April 1, 1958
Diver Volunteers To Hunt Bodies
Firefighter Joseph N. Paynotta,
a diver, joined the search this morning for missing brothers, Howard Lane,
31, of West Gloucester, and Edward Lane, 18, of Magnolia, believed to
have drowned off the Essex River Sunday afternoon when their 16-foot outboard motor boat
capsized.
Coast Guardsmen are continuing beach patrols
in Ipswich and West Gloucester looking for the bodies. No sign of the missing men
had been found up to noon today. Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Del Porto,
group commander of the Coast Guard in charge of the search, said that with every change of
tide, Merrimac River Lifeboat Station had a crew patrolling Crane's beach Ipswich and
Dolliver's Neck Lifeboat Station Gloucester had a crew patrolling Coffin's Beach.
Dragging operations produced nothing
yesterday. Helicopter and surface boats were unable to learn more about the
tragedy. Paynotta volunteered his service to the Lane
families. Gloucester police are cooperating. Paynotta was
taken to the scene in the harbor police boat with Officer Raymond H. Freitas
in command. Also visiting the area were James Lane Jr., Chester S. Stone,
Jr., George Lane, and Ronald Buvio, brother-in-law to Edward
Lane.
Howard Lane is the son of James
O. Lane and the latter's first wife, Louise Smith, now Mrs. Louise
Hodge of Kittery, Me. They had five other sons, James O., Jr.,
Philip. Herman, Arthur and Harry. By his present wife, the
former Carmella Firth, Lane has three sons, George, James R. and
Edward, and a daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Ronald
Buvio. |
