Carrie Anna Gates (1854-1922) Prospect 456

  Mrs. Carrie Gates, 68 years old of Richmond Hill, Queens drowned while in the ocean off Delware Avenue at Long Beach on August 12, 1922. She was visiting her daughter, a bride of only three days.

 She desired to go bathing in the water in the late afternoon and when members of the family seemed slow in starting off, she went to the beach alone.

She entered the water and started to swim and was struck by a large wave. She was stunned by it and sank. A passerby, Mr. George Golden swam to rescue her, but she was already gone. He succeeded in bringing her body to shore, and Dr. George A. Reiss pronounced her dead.