, 1874-10-05

toEethcr with an enormous wayo at this time,
stovu in tho rnar portion Of thu donmod house,
tho shattered lin'l'era awAyoa leatatingly for
lnnnlcnt. and then cau1o down with n crash,
Htrowlny thu wntors fur aud witln with tho debtB.
4 rEANFUL niTuATfUH.
Tho inmates. who Ind remained remarkably
calm sna quiet up to this time. now showed ia-
with hor two little ostdral,. presented ho:rt"
rendtlng hight NJ they stood At ti,e opcn window
witl, arms outstratchod hupplioating that rol'of
which t. aoonod tho crowd wAs roworteas to rcta-
der. Tho ncKt effort that waA ma1c Was 70 hoayo
lino across BY lnoaus Of which tue family might
be dragged aahoto; but tliig too, proved nnhva,l-
Ing, mud The fcad hurled by nn arm Injured TO tho
task, was blown aside like fcathor BY tho angry
swell, aud every ono ioohcd NTH strain1ng
hyes, momontnrily expecting to sec 1t H"npss
away Into tho boiling waters. The crtrd
Ind by this tirno iuofo"sed to nearly 1.ooo por-
sons. ind It will give an idea Of tho tertlb!o in-
toycHt that prevailed whom It is recoloctol that
tho waves werc rolling kneo deep over tho Bat
tory walks. Tho raiu. driven ny porfect hurri-
cano, oanio down In torrents, bruiallg tbs hands
nul face like it WAS with tao gtOat-
cot difficulty that tho HsronEcst could staud up
against tho gs,o. Yet, in Hpito Of all tIls, tho
crowd conatantly grew larger, aud nlan avowed
themselves willing atid really TO swim tho sooe1-
ing cl,aa,n, but this risk WAS not thought oxpo-
tliont ~ yot. Another boat lnunah was pro-
posed, and BOAT belonging to Mr.. 1'andchorst.
Just roIlttoa ind In Thorough ropnT, was aoon,
by tho mid Of large crowd Of volunteers, hoat-
cd acroaa tho garden to tho point opposite tho
had boon made. Tho men who oifored thenl-
uetyca for the risky vovngo weEo hloHsrs. H. Mott
parkor. John Roper, D. TODD, colored police
man. and n t'aIermalt-uame unknown. The
boat was launched. aud tho bravo inot throw
themselves into the soothiug vavea to watch for
d favorable momont to board. Two l,al eun-
cecjed in getting 10, when o tremendous swell
striking tho boat on tho brOadgido, immediately
filled Aor with wa:er, aud the next 1nomont she
Waa Heen
and half crushed. being bo'ne swiftly to Toward
OIL thu rreHt Of \ waEo. At Alat nat AjYu could
b. seen of the crew. bit in d moment moro
head appeared, thin aaothort and as tho next
Tayo. tua;nnE antss'ily, catno ruah.ng alonGt II
bore the two oulog,d men and Mr. Todd within
roach Of t,e l,undrods of hands, umh1o]as, and
sticks which wefa eagerly held fosth for tAeIr
rcAcuo. In atMLler moment l|lcso tllr1o wore
drawn dripping md half euIrocated from tho
water. AR. joint kupcr rope next. and aproarea
to bo iabo1ing to keep i,lmHelf up. atrcain OF
blood from his hoad noan explained that lo WAS
hurt aud probably half atnl'cd. Tho next wave
fortunately hme him within rcach Of an UNI.
brolla.Lanto, and, by tho aid Of this ho MAS
aoon dragged on sIio,o. Mr. Parker waa now ho
only remaining ond, ano all eyes woro oHgerIy
Fixed nnon tho wator Watching for his appear-
auce. After what seemed All ayo Of nuspon"o,
he rose. aud viii, vigorous etrt'ho hc. ton,
a friendly hand. The crowd, who lad
hardly seemed to breathe during this l>oriod,
Tero UNIV relieved of anxiety. mud again turned
tllolr attention to the totserluy h0usc. James Me-
Maninon. tho son at tho proprietor OF the bath
ing-housc, canlo rushing to The aco,lo half fr&u-
tic, aud dNclaring that he would swim across to
sayo lla mother. He was prevented from doing
this only by force. At this moment, however,
ANOTHER HERO
appeared upon tho hcenc, young man by the
llanlo of Harry Hansen, OF tue United Htatea
buoy-tendar. Without tho leaAt hesitation or
fear Of failure. ho fastened n limo to btu waist
tho waves, ho CALAMITY battled his way aorosH,
a.,d safely reached tho door OF tho bathing
houso. Aropo wns then pullcd over, together
with d number Of lifc-prcsorvor5, and tho bravo
follow atartod on the return srlp with one Of tho
children in l,is aims. This trip WAS also mado
with auccees. and tho little girl, barring tho
qnantity OF saltwater she had swallowed was
none tho worse for it. The sind now, as il by
magic, lullea to almost calm. ana just at this
auspiclouB moment two boats wero launched
manned, aud successfully landed st tho batninc-
houaa,
All Of tho inmates were now safely brought
over amid tho eheo,n Of tho multitude. With
cqnnl s,1ddennoss the wind started up again. but
now fron, Il quarter directly opposite 20 that
from which It had been blowing, and for half
hour continued with fearful force. This sudden
chango brought down tho loft wing Of the house,
nud o;, ~ dew moments later the r,gnt wing sank
baoS aud aettled or . tecs under watar'
FiE IT FAIL or THE NEW THEATRE;
one OF tne lHest alsas1rous eaocts o. u thn gaze
Waa me blowing down ol tne naw theatre r. 10
courAe q eleotlon III Mee55ns sitoee. u 10
scarcely tnIeo nonthe since tno wofK was eoenn
on tio bui!aii,g' aud inc contractor had pnsneu
It tof~aTa vain an energy shas oeaorsca eottor
tate. ~ she se'oIo gnss OF "!na tia5
9ecaffe4 9. a5out ra 9e'ock' A. ntsof TIT, th9 WIG
luz shtttsu AGouNo 70 TUG west, tue
"oeteEn VAL n"s ptoMn u""u III aha ~, VI eo1lhG
carfleu the otllets "ltu u. 1no Hout1ern "nii
tels on we WORKSHOP OF t!e contractor ~. euli-
van, hhu .otal'y "feckod It. oht fortnnntcly noho
u tho norkman wGre IN & tie building at tho
tlnes a'd consequently no yves WeIo lost. y
"aa IN accident tiiaf could scarco'v ho guarded
against. Iho "alls "oro very massive, Doing
loot thicA' INIT wore ~ feot high The work
Ind been pushed forward |lgorollnly, however,
anu lad scarcely ealeioht tue TO aFy ano bostie;
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wnleh al9ne cos1 - 'oy; Iaas wast ol enH1ae,
colnpgtoy "IesAoa a'iG n"s!ua IL, tno unpsis, ~
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