DREW

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Marin Journal
Thursday, December 11, 1913
Page 5

Drowned at Pt. Reyes

Charles F. Drew, a native of California, a civil engineer, aged 31 years, was drowned in Laumator bay near Pt. Reyes light house on the 24th of November, but his body was not found until Sunday, December 7th. Just how he came to his death is not known, but it was undoubtedly accidental.

He went out on the bay hunting ducks, but no one was with him. He was loaded down with heavy clothing and had 180 gun shells on his person, which held his body to the bottom of the bay. He was a good swimmer and succeeded in getting his boots off, but was unable to save himself.

Edward Stone and Roy Jarvietz, two of his friends, searched for the body but were unable to find it until extreme low tide on Sunday, although dynamite was used in an effort to raise the body.

Drew was a resident of Inverness where he lived with his mother. He was a member of Oriental lodge No. 144, F. and A. M. of San Francisco. The funeral was held at Masonic temple, San Francisco on Thursday at 2 p.m., interment at Cyprus Lawn.

The body was brought from Pt. Reyes to Sawyer’s undertaking parlor on Sunday evening.