New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-03
SURF and AUTOS
TAKE THEIR TOLL
Drownings and Rescues
Make Day Eventful in
Nearby Waters.

Shortly AFTER nc ndu Ndi HtN ''N
cupants of a launch IN Hell Gate carry
Yesterday morning that ne nad
string Of bsrges in tow, the captain
of the tug Standard, OF the StsndaIu
Oil Company, heard cries. Return,
ing. he found the launch overturned
and the man and woman he had seen
in il missing. ID
the captain toged the launch 10 Clason
Point. Later in the day the body OF A
man was picked up off North Beacn.
He is supposed TO be one OF the
victims. as ne had been in the water
only few hours. The harbor police
are seeking the body OF the woman.
The Standard was proceeding 10
Bayonne with tow of barges about
2:3O a. m. when the captain spied the
open boat near him. His warning
brought the response "All right out
not half minute elapsed before ne
heard cries for help. He told the
police the launch carried no lights and
that il was only by chance that ne
had escaped running it down:
The body picked up was that Of a
man about forty years old, five feet
ten inches tall and 100 pounds. He
wore a blue serge suit.
Another man and woman were
drowned in the North River, the man
by deliberately jumping from a ferry
boat. The woman, Mrs. Mary Consldine,
Of ~ Washington ST., fell from Pier g..
and though John Kane, Of 80 Washing
ton ST., went in after her ne failed to
bring her in before life had become ex-
tinct.
One Victim Unidentified.
The other victim is supposed to be
Samuel Schlos, of Wilkes Barre, Penn,
an identification card being found in a
coat the man left on the boat. An adj
dress-17 East 9th st.-was written on
the card. but the man was not known
there. The body has not been recov-
cred.
William Andrews, an employe OF the
German Artistic Weaving Company,
was taken with cramps while in bathing
at Pompton Lake, near Paterson, and
was drowned. His body was discovered
bv bows, who noticed the chief Of po-
lice. The chief recovered the body with
line and some fish hooks.
Milton Kelly, FIVE years old, of IL
Van Buren, ST., Newark, strayed away
from his home to the Morris Canal, a
block away, and fell in. John Kenney
dived into the canal and brought the
boy ashore. He was revived az the City
Hospital.
Two men were cut and bruised yes
terday afternoon when an automobile
in which they were riding crashed lnto
an seth st. crosstown car at First av
The automobile was owned spd oper-
ated by John j. Madden. of 1908 Lex
ington av., who escaped without in
juries. His friends, Jerry" Keleher,
of 1914 East l02d St, and John Gala
han, of 1912 Third av., we're thrown
out and stunned. They we're taken 20
the Reception Hospital.
Car Mangles Boys Leg.
While attempting to get ride on a
freight car Stanislaus Iasslinski, eleven
years old, of III Broome ST., Newark,
fell under the wheels, which mangled
his left leg. He is in st. Michsels
Hospital in critical condition.
Frank McCabe, fifteen years old, of
81 Spring ST., Newark, a helper On an
ice cream delivery wagon, was jolted
from the vehicle and one of the wheels
run over his abdomen. He was taken
to the City Hospital, and it is feared
he will die
FRANK mast, oil Main ST., MllOurn,
while riding a motorcycle in Bloom
field av., Newark, ran into the automo-
bile of Louis Gteffenelli, of So Frank
lin St, Belleville. He was thrown oil
the motorcycle, but not badly hurt.
Stefenell was held for violation Of
the automobile law.
Robert Bowman and Louis Berkout
of % South Park ST., East Orange, we're
riding a tandem motorcycle in Haw.
thorne av., Newark, when they collidec
with an automobile owned and driven
/ by DR.. ID. II. Widner. of $40 Clinton az
The young men were thrown off and
/ their machine wrecked. The doctor
hurried them to his Office in his car
dressed their injuries and took them
home.
Southampton. Long Island, Aug. D.
While bathing in the surf, Bertha Aus
'chritz, a maid, employed by Mrs. Cor
nelius Bliss, jr., was drowned. Life
savers were at work late last night
dragging for the body
The young woman was in bathing
with three other girls when she sud-
denly cried for help and sank. A man
tried to rescue her. but the body did
not come to the surface again.
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