New-York tribune., 1913-09-02
SEVEN DROWNED, DAYS
TOLL IN NEARBY WATERS
Daring ResCuers Save Several
Others, While Labor Day
Crowds Look On.
WIFE SEES HUSBAND SINK
Member of Pennsylvania Legis-
lature Loses Life While
Boating in Barne-
gat Bay.

gat Bay.
Seven drownings and several rescues
| in the waters adjacent to New YORK
were witnessed yesterday by thou
sands enjoying their Labor Day out
| ing. John II. Ross. forty-eight years
! old, Of Madison, n. j.. while swimming
in the surf off Easthampton, Long ISL
and. gave a warning cry to his wife
and three children as he was swept
! away by the undertow. His body was
recovered. Ross waded out TO his
shoulders and shouted as his body dis
appeared beneath a breaker. Mrs
Ross. thinking her husband had dived,
did not heed his cry. but when he
failed to come TO the surface she called
the lifeguards. who brought the body
ashore.
Harry Hopkins, forty years old, sim
gle. whose address was not learned by
the Rockaway police, was drowned on
Rockaway Point yesterday afternoon
before his friend John Casey could
reach him. His body was not recoV-
cred
The body of a man thought 10 be
P. Keogan, Of No. 316 West 34th street
was found at the end or BannoCK
street, Neponsit, near RockaWay Point
Yesterday afternoon, by Charles Cha-
min. Of No. 26O Boulevard, Rockaway
Reach. Clothes found on the shore
contained papers with the name OF T.
Keogan. a floorwalker in a Manhattan
department store.
Edward Willard Of Woodside. Long
Island, while canoeing on the Hacken-
sack River, was drowned. strong
gust Of wind overturned the boat ana
willard. who could not swim. sank be-
fore aid arrived He leaves widow
and one son. His body was recovered
bv members of the Ridsefield Park
Boat Club.
While wading in Hudson River. OF
Hastings-on- Hudson, with several com
panions, Angelo Lorenzo, hfteen years
old, got beyond his depth and was
! drowned.
In an attempt to swim across Cross
wicks Creek, in Bordentown, y. j.
Edward Grace, fifty-two years old,
son of the late Thomas Grace, of Bor-
dentown. n. j., was attacked with
cramps. He was dragged ashore, but
died a few minutes later.
Edgar X. Bleloch, member Of the
Pennsylvania Legislature from the
18th District Of Philadelphia, was
drowned yesterday afternoon while in
| his motor boat in Barnegat Bay. near
| Island Heights, y. Y. While fairly
well out from the shore the boat devel-
oped engine trouble, and Mr. Bleloch
placed long pole into the water to
try TO get the boat off into deeper
water. In doing so he lost his balance
and fell overheard. Several hours
later the body was recovered by Crap
pling irons.
| Mr.. Bleloch was one Of the youngest
members of the Legislature. He was
a member on the Appropriations Com.
mittee, the most important in the
| House. He leaves a wife and a six.
year-old daughter.
Everett Tranor, eighteen years old
| the son Of police lieutenant, rescued
Harry Altman. who was seized with
cramps while swimming off Arverne
| late yesterday afternoon. Altman had
gone down for the second time when
Trainor grasped him around the arms
and swan to shore with him.
James O'Donnell, twenty-three years
old. Of Rockaway Point, was saved
| from drowning by James Capple, OF
No. IS St. Nicholas avenue, and
Charles Wilson, of Broad Channel. who
we're passing in the motor boat when
the young man cried for aid Capple
Jumped into the water and was seized
by the drowning man. He had to strike
! O'Donnell in the face several times
before he finally succeeded in fetching
| him to the boat.
Patrick Hogan. a driver. of Sitf
street and Lexington avenue, was
seized with cramps while swimming of
North Beach. Two men who were
with him succeeded in getting him
ashore. At the st. Johns Hospital his
condition was said to be critical las,
| night.
Several members Of the crew OF
Launch No L. of the Gunpoat Glouces-
| ter, l.. S. ~, had a narrow escape
from being drowned yesterday. when
| the launch hit some rocks off the Tar
rytown Yacht Club. They were tossed
overheard, but were able to swim
| ashore. The launch is still hard and
| fast and is taking in water. 1t is
thought she may sink.