Francis Fisher, of the class of 1903, was drowned off Sea Girt, N. J., on the night of July 14 last. He was cruising on the yacht Spalpeen, which was run down in a fog by the Clyde liner Benefactor, on that night. Fisher climbed aboard the Benefactor without accident, but in trying to return to the yacht, fell into the sea and was carried astern by the tide. He kept afloat for several minutes, and asked that a boat be put down for him. This was not done, but instead the Benefactor was backed up toward him, and he was caught in the propeller, which cut off his head. His body was found ten days later on the beach at Sea Girt.
Francis Fisher was born at Philadelphia, October 29, 1881. He prepared for college at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., where he graduated in June, 1899. He entered Harvard in September of that year, and had just finished his Sophomore year at the time of his death. he played on the University Cricket team, and was a member of the Gun Club and the Cercle Francais.
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