New-York tribune., 1922-08-28
Father Loses
Life iii Saving,
1wt, Children
Girl and Boy Brought I'm
by Ocean Parkway Life
Guard, bun underiow Is
Too Strong for Parent,
Many in Peril at Coney
Choppy Sea Responsible
for Near Drownings; !;
Find Clothes in Locker

A choppy sea kicked up by an east
wind and an unusually strong under
tow kept the life guards at Coney
island busy yesterday In spite OF
Sheir efforts. one man was drowned.
II is believed that another was
drowned Saturday, when conditions
were much the same.
Morton r. Weber, of 1865 Saxty-
second Street, Brooklyn. the man who
was drowned yesterday, lost his lie
through his insistence that mis- two
children be taken ashore first.
AS were most of those seized by the
undertow. Mr.. Weber was swimming at
the foot of Ocean Parkway. His son
Arthur, thirteen years old, and his
daughter Ethel, twelve, were with him.
Finding that the undertow was carry
ing her ont in spite Of her strongest
efforts. Ethel called for help.
Finds Current Too Strong
Her father swan TO her assistance,
but found the current too strong for
him when encumbered WITH the girl.
He chung to her, however, and main
tanned i losing fight, while Arthur
swan out to help him. All three of
them were being swept away, when
Ralph Reid, municipal life guard,
saw their plight and swan out.
ssTake the girl first" Weber directed
him, and Reid swan back to shore with
the almost unconscious girl. He re-
turned and, again following the orders
of the gallantly struggling Weber,
towed Arthur back to shore.
Weber was still fighting the waves
when Reid made his third trip, but was
so nearly exhausted that he became un-
conscious as the life guard seized him.
After a hard fight Reid got to where he
could touch bottom and stood up to
gather strength for the last lap Of his
journey.
At that moment big wave swept in
and overwhelmed him and his burden,
dashing them both against the rocks at
the foot of the Parkway. Reid's left leg
was cut, but ne swan out again after
Weber, who had been flung head first
against rock and was being washed
out to sea again.
Pulmotor Treatment Fails
Charles Levine, Of So76 Ocean Park
way, and Jack Simon, Of 1649 Seventy
eighth Street. Brooklyn. members Of
the United States Lifesaying Corps,
swan to Reid's assistance, and among
them they got Weber ashore. An ambu-
lance surgeon from Coney Island Hos
Dltdll WOIkeu Over Hill WAtH puiihOCOIy
but was unable to revive him.
Mrs. Golda Friedman, of 3015 East
Second Street, Brighton Beach, and
her daughter, Dora, we're caught by
the undertow at the foot Of the Park
way and were rescued by Thomas Lay
don and John Werner, life guards at
the Municipal Baths. Samuel Kaplan
of 3045 East Third Street, Brighton
Beach, another undertow victim in the
same spot, was brought ashore uncon-
scious by Natalie Bavate, of 135 Chrys-
tie Street, and Julius Greenberg, OF
270 East Fifteenth Street, Brooklyn
and was taken to Coney Island Hos
pital Anna Cohen, seventeen years
old, who gave 23 West Twentythird
Street as her address, was wrested
from the undertow and brought ashore
by John Sherman, life guard at the
Parkway Baths.
Clothes Found in Locker
The man believed to have beer
drowned Saturday was Harry Mullen
of 80 Elm Street, Newark, paying teller
at the Office of the New Jersey Title
Guarantee and Trust Company. His
clothes were found yesterday in &
locker at the Manhattan Beach Baths.
James Allen, of S52 East Twelfth
Street, Brooklyn, who identified thu
clothes, said he was to meet Muller
at the baths Saturday, but was unable