Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-24
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Outings; 50 SAVED
Two Canoeists Lose Lives, Girl
Diving in Vain to Rescue
Man at Lily Lake
SHORE HOSPITALS FILLED

Four persons drowned when bath
Ing in nearby waters yesterday. Fifty
we're rescued from drowning by life
guards.
Samuel Platt. twenty five years old,
1888 East Moyamcnsing avenue. was
drowned early last night in the lake
At Blackwood. y. j., when his canoe
tipped over.
aBthers swan to his rescue. and
three doctors worked for half an hour
trying to revive him. but failed.
Jane Fitzgerald. fourteen years old.
1923 South Twenty second street, is in
Brewers Hospital. Woodbury.. rs the
result Of n near drowning yesterday in
Almonesson Lake. near Blackwood. \.
j. She was seized with cramps when
she went in bathing after hearty meal.
She had gone down twice when pulled
from the water by other bathcrs.
Girl FATS to Save Canoeist
Hugh McGrath. 2GO5 South Twelfth
street. lost his life when bathing with
friends in the Delaware NJ Bllingsport,
n. j. McGrath was gassed war vet
eran and twenty eight years old. His
body was recovered an hour later.
Despite the efforts of Miss Mary
Maryott, seventeen. 212O Fairmount
avenue. this city. TO rescue him. Ed
ward Redman. eighteen. of Georgia and
Atlantic avenues, Atlantic City.
drowned at Lily Lake, ten miles from
Atlantic City.
His canoe overturned when he stood
up and rocked" it. Miss Maryott
dived into the lake fully clothed and got
Redman by the collar but was pulled
under and had to let go to save her
own life.
George Slow. Jr.. thirteen year -old
Negro. was drowned in Gardner :
Basin, near Atlantic City, shortly after
noon yesterday.
Girl Reports Fiance Missing
The Atlantic City police were notified
by Miss Agnes McCOud. of Paterson.
n. j.. that ,her tiance. Harry A. Ent-
wistlc. also of Paterson. hnd been
missing since he went bathing off Michi-
gan avenue. She said Entwistle swan
out a considerable distance and was
seen to be in distress by Y. r. Dodd.
Of Montclair, y. j. Dodd notified the
find any trace of the man.
At Atlantic City the emergency hos.
pitals several times We're filed with
patients for rcsusctation. Twenty
i've were taken from the surf. Among
the Philadelphians rescued were Abra :
ham Coulter. of 224O South Fifth
street, who had a heart attack in the
surf off Virginia avenue; Mrs. Henry
Mathews. of 2446 North Harvard
street: Carl II. Dougherty. of 23O5
Catharine street. swept out by the cur
rent at Virginia avenue and battered
against a jetty. several teeth being
Harry Deill, Elaine Blair. Charles
Moore. Mrs. II. J. Debrel. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Darlington. David North
Frances Scgal. Jack Fisher. John vii.
liams, Jack Burgess. Harold Lockwood
- John Sweeney. James Rosenbaum, Jo-
seph Campbell, Reuben Newman and
Max Krikenian.
Eight Rescued at Wildwood
At Wildwood eight persons were res :
cued, including the following from this
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrigues. 1900 North
Fifteenth street: John Wright. 613C
Cedar avenue: William H. Franklin,
1885 South Tenth street: Mrs. Gcorg,
Adams. Sixteenth and Tasker streets
and Walter Willmott and Clara Ben
nett, 4S2S Broadway. Camden. n. J.
and Mrs. Alice Thompson, Fairview
n. J.
At Ocean Grove life guards rescued
n. Steelman. 2459 North Bancroft
street J. Sphinx, G21 Catharine street
Mary Stein, 4442 Ludlow street: w
]. Nenner. I'LL Huntington street
and Miss +. NJ. Scheer. 2121 Wes
Ontario street, all Of Philadelphia.
James Brown, Jr.. of Norristown
who was visiting relatives at Por
Kennedy, was rescued from drownln:
in the Schuylkill by Roscoe Eastwood
and Allen Hurdle. of Port Kennedy