New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
DROWNING AND RESCTp
THE USUAL SUNDAY TOTr
Boy SdUed by Heroic Fireman -,;a
the hid of .SearchEOBf

Rivers. lakes and bays claimed Their 49,.
OF human lives and there were the ,,s,,., - 80 ~
OF daring reScEes In the waters abof,+ -
yesterday Nearly dozen swimmers and a. 'o's
met death WneTe tE@y sought recreation - -
hiesavers at the various seaside resorts rsr. -.
oohStahuy alert To prevent persons being -.
out by the undertow or drowned who, .a'ei
came exhausted. The members ~ trs -. -
hre departments figured IN spectacular rs-o- ana
IN resuscftating persons brought from, ~. = ~
Alexander Stewart mounted patroIr,a,
west Chester station dived from A piA- A. o., 'a'
bay yesterday afternoon and rescued c-.--,
Hamfl- twenty-three years Old OF No 1o., ~
chester avenue. who while svr,r,s - "eF-
water became exhausted and was drov,,i.u -
art revived him and sent him 10 bis b
drying hts o~D clothing he returned - A.. -'r
Lieutenant Grey. OF the Vernon a,a,.@
"lhanlsourg- who was duty az the a..
ferry with Patrolmen Gerrftv. Cava,.,a
sereiher' OF the Borough Hall squad rsporf., -.
rescue OF four men who were capsizei n, ,,.-
River off that place in the aete-,o = - H-1s' @
Hahn. OF No 1887 Avenue A; George Eto-- =
No 40 East S7th street: Walter William. - -, -
$50 East 6th street and James FIannsssn =. ~
15h Avenue A, were caught In a strong Ia ~.
while trying To right their rovboat were -,
turned Flanagan and Williams could not s,t
and were kept anOat by their cor1panio,s -,
Lieutenant Grey and his squad took ro.s.s.
from the dock and rescued them bain2 aIr,os. -,
sized in doing They were attended bv a, =.
bulance surgeon from St Johns Hospital and ,,L,.
thef- homes
The representative Of the Fire Depar1u-s7t -.
made rescue was William Lynch OF the ar.bo,,
David A. Body. moOred at the pier at North -
street and the East River Williamsburg 10
Ieaped overheard after Michael Eastman nins wear,
old. OF No. n North 9Th street who while usvi-,
the pier was pushed over by his Young eor,
panions. His cries and the shouts Of the o,hs-
boys as they from the wharf drew Iynch't
attention. and he peered through the darkness ara
saw the boys white blouse as he came 10 ira
surface With all Of his clothing on he iurruss
into the strong tide and reached the boy he
was sinking for the last time He called to IN.
other members OF the crew OF the Body, and
they operated the searchlight until they located
him battling in the water 70 keep the unconscious
boy afoat A boat lowered and the boy and
Lynch both Of them exhausted, were pulled into
II and taken to the pier The fremen used Arst
aid methods on the boy and their comrade until
the arrival of DR.. Mary Crawford. OF the Williams
burg Hospital. and both were restored As the
how was being put into the ambulance his mother
rushed down the pier and took him in her arms.
refusing to let the ambulance surgeon take him 70
the hospital A special report OF the rescue OF
the boy by Lynch will be made by the officer com
n.anding the freboat-
John Bansen twenty-seven years old. OF No 10
West 12ad street. was reported missing by his com
nanions .Jobn Olsen and John Andersen. OF NO
245e Second avenue. Manhattan. with whom he Teht
swimming beneath the trestle Of the New Hayea
Railroad at East Chester. The city 1siaad p9heo
dragging for his oody-
John Kenneth of No. 3 West 23d street, Bayonhs'
\. J.. was seized with convusions while nsnins
from, barge at 18th street and Newark Bay. rolled
into the water and was drowned His body vas
recovered two hours later
The body Of John Logan. forty-one years on o'
Princeton y. J., found in the carnegie Lass
Yesterday near where Miss Bertha Vanderbilt tns
Princeton librarian. was drowned He ieft MS hO1s
on Saturday night and IL is supposed Nahosis
from, the road during the storm and fell into tns
water 1t is thought that he fell into the Nhs'0ns
River where Miss Vanderbilt was found. out vas
carried BY the stream 10 where the body was iola-
In the thunderstorm late Saturday nlsH'
man, apparently sixty years Old "alAeu ,s ,i-o
of the locks OF the Delaware and FariIan ,, -
BordentOwn. y. J., and was drowned Ms -
was recovered Yesterday and when searched an s[
veIope marked Edward Hunter. No % Aui'ei'
street Newark " j. was found
Edward J. Markey thirty-nne years Old OK ~
14s West 131st street. Manhattan. a guest a. -
Florence Hotel. at Asbury Park. y J. was sO.-A-. 80
with paralysis of the heart, and drowned N lH',
feet of water while in the surf with his wife ana
children While his wifes attention was ~ ofs-'1
for an instant he fell face downward IN ths & Na.
His wife was looking about for him when the nv
savers who saw him fall ran 10 the spot ne
dead when they brought him ashore
George Wiefei. seven years old. Of HARRISON -"s
was drowned in Cranberry Lake, New Jersey ."
terday afternoon. when rOwbcat with sew"
men in it bumped into the one in which 'ns ~
and his companions were rowing. He was ls'I-
over the side Of the boat when the o'he'
struck them and thrown oveTooard- Ms -
was not recovered
Helen Kreider fourteen years Old OF NeN
" J. was drowned in Lake Hopatcong on - -.
day night while on the way 70 Newark VII
brother George and her cousin. The three ias ian0e
Woodport from a launch. and the girl Is S'pS -,
to have misiudged the direction and "slA7'
the water in the darkness -
William Mills. thirty years old. OF Do'e' CT,
was drowned at Fords Pond some time duIHe -
urday night. and his body recovered Is''
by the searchers. -, A
After a long struggle in the poWeriul -, -
the Bronx Kills yesterday James Esan- - 80 -
OF No Az East 18th street, rescued TWO Uo' ,,,,
drowning az Willow street and the NliS N ,Nr,
Weinberg. eight years old. OF No 30 Ea - -
street. and William Huggard. nine years a..
No. S71 East 10Th street. were sWiniih-H4 -
kills when they were caught and carried -
the tide. ESgan took a boat from its mO'i' -
finding that Weinberg had gone down a,s- 'sses
eral times until he brought him 70 the -s.,r ~
DR.. Wynkoop. OF Lincoln Hospital 'ooA -
to the hospital after restoring him TO cons''O
Huggard was taken home