THREE DROWN AT BAR HARBOR TOWN PIER

CAR PLUNGES OFF BAR HARBOR PIER
Bar Harbor Times
April 10,  1947

Three Young People Drown When Car Slews On Municipal Pier And Goes Into 25 Feet Of Water
George W. Dolliver Jr., Carroll E. Frost Jr., of Bar Harbor and Elinor Talbot of West Haven, Conn., lose lives in accident.
Three lives were lost by drowning when a car allegedly operated by Elliot Sawyer of Bar Harbor slewed on the municipal pier Wednesday evening just after 11 o'clock and went over into about 25 feet of water.  Those dead are;  Carroll E. Frost Jr., age 23;  George W. Dolliver Jr., age 23, both of Bar Harbor, and Elinor Talbot, about 22 years of age, of West Haven, Conn..  Sawyer and the fifth occupant, Miss Barbara Curry, a teacher at Emerson Grammar School, were able to swim to the pier and climb the ladder to safety.

According to Sawyer, he didn't realize the pier was a glaze of ice until the felt the car slew and when he realized it, was going over the edge.  He opened the door and as it sank, he and Miss Curry, who with Dolliver were riding in the front seat, were able to extricate themselves, but due to the depth of the water were unable to reach the others.  The bodies  of Miss Talbot, and Frost were found in the back seat where they had been riding while that of Dolliver was located near the outside of the car clutching a fender guide.  The bodies were recovered at 8;15 a.m. by a diver and were taken in the Sherman Funeral Parlor.
This was the second accident with the loss of life to happen on the head of the pier in recent years, the other being a visitor who drove off of the head of the pier a few years ago and the car was not recovered until the next morning.