Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-19
Los Angeles Victim Is
Caught in Tiderip
and Meets Death
Jonathan Club Employe Is Pulled Into
Life Savers Boat, but Heroic
Efforts to Save Him Were
In Vain

oleHheH VI LOS Angeles was drowned
in the surf this evening about 81
o'clock
Caught in an overpowering tiderip
from which in his weakened condition
he was helpless to extricate himself
he met death despite the heroic efforts
of five men to save him.
After he was brought ashore in the
life boat at 6 O'Clock, Manager Archer
of the bath house, two physicians and
friends worked for nearly two hours
The spark of life had been snuffed out,
however, and their efforts were in vain
Bremen was 26 years old. He was
an employe at the Jonathan club in
Los Angeles and lived at Hotel Wash
ington. His parents, it is said, live
in Massachusetts.
Bremen came down from Los An
geles today. for an outing with three
young friends Earl Crockroft, James
Busby and Henry Busby. This after
noon Bremen and James Busby went
in for a dip in the surf, the others of
the party declining to join them in the
sport.
Became Exhausted
From the point where they entered
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the young men gradually drifted west
ward with the setting current until
nearly as far west as the Bixby hotel,
at the foot of Magnolia avenue.
Feeling the strength of the current
and noting that he was fast becoming
exhausted, James Busby started ashore
and called to his friend to follow.
When hewwas some distance away
| from Bremen, coming toward shore,
| RrdrnaT 0allad RIlGhU that 6a did
not believe he was strong enough to
] come in to land. Busby was well nigh
/ exhausted and was experiencing diff
Guilty in reaching shore. Consequent
ly he knew it would be futile for him
to attempt to swim out again to his
companion.
Some parties on the beach saw Bren-
mems plight and ran to the bath house
to summon assistance. The life saving
crew in the employ of the bath house
company always quit work at 5 o'clock,
and so the men who knew Brennen's
plight called upon others standing near
the life saving station.
w. Everett and r. F. Carter, both of
Long Beach. ran UP the beach, plunged
into the water and swan with excellent
speed toward the drowning man.
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When Everett reached Bremen the
latter's head was under the surface of
the water and he was very limp. EV-
erett seized him by the hair and at
tempted to raise his head above the wa
ter, but in vain. Carter and another
young fellow, Joe Mckenzie, also of
this city, who had swan from the tri-
pods to Bremen, assisted Everett, but
were unable to bring the unfortunate
young man ashore. Everett and Car
ter, of course, had been much ia
tigued by their long and hard swim.
In the meantime George Hewston,
who quit the life saving crew Thursday
and G.. L. Rockwell, another ex-life
guard, had noticed Brennen's plight.
Hewston and Rockwell had been in
the surf and were then standing on the
sands dressed in bathing suits
With a cry to Rockwell. Hewston,
who has splendid record as guard,
ran to the life saving station, tore the
lock from the door, and with his COM
panion's help pulled out the heavy life
boat and slid it into the water.
1t was hard pull across the heavy
surf and the crowd on the beach yelled
to the men to go faster. But Hewston
and Rockwell were pulling away with a
will and making all the progress possi-
BILE.
Pulled Into Boat
4Sinally they reached the limp form
or Bremen ana pulled IL INTO the Doat.
Carter and Everett were also helped
into the craft and the return journey
begun. Mckenzie swan ashore.
Bremen was carried into the emer-
gency hospital at the bath house and
DR.. Scudder and DR.. Perce were has
tily summoned. Their work was un-
availing, however, although at times
1t was thought there were chances
that the poor fellow would pull
through.
1t was about 7:S0 O'Clock when the
physicians and friends of Bremen
filed from the little room, saying there
was no hope.
This was the first case of drown
ing that has occurred for three years.
Manager Archer of the bath house.
who has had much experience In the
work of resuscitation and life saving,
said tonight that he believed Brennen's
death was due to shock and that he
thought he was dead when he was
brought out Of the water, Archer said
Brennen's lungs did not appear to con-
tain much water and that the usual
methods of resuscitation were ineffec-
tual when applied to his case.
"Having become very much ex-
hausted and also seized with a great
fear" said Archer his heart probably
played out and death came In this way
rather than from true drowning"
Rrennen's body was taken to Walker