New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-15
THREE SWIMMERS DROWN;
BOY OF 5 DIES A HERO
Lad Goes with Father TO the
Rescue and Sinks as Parent
Saves One Man.
TWO OTHERS SWEPT AWAY
Their Companion, Pulled Ashore
in Jamaica Bay, Vanishes
Without Giving Name
to His Rescuer.

Two men and boy paid the toll Of the
tide with their lives yesterday in ia
maica Bay. The boy sank while his
mother stood on the shore watching
him swim with his father TO the assist
ance OF three men who were calling Tor
aid One of the three in distress was
saved by the father OF the drowned boy,
but the other two were swept away.
Jalmar Hjalmar 2almrose, jr. eight
years old, was the child who lost his
life trying bravely to emulate the ex-
ample of his father, who in the end
nearly lost his own life getting ashore
a man who did not stop TO give his
name.
The names Of the two drowned men
were given by. the police as Harry
Brooks, a carpenter, Of Church Lane
Canarsie, and William Larez. seventeen
years old, Of No. 50 Madison street
Brooklyn.
Jalmar Hjalmar Palmrose, his VIE
and little son left their home. at NO. S34
4th street, Brooklyn, yesterday morning
to spend the day at the hotel on Rufhe
Bar. which is a small island in Jamaica
Bay off Rockaway Point The father and
son carried their bathing suits with
them and about 2 o'clock in the after
noon went for a swim. The elder Palm
rose is a powerful man, TO whom the
buffeting of waves is mere child's play
For centuries his ancestors answered the
call of the sea and mastered its currents
and eddies in the far Northern fjords.
The son, though only a child, was him
self a good swimmer but at the time
that he started out after his father he
was somewhat tired by long swim that
he had Just finished.
They Hear Cries for Help.
Palmrose and the boy were on the
beach when they heard cries for help.
Two hundred yards away and about
four hundred feet from shore they saw
three heads bobbing on the waves. There
were no other bathers in sight, and
Palmrose knew that they were the men
who were calling. He jumped into the
water and with a strong overland
stroke headed out in the bay. CHANGING
back, Palmrose saw that his little son
was following him: not with so strong
a stroke. of course. but the boy was
swimming well, one arm rising from the
water in regular strokes as he lay on his
side ploughing his head through the
waves
Don't you follow me this time" COM
A. Co. Mo
to do any good and you will have all
you can do taking care of yourself"
Young Jalmar had always been an
obedient son and the elder Palmrose
thought no more about him.
A hundred yards away Palmrose could
still see heads bobbing on the waves
but there were only two heads now. He
realized that he must get TO the men as
soon as he could and increased the
strength Of his stroke. He looked again
and saw only one man struggling in the
water. Palmrose spurted and in few
more seconds was by the side Of the
drowning man. 1t was further TO the
beach now. for the man had drifted out
II would be more difficult to reach the
shore. because the drowning man, hav-
p ing seen his two companions disappear
was panicstricken.
But Palmrose knew what TO do with
drowning men. II was not the first time
that he had pulled one ashore.
Forgot About Little Son.
Mrs. Palmrose was on the beach en-
couraging her husband. In the excite
ment she had forgotten all about little
Jalmar
Palmrose got his man to land There
was no need for first aid methods. as
the swimmer had swallowed no water.
and all that he needed was n rest. Palm
rose joined his wife. After few sec
. onds she gazed out over the water and
asked about little Jalmar.
Didn't he come ashore" asked the
father II told him to-"
NO" replied Mrs Palmrose. THE