New-York tribune., 1920-07-05
Several Dead.
Scores Injured,
Observing 18th
Boy Loses Life and Three
Playmates Are Hurt in
Handling One Pound
Shell, Soldiers Trophy
Other Persons Drowned
Automobile Accidents Add
to the Fatalities: Traffic
Guard Sacrifices Life

Fine weather, double holiday and
over enthusiasm in the celebration of
the Fourth of July caused the death
of several persons yesterday and the
injury OF scores. MANY in danger of
drowning among the crowds at various
beaches were rescued in the nick CT
time. and boatload marooned by
the rising tide on reef in the Sound
we're taken off by the police when
waist deep in the water. Firearms
md explosives were responsible for
several accidents.
Lawrence Rhinehart. four years old.
OF 302 East Scventieth Street. died as
the result cf the explosion OF a one
pound she'll which he and his play
mates had taken 20 the street in honor
OF the Fourth. Three boys who were
with him were seriously hurt. They
are in Flower Hospital. Their names
ard addresses are: John Brady. ten
years old. 3O2 East Seventeen Street;
Charles kcrack. nine. 301 East Seven
tieth Street. and George Rhnehart
Lawrence'S brother. seven years old.
Another boy who completed the group
about the shell was able to go home
after receiving medical attention.
Shell Obtained From Soldier
The she'll was John Brady's. the po-
lice said. having been given to him by
q man who received it from returned
soldier. Johns mother told them, they
said that she had objected to the boy 5
taking it into the street, but he had
assured her that it was safe and Of
fored to take it apart in proof of his
assertion.
1t is not known whether he or one
Of his comnauions later attempted this
feat At any rate there was a sudden
detonation which brought all the
mothers in that block of Seventeen
Street hurrying to the sidewalk Every
member Of the group of boys that haG
gathered about the she'll was stretched
out senseless.
A bullet OF small calber. thought to
have been discharged from d rife in the
hands Of Youthful ceebrant, struck
Mrs. Mabel Johnson in the breast as
she was hanging out clothes at her
home. $40 Haggeny Place. the Bronx.
She was attended by an ambulance sur
geon.
Patrolrnan Lee Meyers, of the East
l26th Street police station. received
burns and decorations when he tried to
snatch revolver from boy who was
dischargins it at 10th Street and Third
Avenue, to the terror OF women in his
vicinity. The boy pulled the trigger
on d blank cartridge as the patrolman
seized the rluzzle of the revolver He
escaped, and the patrolman reported
sick
Girl Sets Dress hfire
Lconia Lynch, four years old, set her
dress ahame while touching off fire
crackers in front of her home, 751 East
16Sth Street. the Bronx A man who
declined to give his name smothered
the flame with his coat The child was
taken to Lincoln Hospital.
Delmore Vaughn. fourteen years old,
of G29 East Forty-ninth Street, suffered
a lacerated hand in firing blank cart
ridges in revolver in the yard of 334
Flower Hospital for treatment. A
similar method of celebrating the
Fourth resulted in Vito Saampazlo and
James Hartnett getting their faces
scared with powder burns. Vito is
twelve years old and lives at 172 Prince
Street. James is eleven and lives at
1l5 Perry Street.
Shots which the neighborhood at first
believed to be a salvo in honor of the
Fourth were discovered to have been
fired in race riot at Flatbush and
Myrtle avenues. Brooklyn, when negroes
disputed the right of way Of whites.
volvers were used, and not until sew
eral men had been wounded did the re-
serves from the Adams Street Police
Station succeed in restoring order.
Policeman Seizes Rioter
Patrolman Harris had seized one Of
the rioters, white man, when the
others swarmed down upon him and
he drew his revolver and fred. John
Euri, white mal, OF PA Pulaski
Street, Brooklyn, dropped with bullet
through his right shoulder The re-
serves arrived to find Harris still
ciinging to his prisoner, who said he
was Joseph Cobb, of 176 Duffield
Street, Brooklyn. When the mob had
been dispersed Dorgort Balbo, a negro,
whose home is in Springfield, H.. was
wounds in his body He and Euri were
taken to the hospital.
Four men and d woman were made
prisoners on reef in the Sound off
Hart's Island by the tide, which floated
their boat beyond their reach. AS the
tide began to creep over the reef they
shrieked and yelled at passing craft,
but no one noticed their plight until
the water had covered the reef to a
depth of three feet and the five prison
crs were clinging together to maintain
Then some one on Hart's Island saw
one OF the men, who had taken off his
shirt and was waving it as a signal of
distress. A police launch was sent to
their assistance and reached them
when they were almost exhausted The
police got their names as Louis, Philip
and Katherine Meyers and two men
called Horwitch, all living at 24O
Orchard Street.
Charles Slockett, eighteen months
old, the son of Charles D. Slockett of
Englewood. N. j., was drowned in a
small puddle near his home
Rene Arrange of CT West 1O9th Street
was drowned while swimming in the
Hudson River near Fort Lee. His BODY
was recovered. The body of Joseph
Powell, thirteen years old, of 237 West
l44th Street, who was drowned in the
Hudson River at 12Sth Street Thursday
was recovered yesterday.
IT was estimated that 400 900 persons
spent the day at Coney Island. Mrs.
laura Jamlson, of Manhattan Beach
was seized with cramps and was res
cued by James Smith, of Manhattan
Beach, fellow bather. Louis Levy. y
hfeguard, rescued Samuel Weinstein. of
53 Boerum Street, Brooklyn, who be-
came exhausted while swimming.
Boy Drowned While Bathing
Dudley H. Prentice, of Englewood.
n j., was drowned while bathing at
Oak Island Beach, near Babylon, l.. |.
%: l.. Berger, who saw him throw up
his hands and heard his cry for help.
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