DAMS CIAIMS A JERSEY PADDLER Muscenetcong River; Reigelsville, N.J.; May 21, 1989 DESCRIPTION: Louis Gelato, 29, paddling with two friends in a 17 foot canoe, drowned after an attempted run of a dam near Riegelsville on New Jersey’s Class I-II Muscoenetcong River. All three were caught in the reversal; one was pronounced dead at the scene after being washed one mile downstream; another companion was hospitalized in critical condition two days later. SOURCE: Appalachian Mountain Club (NJ) “Paddle Splashes” COMMENTS: These incidents further illustrates the danger of low-head dams.