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On the fifth day Brasenose rowed past Oriel, caught Wadham, passed them, and came in a considerable distance ahead. [the bumps chart suggests that they were only credited with the bump on Oriel]There were to have been two more races, but as two of the Pembroke crew were drowned sculling up the Cherwell, they were given up.
Brasenose held another 'bump-supper', which they kept up till shortly before three. They considered it 'one of the most gratifying spectacles ever presented to the lovers of aquatic sports.'
Melancholy Accident, Oxford — On Tuesday, the 27th, two gentlemen of Pembroke College, Mr. James Frederick Ede and Mr. Edward Harris, both of whom had just passed their final examinations, went up the Cherwell in wherries to Islip, about seven or eight miles from Oxford. Owing to the late rains the river was much swollen, and the current very rapid, several parts of it being dangerous even in the daytime. They left Islip to return to Oxford at 20 minutes to 8 o'clock, and had got about half way, when some accident must have occurred which caused them to be drowned. The circumstances attending this sad event are not accurately known. About 2 o'clock next morning some under-graduates of the college, knowing that they had not returned, became alarmed, fearing that an accident had occurred, and communicated their suspicions to one of the Fellows, who thought it advisable that they should go in search of them. About 4 o'clock they found the boats and hats, and their worst fears being thus confirmed, they immediately sent for drags and men to search the river. The body of Mr. Ede was first found, near one of the skiffs; and about half-past 12, Mr. Harris was also discovered, near the same spot. It is supposed that one of the gentlemen had broken an oar and got into the other boat, and, perhaps, by changing places the boats upset, or one had fallen overboard, and the other, in attempting to save his companion, had shared the same fate. An inquest will be held this evening. Both the gentlemen were much respected and beloved in the College, and their melancholy death has cast a general gloom over the University. It ought to be stated, that when they left an inn at Islip, where they had been partaking of some refreshment before starting, the landlord says they were both perfectly sober and collected. The night was exceedingly tempestuous, and to this, with the dangerous state of the river, and the lateness and darkness of the time of returning, the fatal accident must no doubt be attributed.
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