New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-13
BOYS DROWN With
PARK CROWD NEAR
Boat Upsets in Prospect
Lake-GirIs See Two
Victims Sink.

In sight Of hundreds Of pleasure
seekers and scores of boating parties,
Morris Landress, seventeen years old,
and Joseph Waldstein, eighteen, were
drowned yesterday afternoon while
rowing on the lake in Prospect Park,
Brooklyn.
When the two lads hired the boat
Landress started rowing. After pulling
around for a time, Waldstein was TO
take his turn at the oars. In changing
seats about 4 o'clock they capsized the
boat and were thrown into the water,
about 200 feet off the miniature yacht
station.
Both lads disappeared below the sur
face and neither came up again. The
lake at that point is seven 70 nne feet
deep and has muddy bottom. 1t is
believed the boys sank into the mud
and could not eXtricate themselves.
A number of boating parties has
tened TO the rescue, but they could do
nothing but paddle around and wait
No one seemed able to swim. Many
girls were on the lake and there was
considerable excitement.
Inspector Hughes, Captain Cullen,
! Lieutenant Higgins and policemen
from the Park station used graphing
irons. but il was not until after s
o'clock that the bodies were recovered.
Landress was a medical student at
Columbia University and lived with
his parents at $40 Franklin av.. Brook
( lyn. Waldstein lived with mis- uncle.
Morris kirschbaum, manufacturer Of
window shades. at 49l Dekalb av., the
same borough.
Hundreds of persons enjoying their
holiday on the Hudson and on the
river banks at Fort Washington Point
in the vicinity of 1S0th st. yesterday
saw man swimming in the river sud
denly taken with cramps and sink. A
dozen motor boats raced to his aid,
but none arrived in time TO be of any
use. The body was recovered an hour
later.
From the clothing left on the river
bank. in which an employment badge
Of the New York Central e. Hudson
River Railroad. bearing the number
"E-706 Subdivision >" was found, the
police think that the man was p track
walker. He was seen to enter the
water, and Henry Smith and Henry
Carl. both of 157 Lawrence St, said
that when fifty yards off sho:e he was
taken with cramps and shouted for
help.
The man sank and rose to the sur
face twice. and finally sank for the
third time as the motor boats OF
Charles ". Brown. the treasurer Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit system. and of
Frank Kuntz. OF the Peter Pan Boat
Club. were within fifty feet of the
spot.
After an hours work the anchor Of
Mr Kuntz's boat caught the body. and
l. was hauled to the surface.
The drowned man was about twenty
five years old. and had brown eyes and
hair: he was Of medium stature and
weighed about one hundred and fifty
pounds.
John o. Ohnsmann. an expert swim
rler, forty years old. jumped into New
ark Bay on his return from a fishing
trip Yesterday and was drowned.
Friends thtew three life preservers to
him. one of which fell alongside OF
him. but he refused to take any Of
them. He sank while in view of fifty
of his companions.
Returning from the Fishing Banks
in the 25-foot motor boat Katie yes
terday afternoon, James Kerr, twenty
three years old. Of 32 Grant ST.. Tomp
kinsvillc. Staten Island. lost his bal
ance while walking along the deck and
fell overheard.
His companion. James Hart, Of Con-
cord, tried to rescue him, but was un
successful.