A Mexican named Erteban Adame, aged about 20 years, was drowned Sunday last in the Merced River at Ned’s Gulch. The man and two companions were in swimming and the unfortunate man got into deep water and lost his life. None of the men could swim. All three were section hands working under Section Boss Thomas Reilly on the Y. V. railroad. Coroner Johnson held an inquest Monday and a verdict of “accidental drowning” was the verdict rendered by the jury.