SummaryTwo police officers in small boat at Gowanus Canal, one rowing, other dragging grappling hook in water; third police officer watching from shore before chainlink fence; barges and tugboats in canal; silos, warehouses, and cranes in backgrounds. Caption: "Grappling for auto dive victims -- Discovery of an automobile in the Gowanus Canal off the foot of 1st St. early today led to grappling operations by police in a routine search for victims. But no one was found in the car after it had been raised, or in the water. Arrow points to part of dock where car is reported to have plunged into water. Patrolman Edward Hiller and Patrolman Howard Herber are in boat, left to right, while Sgt. Charles Rome in on shore."
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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