The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-11
OVERHEARD.

! OVERHEARD.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF NIGEv AT SEA.
fCcrk Correspondence New York Herald.]
When it was announced in the city thi
morning that an American seaman had, in tn
gale of Tuesday night, jumped overboar
from transatlantic liner, and, after swimming
for seven hours, had landed on the Skbberee,
coast, people, while quite prepared to give
Americans credit for doing big things, were we
unprepared for such demand on their credu
lity as this. The thing, however, was done
and the hero of it was
| CAPT. PAUL BoYToN,
of the New Jersey Lifeguards, Atlanta City
This gentleman, a professional diver Of well
known daring, left New York about fort
night ago, in the National company's steame
| Queen, taking with him patent swimming
| costume. 1t was Capt. Boyton's intention
when from two to three hundred miles distant
from New York, to jump overheard and swim
back, but the commander of the steamer was
man of little faith, ana vetoed the ex ceriment
Capt. BoytOn had, therefore, to remain an in
voluntary passenger until the vessel appro ach
ed the Irish coast on Tuesday evening, when
the commander, having been repeatedly i'm
portuned, gave his permission.
DOWN INTO THk DEEP.
Capt Boyton drew on his India rubber air
tight suit and inflated the air chambers in
his air-tight sack he placed food for three
days, compass, a bulls-eye lantern, some
books Gust to beguile the time on the water),
some signal rockets and a United States flag.
In his inside pocket he placed mail which
the passengers had given him to post he
strapped his Bowie knife and axe to his side,
and grasping his paddle was lowered into the
water, amid the cheers of the passengers, at
half-past 8 o'clock, z. NJ
IT WAS WILD, DARK NIGHT,
he was close to the Fastnet Rock, with Cape
Clear three miles from him, and Baltimore,
toward which he intended to make, was in a
direct line seven miles away. He lay on his
back, padding vigorously, and now the lights
Of the vessel were lost in the night. In a
quarter Of an hour more his spirit almost
quailed, when. tossed high on the crest of
billow, he could no longer see the coast line
or any lights. The wind blew, the rain
poured down, and the tide set dead against
him.
HE WAS DRIFTING OUT TO SEA,
and, to add to the awful loneliness of his stu
alton and to increase the dreadful peril, vio-
lent gale commenced. That night tor many
hours no mali boat eros 3ed the Irish channel,
and great destruction was done on the coast
And through these awful hours of darkness
this man was tossing about at the mercy OF the
waves some fifteen miles from land. The wild
was so violent that he had to give over pad
ding, and with one hand to shade his face
(the only part Of his body exposed) from the
cutting blast Once his paddle was wrenched
away by heavy sea, but it fortunately came
into his hand again. For several seconds
WAVE WOULD COMPLETELY sUBMERGE HIM
then he would shoot on to the crest and take
breath before he again was hurled down q
sloping mass of water which seemed 100 feet
to the bottom. As result Of this tossing
HE BECAME sEAsICK,
a thing, he says, which never happened to
him before. His indomitable spirit, however,
conquered everything, and about l o'clock the
wind began to blow directly on shore His
on Wednesday morning he perceived he was
near breakers, and
THE ROCK-BOUND COAST
west Of Skibbereen doomed up before -
His danger now was not less than i'll
during the height of the gale, for, as a Ne
would raise him almost on level with the
cliff tops, he could discern nothing but a
threatening wall of rock. He made his way
along parallel to the coast, and fortunately
lighted upon almost the only safe landing
place for miles round. He saw an opening in
he cliff and propelled himself cautiously to-
ward it. While hesitatingly examining the |
sea struck him, carrying him on
another and another followed in quick sue !
,ession, and. III an almost senseless state,
He WAS HURLED HIGH AND DRY
Upon the beach. 1t was then o'clock in the !
morning, and he had been nearly seven hours
~ the water, trayersing a distance Of thirty |
niles. The apparatus had behaved admirably, |
md having Invested himself of it, he stood |
quite dry in his navy uniform, which he wore |
beneath. That having been done he let off |
me Of his signal rockets without effect. It |
howed him. however,
NARROW PATH IN THE ROCKS.
Up this he clambered and got on to N oun-
ain road, which brought him to the coast
,uar6 station. He was Hospitality received |
here and discovered that the place he had
anded at was Trelaska Blight. some miles east |
le reached Skibbereen and posted the letters
ntrusted to him, and arrived in Cork on
Wednesday night, where he is now the hero of
he hour. On Monday he intends to
SWIM OUT Or QUEENSTOWN HARBoR
ONE distance that will be followed the
'eek after by little swim across the Straits
f Dover to Calais, towed by kite ana to
ap all. on his return to the States he intends
0 carry out his original idea Of jumping over
,oard at : y miles from land and
SWIMMING TO NEW YORK
r Lag Island After his achievements in
be gale On Tuesday night these last named
apartments, startling as they seem at first
annot be regarded AS impossible.
PEEsoSAL.-Col. c. NJ Fauntlerov, one of
le most accomplished officers of tie United
tates Navy, before the war, has been sojourn-
g in this city for several days. He is en-
aged in work Of great importance to the
Valley and to this section of coun-
Y. He is secretary Of the commission ap-
ointed for reporting to the next Congress
Ian for retaining the alluvial lands of the
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