New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-11
MANY BatherS Saved When the
City'S Crowds Seek Relief
from Heat at Near
by Beaches.
BODY ABANDONED IN SURF
Modest Hero of Rockaway
Beach Drags Exhausted Girl
to Shore and Hastens
Away Without Stopping
to Leave His Name.

Drovnings and rescues from death
in the water marked the flight from
the city's neat 10 the shore resorts yes
terday.
OF the rescues, an incident without
apparent explanation occurred when
Two men in the surf at Coney Island.
after having fought against the current
10 bring a mans body ashore. aban
doned IL in the water and disappeared.
A modest hero refused TO give his
name 10 a girl whom he had brought to
safety after she had become exhausted.
A life guard in Rye made his thirty
fourth rescue Of the season
Two persons were drowned and sew
eral rescues made in the waters off the
Rockaways Yesterday. Howard Hand,
the nine-year-old son of Frank HanI,
Of No. 20 Boulevard. Rockaway Beach,
went in bathing yesterday morning.
When Re did not come home for dinner
a search was made for him. About &
o'clock Samuel Silverstein. of No. II
Forsyth street found the boys body
floating opposite Centre street. Doc
tors al the White Cross Hospital, on
the pier, said that he had been dead
several hours.
Reuben Weingarl. twenty years old,
e No. 159 Delaney street, Manhattan.
a member of the Sheridan Athletic
Club, whose headquarters are on Bull
zer's pier, Hammel avenue, Rockaway
several persons saw him throw up his
hands and disappear His body has
not been found.
Girl Swinns Out Too Far.
man who refused to give his name
proved himself a hero when he saved
Miss Helen Howard. seventeen years
old. Of No. 132 Marion street, Brooklyn.
After the rescue he disappeared. The
young woman became exhausted when
she was out beyond the life ropes. She
was taken 10 Rockaway Beach Hospi-
tai.
David j. Armon. Of Andle. Penn. was
seized with cramps while swimming
opposite Fifth avenue. Rockaway Park.
His cries for help were heard by two
lifeguards. Joseph Pfenning and Bat"
Carlows. They brought him to Cur
ley's pier.
TWO men at Coney Island who went
TO the rescue OF Meyer Goldstein, a
clerk. nineteen years old, who lived at
No. 323 Cherry street, abandoned his
body when they had brought it nearly
to the beach, and went away without
telling why they gave up their at
tempted rescue They left the body
living in the water, and IT was taken out
by a policeman. DR.. L. O'Leary and
Dr. Kaufman, Of the Coney Island Hos
pital worked over the body with pull
motors for two hours in vain.
Carmine Madze, a laborer, nineteen
wears old. who lived at Coke avenue
and Bay 4Sth street, was drowned in
Coney Island Creek.
Municipal Guard Makes Rescue.
Two girls were rescued at Coney ISL
and. Grace Schwartz. eighteen years
old. of No 300 Madison avenue. was
saved opposite West 9TH street by Ar
thur O'Neill a lifeguard at the munich
pal baths at that point. She was
treated by DR.. Russell at the White
Cross tent.
GLADYS Cooney, nineteen years old. ~
No 1919 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn
who was also bathing at the municipal
baths, was rescued by Samuel Elfin. OF
No 236 Munroe street. Brooklyn. She
was also treated at the White Cross
tent. Both girls were able TO go home
after few hours.
John H. Meyer, life guard at Oak
land Beach. in the town park at Rye,
on Long island Sound, saved his thir-
ty-fourth person from drowning this
season. Not a life has been lost this
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