New-York tribune., 1922-06-13

yIjss,ieed man. found in Harlem
River Of lsoth street; drowned
Forty-sir Rowbosts Missing
The Pelham Bay beach. whsre the
storrn took its widest hinS' Was
,trewn yesterday With tAttered bits OF
eiothirg and contents OF poeNeteooks
ana handbags which had been lost or
disearded by the throngs OF smuse-
n,ent seekers caught BY the torrent:
In. figures respecting the number OF
deaths of City Island as given out py
tte police DO not begin 70 tell the
stow. say eyewitnesses. The manager
81 boathouse here says that forty
ak rowboats rented cut on SUNDAY pe-
fore the storn arc missing
Portions Of the beach sdlAecnt 70 thls
area. u we'll as sections of Jamaica
Bay, SheepsheAd Bay and flAtianas'
we're streWn with the wreokage OF pay,
tered Launches. sallboats ana All
manner Of craft which had been dTiNeh
upon the sands OF smashed AgSlhs'
p,erheads BY the raging winds.
II, rnest outstanding feat Of hero
g.-, called forth By the hurricane was
displayed ~ william Taylor. a nine
,oen.vear-o,d boy o. 20es Crotona Ave
ne. rhe Bronx. Taylor % = negro ana
!. thought 20 Be dying as result oi
n. efforts in saving twenty persons
from drowning when their fimsy boats
had been eAurned upside down by tne
gale In Pelham Bay.
Dies Trying TO Rescue Five
There is the story. toe. Of James
stroyer. OF 81 Union Avenue, New Ro-
theije who lost his life while tryirg
- rescue FIVE Italians from eapSi1eo
YowbosL Stroyer and Charles Nc
Crath. n friend. we're on shore when
they saw the boat 30 over. They hIr-
ried out in = launch and managed 70
re. three OF the Italians into theH
boat One Of the drowning persons
Rrstped Stroyer round the neck ano'
resisting every effort Of his would-pe
reseusrs 20 get him into the launch
t1lled StrOyer over aad down WIN
him. The two Italians who were
drowned were John Grattino. twenty
one, Of 33s East lo6th street, sna Sal
,atore Guide, thirty-fous' OF 1881 first
Avenue.
Tae greatest single tragedy IS re
porltd 5y Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kohler,
376 Vast iisth Street. They Gay that
ev were out In a rOvbOAt IN Feinam
pav with FIVE children and seven other
ssnts when he storm began tossing
them about like q she'll. In n nonent
tAe bost vas svsmped and the whois
t.rden OF humanity went overbosrd
and drowned except the two kohlers.
The victims IN this group were Jonn
Icrin9. 94is Ls'evse Street. thc
,roux. John jr. eight years old, MS
ton; Walter Pfefendorf, 22J East ll9lh
gtreet; Mrs Marie Pctzoid, S+lo lie
fsvlc Street; Keirings motnef-in-,iis", ,il
Agnes Kohier. three years oid, Anteo
Iiaendorf, six months oldi george
he.ning, two years ola.
Naked Boz Found on Beach
The City Island police found a naked
iov. about eight years Old waheeiIhY
ever 4 wind swept section OF inc besen
...ter4sy afternoon. He was stsggeT-
10 from exhaustion snd was tsssn 70
,he station house IN a blanket. AS ne
,rss brought into the first room wnere
scores - weeping women were gathered
L.Ait'rg news OF lost relatives,
woman .lsaYsA out with a shout OF gee
and. grasping the youngster up IN oeT
arms. rushed out with him oeiofe u
wss rossibie 10 get her name.
10 Tas AZ tnis .tslon mouse tLa-
mos. Of the stories of drowning and the
missing were received. loe autkin, o.
eao Millcr Avenue, It vas related, was
coz gned lust as the launch I've yn
cane 20 lie rescue Of Mr. and Mrs.
'.oss of $50 East 18th Street RLsAin
nN at the side Of the launch and
vas iOst.
RIA Anderson, an eigbteer- yeer-old
.tsnoergpher, II lO3 Center Street, City
Is and told the police she was IN row
i,Lt Wl-h v. A Mclaughlin, of Lanes
leach, the Sound, when the oars vera
torn from their hands and the BOAT
quickly began filling. Through super
fuma. efforts and constant bailing they
were able 70 keep their craft above
va er until the wind blew them ashore
a. Ncvins Dock.
This is typical Of hundreds of other
tales told Of hairbresdth escapes and
rescues from drowning that we're heard
on every side. One witness said that
he saw eight boats 20 down in one spot
~ City Island. There were fully 900
craft shoat in the neighborhood st the
time, IL was declared, and fully 200 Of
these. loaded with men, vomer and
children, were sent 20 the bottom by
the sudden deluge.
Heroic Rescues Made
The number Of fatalities would un-
doubtedly have bene much greater, Il
was said had II not been for the work
Of the crews Of the two United States
Volunteer Life Saving Stations, police
a men and members Of the City Island,
Metropolitan. Stuyvesant. Morrissnia
and Oak Point Yacht and Boat clubs,
who dived time and again after victims
about 70 sink
The ingestsation into the Ferris
wheel catastrophe is being made by
Assistant District Attorney Quigley
with the aid Of Patrick J. Reville, the
Bronx Superintendent Of Buildings.
NJ Revile insists that Simon, the
owner Of the device, should have or
derel the patrons on the wheel when
he saw the storm approaching. A rigid
examination Of all Amusements in
Clason Point and other parks in the
city has been ordered by the authori-
ties
There we're about thirty passengers
in the gondola AZ the time The violent
wind seemed 20 have lifted the upper
portion into the air and swept IL into
the Sound, while the axle and lower
hall gfoared and gave way, burying a
score Of pleasure seekers in its wreck
age.
Score Rescued on Yacht
Details OF the rescue or score OF
men and women who were trapped on
an open cruising yacht two miles of
Cape May during the pinnacle Of the
storm we're reported yesterday The
engine went dead when the dcwnpour
started and seas began washing into
the vessel Signals Of distress were
set he Cantain William WilliannsOn