Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08

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There is about 500 feet of sand between
the boardwalk and the surf and that
part Of the beach Is hemmed in by two
rock jetties, about 400 feet apart, which
extend a considerable distance into the
ocean.
Beach Crowded With People.
1t was about $40 pm. Lifeguards
,SClmate that there were about 1000
persons on the sand between the two
.ettles and TOO or 800 more in the water.
'iraiRht at the teeming beach drove
the airplane. Alexander said he tried
to swerve it so that 1t would crash
against one of the rock jetties, killing
its momentum, but that it already had
fused to respond to the rudder.
Jack Kalmansano Of Brooklyn, with
his 12-year-old son. Samuel, was
among the thousands who stood trans
fixed as the plane came hurting to.
ward them. He said he saw at least
dozen bathers vanish as the air.
plane came bouncing over the waves
where they were swimming.
Search failed to reveal any bodies
in the patch of water transversed by
the airplane. however.
The plane charged UP on the beach,
bowling people over and causing q
paralized by establishment as 1t bore
down upon them. Many, it is be-
Iieved, were injured in the rush to get
away, but most Of those whose names
were obtained by the police were
knocked down by the airplane itself.
The plane came to webbing stop
and turned over, one Of its wings
crashing down upon q perambu!ator
with baby in 1t. The lifeguard,
Herman, was injured in lifting the
! wing from the baby carriage.
The crash of the plane was followed
by rush from all quarters of the re-
sort which, it was estimated, had 300,-
600 visitors at the time. Women who
shrieked for lost babies and %rung
their hands led the converging throng.
Capt. Gillen of the Coney Island Police
Station, led reserves TO the scene, but
the policemen found themselves waging
losing battle to protect the windrows
Of dead and injured from the encroach-
ing mass Of curious and frightened
humanity.
Reserves Restore Order.
Calls to the sheepshead Bay. Fort
Hamilton and Parkville Police Stations
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mounted policemen. space was finally
cleared about the scene of the accident
and roped off.
The injured were carried to q park
ing field, where they were laid out on
the concrete pavement for treatment
by lnternes from three hospitals. Emma
Murphy, believed to be the most seri-
Ously hurt, was taken to hospital
while the others on the list went home
after receiving medical attention.
Alexander was taken to the Coney
Island police station under arrest on
q technical charge Of homicide. Capt.
Gillen, who said he smelled liquor on
the aviatoris breath, asked him If he
had been drinking. Alexander replied,
it is said, that q physician who bound
up wounds on his head had given him
drink of brandy or whisky, but ex-
cept for that he had had nothing to
drink.
He was Intercepted at the police
station by Hyman Barshay, assistant
district attorney, where he told the story
of his fight from Albany and OF losing
his way in the fog.
Mrs. Alexander joined her husband At
the police station and sat beside him
during the examination. He has had
more than 5000 hours in the air and
Is said never to havS had serious &C.
cident before. In 1921 an aviator bear