Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Fri. Aug. 5, 1938. Page 1. BOY DROWNS IN WHITE R. New Jersey Lad Slips on Rock and Is Carried Under in Full View of Mother. BETHEL, Aug. 4--A six-year-old Ridgewood , N.J. boy, was drowned in the White river, shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon when he slipped on a rock in the river and went under after a brief, futile struggle. The boy, Douglas Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Murray, had been wading in the river near its junction with Olympus brook. With him at the time were his eight-year-old brother, Wallace and two young friends, Dolores and John Kimball. Watching helplessly from the bank was Douglas' mother. Her father, B. A. Goodale, who owns property in the vicinity, had left to attend to business in the neighborhood. Mrs. Murray's screams brought forth a large crowd to the banks of the river, and Douglas' water-sodden body was recovered an hour later a half-mile down the river by Calvin Cornell of Bethel, one of a group of young men and women who had been swimming in Parker's hole. Eye-witnesses to the drowning expressed the belief that the swift current of White river put a quick end to the boy's struggles as his body tumbled over the rocks down the river. It was believed that he fell into a deep hole in the river after slipping on the rock. His body was taken to the home of his grandfather,B. A. Goodale. His father, who manages a camp at Smuggler's Notch, Mount Mansfield, was notified of the accident. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.