Show party of seven drowned A rowboat containing a party of eight young persons was swept over flat rock dam in the schuylkill river at philadelphia thursday afternoon and seven of them five girls and two 1 boys were drowned the victims all of whom were philadelphians were florence densmore 19 mazie kennedy 18 maude beutter 19 mamie sullivan florence bond 21 bertram Os mond 19 roy richer 18 the man saved is john moore aged 21 the party was composed of members of the elm soc al club they with a large number of others most of whom reside in the southern sect on of the city organized a picnic for the day and were taking a row on the river high water carried them over a 12 foot dam 21 |