Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 01-20-2005
100 years ago; Jan. 14, 1905
Drowned while skating
About 5 o'clock Tuesday evening a distressing accident occurred at Chesapeake City, when two young ladies of that place lost their lives at a skating party on Back Creek pond. The unfortunates who were drowned were Miss Sallie Foster , aged 11 years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Foster and Miss Edith Tumey, the 12-year-old daughter of William Tumey.
They were members of a skating party that was formed at the High School at which they were students. After enjoying themselves on the pond for sometime a number of them skated past the ridge, among them being Misses Foster and Tumey, Miss Kate Boiger, aged 16 years, and Edwin Titter, aged 15 years.
As they passed the bridge, the ice suddenly gave way and the next moment a score of skaters were struggling in the water. Several others gave the alarm and brought a number of citizens to the scene. It required the hardest kind of work on the part of the rescuing party to save Miss Boiger and the young Titter, while others in the party escaped with a mere ducking.
At no time was there any chance of saving Misses Foster and Tumey. They had been skating together, and when they broke through were locked in each other's arms, sinking to the bottom of the creek. Their bodies were recovered an hour afterwards.
The tragedy has cast a gloom over the town. Miss Boiger and young Titter when rescued were in an exhausted condition and are now under the care of physicians.
The parents of the young ladies are heartbroken over the accident.
75 years ago; January 16, 1930
Del-Mar-Va could get dirigible base
That the Del-Mar-Va peninsula is likely to receive consideration in the locating of the Atlantic Coast site for the proposed government dirigible base is the statement made at the headquarters of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association in Salisbury.
Edwin C. Totten, Executive Secretary of the Association called attention to an article appearing in the Literary Digest for Jan. 4 in which direct reference is made to the location of this site on the Peninsula. The article, a resume of a story by Will T. Kennedy, published in the Washington Sunday Star, makes the following reference:
*** A special Navy Board is making a survey of possible sites in all parts o the country and it is now believed that the site will be located on the Pacific Coast and one on the Atlantic Coast, possibly on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. This board is expected to submit recommendations to the Navy Department and Congress some time this winter, so that hangars will be constructed in time to house the ships when they are delivered.
WOMEN MUST TELL AGE TO GET DRIVERS LICENSE
Unless a woman is willing to give her age, she will be denied an automobile driver's license when the issuance of them starts on March 1, it was announced this week by Magistrate Black, of Wilmington.
He said the age of all automobile drivers is necessary as it aids in identifying them and also prevents the possibility of cards being issued to persons under the age limit.
There has been little trouble of obtaining ages from men, he said, but most women dislike the necessity of giving their ages. Those who refuse, he said, will not be permitted to obtain a license.
