Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-03
DEATH GRASPS
TWO BATHERS
Fred Rsingls Is Drowned at
Bayards Beach -Koch's
Pond Claims Another.
THIRD ONE AVERTED
Joseph kubsc Is Ponds VIC
tim--ko One Saw Young
Reingls Disappear.
THIRD ONE AVERTED

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yesterday in which Fred Reingle,
eighteen years old, was drowned at
Bayard's Beach, and Joseph Kubec,
twelve years old, was drowned In
K1ch's pond. A third fatality was
| narrowly averted at the latter place
while men and boys were working to
| recover the body of young Kubec.
Another youth went down, but was
rescued in the nick of time by Mich
ael Lewis, constable in Woodbridge
township.
browns Near Shore.
Fred Reingle, the eighteen-year-
old son of Ernest Reingle, of $50
New Brunswick avenue, was drown
ed yesterday afternoon about three
| o'clock, while swimming at Bayard 8
Beach. Sigmund Selagi, of AGA Me-
chanic street, felt something under
him, when swimming toward shore
from the float, and reaching under
water grabbed hold of the body of
young Reingle, and brought him
ashore, saying, Look what I've got
here" Doctor M. S. Meinzer was
summoned, but pronounced the
young man dead. The members of
the U. s. Volunteer Life Saving
| Corps worked on him for an hour and
quarter after the Doctors verdict
but got no response.
Just how the accident happened Is
not known. 1t is said that the young
man had been playing ball all morn
| ing and was no doubt over-heated
when he went in the water, thereby
causing exhaustion. Such being the
| case, he might have gone down with
out making any outcry, for no one
has yet been found who saw him
go under. Another plausible theory
Is that he dove off one of the life
saving poles, and striking bottom,
stunned himself. No one would be
| apt to notice whether or not he came
up again. He was last noticed in the
water according to William Klein,
about three O'Clock, his body being
found about three-thirty.
Ernest Reingle, the father of the
!, unfortunate youth, was summoned,
and was overcome with grief when he
recognized the body as that of his
son. The body was taken to the NOR
que of Coroner Ferd Garretson, who
was summoned to view the remains
and gave the permit.
The accident is the first drowning
at Bayard's since the opening of the
beach this season. Young Reingle
was popular youth and well known
here in town. He would have been a
Junior next year in high school. He
was a good student He was also a
popular member of the Princeton
base ball team. His father is fore
man at Liddle & Pfeiffer's stables
in New Brunswick avenue.
The funeral of the Reingle lad
will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon from the house at $50
New Brunswick avenue, and at 2:30
o'clock from the First Presbyterian
church. Rev. James H. Northrup
will officiate.
Meets Death In Pond.
Joseph Kubec. the twelve-year-old
boy drowned in Koch's pond on the
westerly side of Amboy avenue, just
north of Alpine cemetery, lived at
234 Grove street. At the time of the
accident he was bathing with three
or four other boys Of about his own
age and two men. Young Kubec de-
cided to swim race across the pond
with another lad. The start was
made in good fashion, but when
Kubec reached the middle he threw
up his hands and sank. He strus-
gled for a short time, sank a half
dozen times and came up again. The
seventh time he remained down.
The men and boys Immediately
began to search for his body. One
youth sank from exhaustion and
was rescued by Michael Lewis as he
came up. A row boat was used and
lines with fish hooks were dragged
along the bottom. The body was re-
covered about an hour after the ac-
cident. Coroner Ferd Garretson
viewed 1t, learned details and gave
a permit for the removal of the re-
mains.
Hungarians, Poles and Slavs liv-
ing in the northwestern part of the
city frequently bath in Koch's pond
during the summer and as result
1t has record for drownings in
this vicinity.