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Show THOUSANDS WATCH TRAGEDY Two Men Drowned In Sight of Pleasure Seekers. Snnta Monica, Cal. Two men wero drowned In tho surf nt Ocean park Sundny nftomoon by tho cnpslzlng of a gasoline lnunch. For nearly an hour nnd u half the victims clung to tho overturned vessel Jn full view of 8,000 people, whllo despernto efforts mado to achlovo their rescue. Finally Final-ly ono of tho men, n San Pedro fisherman, fisher-man, exhausted by tho pounding of tho wnves and long stnigglo to keop his head abovo water, cut tho lnshlngs that bound him to tho llttlo craft nnd dropped Into tho water, evidently hoping hop-ing to bo washed ashore. Instead, ho disappeared from view and was swept seaward by tho undertow. John Cochran, Coch-ran, owner of tho vessel, romnlncd bound until tho Incoming tldo overwhelmed over-whelmed nnd drowned him.. .His body was recovered some tlmo Inter when efforts to reach tho launch succeeded. |