The New York herald., 1922-08-07
EIGHT BATHERS DIE,
MANY ARE RESCUED
Two Boys and a Man Are Vic
tins at Rockaway
Beach.

Seven persons were drowned and an
ing at bathing resorts in and around
New York yesterday. Numerous rescues
were recorded.
William Mcnamara. aged 10. of 1856 Bay
Eighty-seventh street. Rockaway Beach.
got beyond his depth when playing in
the water of Jamaica Bay and was
drowned. William Coffey, aged 10. who
lived on Park avenue between Ninety
third and Ninety-fourth streets. Manhat-
tan, met similar fate when bathing
in the ocean off Beach Eighty-fifth
street. Both bodies were recovered.
Samuel Bollet. aged 3s of 17s> Beach
Seventy-ninth street, sustained frac-
tured skull and fractured neck when
his head struck bottom after he had
dived from a spile at the foot Of Beach
Seventy-ninth street He died later in
the Rockaway Beach Hospital.
Patrolmen Patrick Walsh and Timothy
O'Connor of Traffic B were walking
along the ocean front at Beach 109th
street when they heard cries for help
raised by two men a hundred feet from
Patrolman Owen Smith Of Traffic A and
the other Maurice Dwyer. aged 49, of
234 East Eighty-ninth street. Manhattan.
Charles NJ. Saur, aged 22, OF 1880
Cole street, Williamsburg, Pa, suburb
OF Pittsburgh. was drowned of the foot
of Main street. City Island. few hours
after he had arrived In Edgewater camp
there to pass his vacation with his
friend. Carl A. Krum and family OF
240 East Eignty-nIntn street. He was
overcome by exhaustion when In bathing
with Krum and drowned before he could
be rescued His body was recovered.
Frank Kennel. aged Is, OF 25 WASH
ington street. West Orange. n. j., was
drowned in the surf at Seabright. ~ j..
Yesterday after he had sacrificed his
life preserver to assist In the iescue of
two women bathers. Kennel could not
swim. but was padding about near the
shore with the life preserver keeping
him afioat when he heard the cries Of
Mrs. Catherine Dyer and her daughter.
| Marie, Of Orange. who we're caught be-
yond The lines. Two other young men
went to the rescue OF the two women
and Wenzel threw his life preserver TO
| them. They got the women safely
ashore, with the aid OF the life preserver.
Then II was found that Kennel had
crowned. his DOuy Was NdoHeu dSHoi =
half an hour later.
Frederick Aizman. aged 10. OF s9a
Knickerbocker avenue. Brooklyn. was
drowned at Bergen Beach,. Brooklyn.
| His compa Mons said he probably was
disabled by cramps.
| Miss Alma Hanzcl, aged 81, school
teacher. OF SPA West 134th street. was
drowned In the surf off Point Pleasant,
N. J. She and five companions. all liv-
ing in New York. went TO Point Pleasant
/ for a days outing. Soon after they had
! gone into tine water their cries attracted
persons on the beach, but before they
could be reached Miss Hanzel had
drowned. Her friends were rescued by
men on a sail boat and were taken TO
Beimsr. Miss Hanzers body was re-
covered.
william Lindenminger. who went in
bathing at Coney Island with his
brother-in-iaw. Philip Gallagher, aged
| SO, OF 81 Ross street. Brooklyn, reported
| to life guards that he had suddenly lost
trace OF Gallagher. The guards founi
his body floating several yards off
shore.
Lillian Baer. aged IS. OF 1887 West
Twenty-fourth street. Coney Island, and
Mrs. Mary Boyce. 81. OF Ill Fifty
seventh street. Brooklyn. we're among
those rescued by life guards after they
| had become exhausted.