Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-14
FIVE DROWNAT
JERSEY RESORTS
Another Stricken With Heart
Disease and Dies on
Shore.
GUARDS REACH ONE MAN,
BUT HAVE TO LET HIM GO
Four Die at Seashore, One at
Ocean Grove and Another
at Hopatcong.

six people were drowned while bath
ing at New Jersey summer resorts
yesterday
Two men and woman, all colofeu'
we're drowned in the ocean at Belmar
when they waded beyond their depth.
Alex johnson, twenty-one, was seized
with cramps while bathing in the
Shrewsbury river at Rumson and
sank before aid could reach him. AT
Lake Hopatcong Carl Prince, chef in
a hotel. also suffered cramps While IN
the lake and drowned.
Harry j. McElveny, forty Of Pitts
burgh, was stricken with heart dis
ease while bathing at ocean Grove
and died soon afterward.
LAKE HOPATCONG, July 14.-Carl
Prince, a chef employed in one of the
hotels here, was drowned while in
bathing in the lake yesterday.
Prince had gone into the lake after
dinner. He was a good swimmer,
but it is supposed he went into the
water too soon after eating and was
seized with cramps. He was seen to
throw up his nands and sink. Sew
eral bathers went to him, but when
they got to the spot he had been
drowned The body was recovered
some time later, and Coroner Peat
field. after an Investigation, gave per.
mission to have it taken to local
undertaking establishment.
RED BANK, July 14-In sight of a
score of persons, who watched ms
death struggles, Alex Johnson, TWEEN
ty-one years old, Swede, was
drowned in the Shrewsbury River at
Rumson late yesterday. Johnson was
second butler, employed at the coun-
Try residence of Howard S. Borden.
He went bathing this afternoon, and
when some distance from shore was
seized with cramps. There were a
number Of persons on the beach who
heard his cries for assistance. Sew
eral went to his aid. but when they
reached the spot the body had dis
appeared 1t was recovered some
time later. Johnson was unmarried.
ASBURY PARK, July 1.-Two
women and a man, all negroes, were
drowned in the ocean off Ninth
avenue Belmar, yesterday. The
victims were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Brewer. of Keyport, forty and TWEEN
ty-three years old, respectively, and
Miss Edith Young, forty years old, OF
Philadelphia. The three were bathing
in an unprotected spot at the foot of
Ninth avenue.
One of the women waded out into
the water and was soon over her
head when she shouted for help. The
other woman and man went to her
assistance and in the struggle that
followed all were dragged out into
deep water and were drowned The
bodies of the two women bathers
We're recovered, but that of the man
did not reappear and is believed TO
have d-ifted away. Three doctors
worked over the bodies of the women
without result. Coroner Bennett had
the bodies removed to BENEFITS un-
dertaking establishment.
Lifesaver William Patterson ran
nearly two blocks to give assistance
to the three in the water. The women
had gone down for the last time
when he arrived With the assist
ance of William Mcdonald, another
bather, they tried to save Brewer,
but the man struggled so frantically
they had to abandon him.
OCEAN GROVE, July 14.-Harry
J. McElveny, forty years old, a sum-
mer visitor, was stricken with heart
disease while bathing near the South
End pavilion yesterday. Eifeguards
brought him ashore and three doctors
were summoned.
Despite the efforts of the physicians,
McElveny died a few hours later
without regaining consciousness. He
and his family were stopping at the
Eldorado Hotel He leaves a wife and
two children. Their home is in Pitts
burgh