Both men are in their 20s, according to the ranger. Stephen Kennedy - MAN DIES AFTER RIDING BIKE INTO CLOSED GATE. Kathy Frost Larson. Adren L. Peach, the nine year old son of Mrs. Arden L. Peach of Northeast Harbor went out ice skating on Christmas Day when he fell through the ice and drown. The following day, a farmer was out preparing to mow hay when he heard far off cries and went to investigate. Faith M. Wise, a native of Trufant, Mich., was transferred to EMS at Winter Harbor around 3:15 p.m. and was later pronounced dead. The Beehive in Acadia National Park juts out of the surrounding terrain proudly at 520 feet (158 m). More by Aislinn Sarnacki. David McKinney, - YOUNG MAN WASHED OUT TO SEA. Friends and family of a popular 22-year-old University of Maine student were mourning her death Tuesday after the young woman slipped and fell 60 feet while hiking a … The elderly poacher, who pled guilty and served one day in prison, mistook Jacobson, who was accompanied by his wife while on patrol, for a deer. According to Ranger Richard Rechholtz, the two were rock climbing at Otter Cliffs around 1:30 p.m. Sunday when one of them unclipped himself from a climbing rope and, from the bottom of the cliff, jumped into the frigid ocean water to retrieve a climbing shoe. camp to report the tragic accident. As one of the men, Jean Lipscomb, was drilling a hole, the drill steel snapped off. University officials identified Ladd on Sunday as a senior at the university’s Orono campus where she was majoring in psychology. That fact in itself is hard to take, but the worst stories are the ones about children. They were about 40 feet from the main road, Ocean Drive witnesses told a park ranger, when a 20-foot-high swell exploded into the air, sweeping Clio, 7, her father, Peter J. Axilrod, 55, and five other people out to sea. The family suggests memorials to the Acadia Friends Meeting, PO Box 21, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 or the American Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 rather than flowers. The cave was a popular picnic site. Asa Wilbur of Sidney, 1793-1840, Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Orrington Circuit, 1819, Members of Jefferson Street Free Baptist Church in Biddeford, 1926, © 2021   Created by Chris Dunham. The short, 0.8 mile hike climbs to the summit of the Beehive and provides 360 degree views of Acadia National Park. Despite their heroic efforts, 22-year-old Shirley Ladd of Barnstead, N.H., died from injuries she sustained after falling on a trail on Champlain Mountain in Acadia National Park. Nothing happened, but when he added a third stick with an electric blasting cap, the charge exploded, injuring Doonan so badly that he died in the hospital the following morning. Word to the wise: The rangers, the police and the insurance companies were not fooled. Rangers said the death is not suspicious. In 1975, Larson told investigators that his first wife had fallen into the creek and that he had jumped into the fast-moving water in a futile attempt to rescue her. Ellis' car was spotted Friday parked at the gated Park Loop Road entrance on Route 233, but park officials did not realize anything was amiss until the next day, when a ranger noted the vehicle was still in the same spot. Their most enduring and endearing successes, though, are the stunning and unusual trails that lead hikers into the heart of Acadia, such as the Ocean Path and Perpendicular Trail. Seven years later, after authorities finally ruled his wife dead, Larson collected on a $20,000 life insurance policy. 27 year old yoga instructor Leslie Spellman had hitchhiked with her sister from their home in Massachusetts to Vermont. Coast Guard Station Southwest Harbor received a cell phone call about 2:27 p.m. from a person reporting a female had fallen into the water in a rocky area of Schoodic Point. The “boys” also performed most of the work in constructing the park’s two campgrounds, Blackwoods and Seawall. Seven years later, after authorities finally ruled his wife dead, Larson collected on a $20,000 life insurance policy. At one point his wife was almost able to reach out to him as he attempted to get back on shore. Adren L. Peach - 9 YEAR OLD  DROWNS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. Yet another drowning took place in Acadia National Park along Ocean Drive Tuesday night when Mrs. Millicent Quinn, age 39, of West Hartford Conn. was swept off a ledge by a large wave. Precipice Trail in Maine's Acadia National Park is one such hike that involves climbing rungs on the face of sheer cliffs.