New-York tribune., 1905-07-31
THOUSANDS FLEE IN TERROR WHEN BOLT STRIKES

shocked and burned. In the hospital Miss Gess.
the nurse in charge. and Miss wallstrum cared
for the victims as soon as they could be taken
from the improvised ambulances.
Miss Clara Thein. who among those more
seriously injured. lay unconscious in ignoranes
of the death of her fance. George Dunwoodfe.
who accompanied her TO the beach Her hair
was burned from the scalp. while the hairpius
were bent into strange shapes. She remained
unconscious for several hours.
MOTHER FINDS HER SONS DEAD.
Another scene which brought tears to the eyes
of those standing near was the Identification
of the two Demmerle brothers who lay dead be-
side their cousin. Robert Wasch, by their mother.
Mrs. Charles Demmerle. almost immediately
after the fatal bolt. The boys had been in bath
ing and the mother waiting on the veranda
for them to change their clothes They reached
the fatal shelter spot moment before this
shock came. Mrs. Demmerle became hy.terical
| when her sons killed hardly an arms
/ length away from her.
The bodies were all SO badly burned thaS
identification was extremely difficult. A dean
cut on each showed where the bolt entered Th1
| injured were of a deep purple color about tbs
| feet but the designation disappeared aftea
treatment.
/ The body of Robert Frankhen. who was the
| only victim not dressed in a bathing suit. waA
/
| feet were blackened by the shock. while pu-pIs
| marks on his body showed the course OF ths
bolt.
| George Beascher, a Princeton University stus
dent. who Is manager of the Parkway Baths,
| was one of the first to understand what had hap@
| pened. He sounded a general alarm. which
brought the bathhouse employees to the enner-
/ gency stations The life guards had TO hasteu
| to the rescue Of those in the water. who were
i -
-, drowning other employees held the crowds
| back to prevent a stampede IN the big bathing
| pavilion
/ On the beach the effect Of the shock was fsie
| in the same way. the wet sand acting as con-
! ductor there James Green, attendant in
/ an automobile garage, VINO was charging an
I electric automobile when the bolt struck. was
thrown TO the ground by its force. He was
| more than two hundred feet away from the
/ spot where it struck.
fall surprised many, who expected to see il
crash among the rescuers and the morbid sight
! Miss Carrie Krohn the young woman who
was among the injured taken to the Coney lsi-
and Reception Hospital described the shock as
similar to resulting from electric battery
l She was less than twenty feet away from the
/ flag pole when the bolt struck. and escaped
more serious injury. though she was rendered
! The most remarkable injury was that slis-
ruptured and whose scalp burned. Reiss.
with his wife. were under the boardwalk The
crash which followed the descending bolt lett
/ him dumb we'll deaf. and it was nearly a
half hour before he fully realized what had Oc-
Cured He treated by DIR. clay, and
gained his voice. but will never hear in his left
! ear.
| WATCH HOSPITAL IN VAIN
| The scene about the Coney Island Reception
| Hospital following the two crashes was almost
indeseribable. Crowds of holiday visitors stood
! for hours in the drenching rain in an attempt to
! gain a glimpse of the injured Screens kept
/ from outside view the beds which had been
/ placed in the reception room where the wounded
/ were treated
] The nurses worked independently, while the
/ doctors turned their attention 20 the more seri-
I Ously injured. Friends and relatives clamored
! about the doors and windows TO inquire about
/ the wounded.
/ At HavrOn's MOrgue. in West Sth-st oppO-
| site to the police station "A similar crowd gath
| cred TO the dead who were removed from
/ the temporary morgue at Brighton Beach az
as permission could be obtained from the
coroner. The bodies of Charles and Frank Dem
I merle and Robert WasCh were later removed To
the Demmerle home. at Flatbush- The body OF
Robert Frankell will be sent to relatives ar
Belm2r. n. J.. while that of George Dunwoodis
| was held awaiting instructions. The body of
[ Henry Ralzweiler. who was the victim Of ths
/ Harway-ave. accident, taken to the Bath
| Beach police station. Ffalzweiler a pros
| parous truckman. who. with his son. William
and a friend. fishing the summer camp
/ which skirts Gravesend Bay. near Harway-ave-