New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
BOY FALLS INTO SEWER
Body. Carried Three Blocks Un-
deruround, Is Lost in East River.
HARBOR SQUAD SEARCHING
Identity of Child Not Certain, but
Playmates Say 1t Was a Boy
Reported Missing.

Svert swiftly through a sewer for
.bree blocks. boys body shot out into
Tho East River yesterday and was car
,,Ad down by the rushing currents past
RlackwelIs Island. Several men were
within a few feet Of it at various times,
hrt the force OF the water was too
e,ronp and they could not catch II. The
how was thought to be William Bohorely.
- No 33S East 74th street, and, If so.
ba was only short distance from home
,,ben he fell into the sewer.
Men who saw the body, however, as
serred it was that Of a child nearer ten
,nan four years. and it was on the eX-
cited testimony Of four little boys who
saw their companion fan that the police
based their belief it was the Bohorely
child.
A. all events. William Bohorely ls
missing. His grandmother, Mrs. Mary
gohorelv. had William and his small sis
Tor I'm her charge yesterday. as the
father and mother of the family a
,.siut,r and "A cigarmaker, DO not return
homo until nightfal The grandmother
took the two children for walk, and on
returning left William in the street
There is a deep excavation west of
Second avenue. where Patrick McGov-
srr = contractor, is lowering the eight
fcot sewer that runs out 14th street, in
snticiuation Of the Lexington avenue
subway The opening. eight to ten feet
- .bp N hot Sides
and the boards form fence three feet
high. over which a child could easily
crawl.
several small boys were playing around
me excavation AS usual yesterday. sky
larEing on the big beams. in front OF Nc
.l3 East 74th street. Suddenly Andrew
ridden. Of No. 324 East 74th street, and
John Knhan. Of No. jO2 East t3d street
two men who were standing near, heard
q sUIash and then saw the boys scatter.
They caught one Of the boys, but he was
so excited and shocked he could say Dut
little. They think they missed from the
sroup boy about ten years old.
Numbers Of the small boys ran TO the
Roborely home TO tell the news TO the
terrified grandmother Tilden and kh-
Ian called patrolman and then rushe1
down three blocks TO the river 'front.'
They yelled TO the men on a coal barge
rnoered above the sewer opening IhlS
barge. owned 10y the Berwind and Eu-
r.sa Coal Company, was hooked up
s-orysldy 4 steel derrick and Fred.
DECIDE. one its crew. jumped to the lad
der of the derrick with a boat hook.
The body was borne from the sewer
and DECIDE tried frantically to reach it,,
bat ID slipped past him. Patrolman
R.rry. Of the East 9th street station
was ~ the other end OF the barge. DECIDE
threw him the boat hook and he, too,
'ried to catch the hook in the clothin5
hut the body eluded him and the current
carried it on down the river.
Hurry calls were sent for police
launches from Harbor Squads and r.
but when they arrived the body was no
lonser 10 he seen. They set out to
search the river.
According to Decide and Berry the hov
WIS dressed .u brown overcoat. with
2 brown striped hat. gray trousers ana
blue flannel shirt. In Il general way
this correeuonded with that provided by
the missing boys grandmother. After
Vord or The boys death was received
tAe fence around the excavation was
raised from three to five feet to keep the
;c3n-strre out