Evening star., 1935-04-29
F. H. Wassmann and r. T.
Mason Die as Boat Cap.
sizes on Patuxent River.
JOHN F. KRAUSE SWlMS
QUARTER MILE TO SHORE
Woman and Two Boys Perish in
Shenandoah-Two Lose Lives
Near Norfolk.

Seven persons, lncludlng TWO WASH
ington men. were drowned yesterday
as typical fishing and boating weather
lured a vast crowd Of outdoor en-
thusiasts to Maryland and Virginia
waters.
The Capital men, Frederick H.
Wassmann, jr., 80, of 1904 Morning
side drive. and Raymond T. Mason.
36, of 608 Maryland avenue SOUTH
west. lost their lives when an out
board motor boat capsized in the
Patuxent River near Prince Frederick,
Md.
A companion. John F. Krause of
425 Seventh street southwest, strug-
gled ashore and fell exhausted on the
beach.
Mrs. Granville Hickman. 81. and
Bradford and Lloyd Cook, IL and ii
years old. respectively. were drowned
in the Shenandoah River near River
ton. Va, when their boat hit a snag
and sank.
Ocean Park Man browns.
b John Vernon Davis, l9, of Ocean
Park, Va, lost his life when canoe
in which he was sailing with Harry
c. Moore. %. also of Ocean Park. was
overturned at Norfolk by a gust OF
wind. Moore barely escaped with his
life after endeavoring to save his
companion.
A l0-year-old boy. Carlyle Tyler
was drowned in Baltimore Harbor
when he Ieaped from raft on which
he was playing with three other
Youngsters. His playmates told police
he apparently believed the water was
shallow Their rescue efforts failed.
Wassmann. father of 20-month-
old daughter: Mason. the father OF
four small children. and krause wer'
fishing in the Patuxent about IS yards
off shore when they decided to move
to another fishing ground.
Boat Swerves and Capsizes.
Krause said today that Wassman.
machinist at the Navy Yard. started
the motor and the small rowboa
swerved sharply and capsized. Ont
of the men. Krause stated. shouted:
Every man for himself"
The three started swimming for tht
Calvert County shore only a shor
distance away. The handicap Of heav!
clothing and strong currents. however
proved too much for Wassmann ant
Mason.
Krause. an employe at the Cudah,
Packing Co., reached Hollands Point
a uuarter-mile away. and secured th
help of a launch and several fisher
men. The bodies were brought Il
the surface shortly afterward.
A coroner's jury was summoned i'm
mediately to Prince Frederick and re
turned a verdict of accidental death
The bodies we're returned to tn:
Capital last night.
Wife, Four Children Survive.
Mason is survived by his wife ane
four children. Thomas, IA: William
l2: Melvin, 10, and Donald, 6, ane
his father. Thomas Mason. and
brother. Edgar " Mason.
Wassmann is survived by his wife
Mrs. Mary Creel Wassmann. q 20
month-old- daughter, Mary Ann. ano
two sisters. Miss Dorothea w. Wass'
mann and Mrs. L. w. Bosley o.
Wilson, N. c.
Krause said that he and his COM
panions left Washington shortly after
S o'clock yesterday morning and hiree
the boat at Benedict. They were
using Krause's outboard motor, which
they had brought with them.
Mrs. Hickman, with her husband
and 4-year-old daughter. and the
Cook boys, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Cook of Riverton. were fishing from
boat near Riverton when the mis-
hap that cost the three lives occurred
Woman's Body Found.
Their boat. caught in the swift cur.
rent, struck a snag and capsized. Mr.
Hickman and his daughter founo
refuge on a stump and were rescued
The others. unable to swim. cluns
to the upturned boat for a few mo-
ments and then disappeared.
The Front Royal Fire Department
Riverton police and others searched
for the bodies and finally located thai
of Mrs. Hickman. Search for the
others. abandoned at midnight, was
to be resumed today.
Davis and Moore were canoeing ir
Lynnhaven Roads. near Norfolk. wher
their frail craft was overturned. Moore
said he and Davis were swimming
toward the nearest pound poles aftel
the accident when Davis suddenly col
lapsed.
Moore said he held his companion
up in the water for few minutes
but gradually realized Davis was dead
His own strength waning. he aban.
doned the body. J. B. Giles picked
up Moore in a boat. Physicians de.
clared Davis may have suffered 6
heart attack.