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There had been a previous case which was an awfully sad case. I think I had been in this case, but we all thought we were in the clear. That was that a delivery boy working at Gimbel's store had been sent with a rush order of some sheets, pillowcases and towels - a great order of linen - to a ship that was lying at anchor in New York harbor, just off one of the piers. It was a rush order late in the afternoon. The ship was to sail that night and they needed all these things. Gimbel's had sent a delivery boy out, telling this boy of eighteen or nineteen to get there any way he could. He was an enterprising boy and he got there with his big bundle of sheets and pillowcases. He got down to the edge of the dock. He inquired about how he could get to the ship. He knew the name of the ship and they could see her right off there. She was a freighter about to sail. He asked the men on the dock how he could get there. He had this order from Gimbel's. He showed them the bona fide order. So the man on the dock said, “Here, there's a little boat down there that belongs to some of the boys around the dock. You can take it. Just row yourself out to the ship and deliver the bundle and come back.”

He rowed out to the ship and delivered his bundle. Coming back he was pitched overboard. He was very badly