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 1862 - 1887 (25 years)
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| Name |
Charles Edwin Tremewan |
| Born |
1862 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1887 |
| Person ID |
I4996 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
26 Mar 2006 |
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| Notes |
- The following article appeared in The West Briton and Cornish Advertiser issue of 25 July 1887. It was transcribed by Rita Bone-Kopf and posted on the Cornish-L Mailing List on 3 August 2005.
Sad Bathing Disaster At Newquay – Three Young Men Drowned – Newquay
was thrown into a state of painful excitement on Thursday afternoon by
the occurrence of a sad disaster, by which three young men lost their
lives whilst bathing from the rocks off the Outer Headland, one of the
most dangerous spots on that part of the coast. The names of the young
men were Frederick Pedlar, Herbert Magor, and Charles Tremewan, all of
Withiel. They came to Newquay with a picnic party of the Wesleyan School
and Band of Hope, numbering about 300. The deceased were teachers in the
school, and, after partaking of dinner, took their sweethearts for a
walk on the Fistral Beach. The young men proposed that they should go
for a bathe, leaving the young ladies to search for shells on the beach.
After a time the ladies thought that the young men must have finished
their bath, and proceeded to the Outer Headland. They then saw one of
the deceased holding up his arms and crying for help, but before
assistance could arrive he had disappeared. Mr. Robinson, one of the
party, procured a plank and went to the rock near, where he saw one of
the bodies. He, however, had to be taken off in a boat, as the tide rose
so quickly that he could not get on shore. A person had in the mean time
called the attention of a fisherman named W. Carter to the occurrence.
He at once proceeded to the spot with his boat, and with the aid of a
grapnel the body of Frederick Pedler was recovered. The bodies of the
other two young men were not discovered until Friday morning, when they
were picked up within a short distance of the scene of the accident. The
ages of the deceased young men averaged about 22 years.
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