New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-07
BOATING AND SWIMMING
TEMPT MANY TO DEATH
Two Men Drown and Three Are
Rescued from Dory After
Motor Launch Sinks.
WOMAN FALLS FROM PIER
Patrolmen Rescue Bank Clerk
Off Coney Island-Baptismal
Service Nearly Fatal to
Negro Woman.

Several persons were drowned yester-
day in nearby waters, either while boat
ing or swimming and many others
were rescued as they were going down
for the last time. a particularly heavy
sea was responsible for the drowning
of two men off Long Beach, and the
unusually mild weather brought out
many hundreds Of bathers at the vari-
Gus beach resorts, some Of whom were
seized with cramps while swimming.
Two men were drowned in the heavy
sea off Point Lookout, Long Island.
near Long Beach, yesterday, when a
motor launch in which they and three
other men were cruising was capsiZed.
The three men who were saved chung
to a small dory which was being lowed
by the launch. and after an hour and a
half were rescued by men from the
United States Llresaving Service, sta
toned a Lookout Point. The bodies Of
the two drowned men had not been re-
covered last night.
The launch, the Lillian L., was about
thirty feet long and was driven by a
gasOene motor. On board her were Jo-
seph Alemeneiger, Of Jamaica Heights;
Fred. Ehlen. of Brooklyn; Joseph Link,
Of Brooklyn: George Schelner, Of
Ridgewood, and his brother Joseph. OF
Lynbrook. Alemeneiger and Ehlen
were drowned, and IL was necessary to
work over Link for more than an hour
before he was restored TO conscious
ness.
1t is not known who owned the
launch, but II was said yesterday that
the five men boarded her at her moor
ing in Jamaica Bay early I'm the morn
ing. and announced their intention OF
taking her 10 Freeport, a distance of
several miles. They left the harbor,
and the launch was seen making her
way into the open water off Long
Beach.
Three Struggling in Water.
Some hours after the launch had left
Jamaica Bay the lifesavers on duty at
Lookout Point made out three men
struggling in the water near the east
crly end OF Long Beach. They were
clinging 10 an overturned dory, and
were being tossed wildly by the heavy
swell. Although great difficulty was
experienced in launching one of the
lfeboats in the heavy surf, this was
finally accomplished. and the life
savers started for the sh!pwrecked
men.
After an exhausting battle with the
strong head seas. the lifesayers' boat
succeeded In getting alongside the
overturned dory, and the three men
clinging 10 her were pulled aboard.
Link was unconscious. and Il was first
believed he was dead. After they had
been taken TO shore and resuscitated at
the station. George Scheiner gave an ac-
count Of the drowning of Alemeneiger
and Ehcn and the capsizing Of the Lii
liam l..
lie Sdld tndt after putting out 10 sea,
near the mouth of Jamaica Bay, he
and his companions skirted the coast
line for several miles. When nearing
Jones's Inlet they decided TO cut across
the long sand bar opposite the lifesav-
ing station. in order to save time
They were not acquainted with the
treacherous character Of the waters
there and anticipated no danger.
The launch continued her journey
without incident until she had reached
point about halfway across the bar.
There was heavy ground swell fur
Their out from shore, but at the point
where they cut across the shallow
water, about mile from land, the
water grew very choppy.