The sun., 1910-06-19
LIVES LOSr N THE STORM.
sleep Upset and -Four RriieNed - ne
Drowned -TuO DroAned From Canoe


sleep Upset and -Four nrlleNed % 10
Drowned rNS DrsAnrd FROM Canoe
-Four men who we're in a hshlng slOOT
which Capsized OF Ssa Gate during tn
sq,an Of yesterday afternoon are sup
posed to have bssn drowned. About
O'Clock Arthur w. Lott. superintendent
Of Sea Gate. reported 10 ths Coney Island
polioe that he had sen the boat in dis.
tress about 7OO feet Od shore on the ocean
slds Of Sea Gate The four men aboard
could not control he craft. and when tn
wind was AZ its height tho boat went
over Tbs four msn came 70 the surface
and chung 10 the overturned craft. In
creasing darkness and turmoil Of tho
waters soOn had the boat from view.
As soon as the wind had abated. making
u possible 70 launch boat. Lott and a
Sea Gate employee. Henry Eagls. rOwed
J. out 20 tho overturned craft. The four
men had disappeared Lott went back
and notified the police. Patrolmsn wers
sent to the spot in a polos boat, but no
traOs was found of the missing men.
Neither Lott nor ths pohcs harmed thu
name Ol thu boat.
A. the hei ght Of the storm a canoe was
blown over in the Hackensack River
al Little Ferry and Frederick Webber. u
wears old. Of % Van COrtlandt avenue,
McGlynn. ~ years old, Of 40 West Thirty
third street. Manhattan. wers drowned.
William y. Carroll Of s27 Garden streei.
HObOksn. the third person IN the canoe.
managed 70 reach shore In an exhausted
condition. He became hysteTical and was
taken 20 his home.
The accident occurred directly oppo-
site the brickyards Of the .. " Mehrhof
Company at Lttle Ferry Carroll and
Webber. members OF the Anchor Ath-
.etic Club left the boathOuse a. Little
Perry al about 2sO O'Clock They we're
hurrying ahead oi the storm when the
gale upset their canoe Webber go, hold
Of Miss McGlynn with one hand and with
the other hand held the canoe
Hold on. Fred and will set 10 the
other end Of the boat said Carroll a. he
swan away. When be- turned around
after reaching the other end he saw
webber and Miss McGlynn sink. He
tried 70 e., near them but the storm
was too much for him Several men In
the brickyards saw the accident but
were powerless 20 render any assistance
They gave the alarm and soon a dozen
boats with searching parties were busy
station Agent John Ritz Jr a special
oficer of Rligefeld Park locatet the
floating C9roe and Webber was found
attachei 20 H. the rope having become
fasterei around his foot This no doubt
cause1l his death. for he was a good swim
mer Miss McGlyans body hal not
been found when darkness came on.
The members 81 the Anchor 4. 4. are
mostly residents of Jersey City Heights
Wehher wee @ travelling salesman fOr
u HeiuisCh, shears manufacturer a. lS
Chambers street Manhattan
When the hig -m0kertlck on GAruer's
bravery "a Cypgess and Willow avenues.
Evergreen Quaens was shattered by
lightning end crashed through the roof
= ths huilding. Pistro Sartam1ur.to. ~
y'lrr Old WIS In the engin" room and was
hur.cu under tons q debris lie was daad
when t.-ken out The man was clone
in tho engine room when the storm broke
lposa There WAS a tremendous cr1 sh
- the smokestick WIS struck and fell
through the roof q the building. tearing
swsy almost the entire roof and wreck
ing tha hoiler room. The company sly
their los will be about tlOO0D
4 lightning bolt struck a tree in a yard
az ~ North Eighth street Williamsburg.
ard whom the tree fe'l ij Killed Frank
Ross. the owner of the premises Tie
was Sc wears old and lived al 2Ua North
y Eighth street
Seven -year-old John Dick. whose par
-nts live a. 90 WyckJH avenue Williams
burg WIS passing a vacant store AZ 81
WyrkrT avenue when the wind shat
ferrd @ large plate glass window The
boy became - frightened that when he
reached his home be was seized with
cunvulsi0us An ambulance surgeon /.
from the German Hospital was called 7
hut he hwy died
Tho sariah overturned a rowboat IN /
whIrh August Couhardt u on FSsex /
street. BROOKLYN. and his wife, Elizabeth. |
were ing in Jamaica Raw near Goose !
{ raek Gelhardt climg % the over /
turned boat which driftsd near enough 1
tc land ~ that be could swim ashore |
Uis vie vas drowned Five hours later |
her body was found fcating near the |
scene 81 the accid"nt by William n DoNie. /
a vollnte"T life saver belonging 20 the /
GOpsa Crsek station The body was /
tAken 20 the Rockaway Beach police sta
ton and the husband notified Hc had .
gone home after the accident
Joseph WeissbeCkeT 10 years Of age. Of I
- Main street. Newark. who was fishing /
m Newark Bay. was drowned by the cap l
sizing q his boat
Ju.rrn lockers. Jr 10 wears old. son Il
NJ Joseph lockers of IS Myrtle avenue II
Corona was killed by lightning in a II
partly finished house AZ Hawthorne street
and Bayonna pla-o. Oueenshoro Hill. III
FlushinE. The boys Newfoundland dog II
was also killed. Two sisters II the boy II
had al-o taken refuge in the house. but
thgv were not hurt III