream, when he was with difficulty drawn out by his mother. The bodies of Mrs. Rambo and her son were recovered in about half-an-hour, but life was extinct. Justice Haines, of Vincentown, was called to view the bodies, but the facts being patent an inquest was deemed unnecessary.--The child was about eight years of age, a bright, promising boy. The remains were taken to Pemberton, and will be buried on Thursday. Services in the Baptist church of that place, at 2.30 P. M. This is one of the saddest incidents which we have been called upon to record in a long while.
Excerpt from the Burlington County Library Website. Published 17 July 1873 in The Burlington Mirror, page 3, column 1
Excerpt from the Burlington County Library Website. Published 17 July 1873 in The Burlington Mirror, page 3, column 1
The wife and child, of Joseph J. Rambo, of Pemberton, were drowned in the Eayrestown creek on Monday(presumably a reference to July 14, 1873). Mrs. R. left home in the morning with her little boy to make a visit near Vincentown. During the day in company with her mother and sister she went to the creek to let the children bathe. Young Rambo ventured out too far and got beyond his depth, when the mother rushed in to rescue him, and both went down. Mrs. R's sister then went in to aid them, when she too gave out, and was saved only by grasping a stick held out to her by her little son, who waded out up to his neck for the purpose, and towed her in. At this juncture, a brother of Mrs. Rambo came down and plunged into the water and engaged in vain effort to find the missing ones, until he too gave out, and saved himself only by seizing the roots or branches at the side of the stream, when he was with difficulty drawn out by his mother. The bodies of Mrs. Rambo and her son were recovered in about half-an-hour, but life was extinct. Justice Haines, of Vincentown, was called to view the bodies, but the facts being patent an inquest was deemed unnecessary.--The child was about eight years of age, a bright, promising boy. The remains were taken to Pemberton, and will be buried on Thursday. Services in the Baptist church of that place, at 2.30 P. M. This is one of the saddest incidents which we have been called upon to record in a long while.
Excerpt from the Burlington County Library Website. Published 17 July 1873 in The Burlington Mirror, page 3, column 1
Excerpt from the Burlington County Library Website. Published 17 July 1873 in The Burlington Mirror, page 3, column 1
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