, 1874-11-07
STRUGGLING WITH THE 0cr,y

Science nns1 Nerve Conquer tho w,vc,
una Wind on tho Hrtsl, Coast.
~"s ''F'a"" 'os'' ' inGrre3p'"'F' ners% ~ AeS''' 1o
When 1t waH announced in tho CITY tl,is ,norr
Hg nng t9at an American seaman had IN tho gallo OF
,'s9y nn'eaaay nlgllt jumped overheard from trans.
hours, Ind landed on tho skibberoon snast noo.
ple wlilo quito prepared to rive Anoricnns cro,1,
it for ong big things, wcre yot upnranaroI por
a'le,i ,t,,,. toan1 on tlcir crcluy III tkiu. Iho
anl' ' pnoM9vnr ns lsas done md the horo or II was
gnards, Atlantic City. This gcnt'omnn n nro.
iessfonal diver Of wotl-known tlaring, loft Enw
aork about fortnight ago in tho National Com.
pmnIs nseamcr esucen takinE with lin patent
tcutton when from two to three hundred mics
Instant from New York to iumE overheard and
swim back, bnt the commander Of tho steamer
@ mas m9n Or !ittlo faith, md vetoed the oxperi-
piohchcd tho Irfsh const Oil Tuesday oyo1,-
ing, whom tho commander, having been rc-
eStea'y ent io,tap timpor,.ned tIavs lis pcnissiou.
tight suit and nuted o sirennbora i t?'Gp IN 1G, hn
alr-saghs sack he placed food for throo days, n
conlpass, l'lll'a-oyo iantcrn non.o bookn (i,1et
20 n;ogllio tho timo o., tho water) ao,no signal
rockes; onse aud United States lag III lin inside
knife and nx to lis side. apIi, eraa,nc I'll. ii.
Paddle, was lowered into tho water, nmiI tho
cheets Of the passengers, nt half-past o'clock
:, It was wild, dark night, lo was cosc to tho
Fastnet rock. with Capo Clears miles from him.
anu baltimore, toward which ho intended to
m1ake, was IN direct line milea away. Ho
tny tay Gn a,i hls t6aek padding vigorously and now
1n q quarter OF an hour moro hia spirit almost
aaaile9 T. won Sho tossed high on tho crest Of
. Mave, no eoula no longer Hee tho coaBt limo or
any lights, Tho wind blow, tho rain poured
ooTTT.', nnd t!o tide set dead against hltn.
lin 1sas drifting out to sen And, to add to tho
awt',l loneliness Of his altna.ion at,l to ,ncrcnso
~ 1io dreadful peril, riolont gnle commenced.
Ihat nehe Tor many hours no mnil-1poat crossed
mo irlal. Channel, and great destruction was
done 9 on the coass. aud throngt. thsao awful
hours OF darkness tl,iH mnn was tossing about at
L. L!la mercy or tue Wavcs Honlo IL miles from lapl
Tho Miud was 10 violont that he had to eivo over
padding, p. aud Will, ono lannd to Shade lis fnco
I,tt;a I,Ne on!y part of hls body eSposcd) from tho
away by heavy sea, but it fortunately came into
his llautl again. Tor BoyerM eoconds a wayo
would complotcly stIhnlcrEe him. then l,o would
''loot on to tho crest and tnltn breath before o
which aeemed mo feet to tho bottom. As q ro-
suit OF tAs tossing lie became seanirk thing.
io .. hays, which naver happened 10 him before.
Ila ndon,iablo npirlt, however, conquered overy-
'iow directly on shore. Ills paddle Wa Y!lcd
vigorously, md at Q o'clock on Wodnes.
lay morning. he perceived he was near
'!oakcrs, anu tho rocls-bounsl coast west
+ sl;ibbereon loonlca up before him. lliA
anger noW wns not less than it was during tho
eight OF tho gale. for aa a wnvo would raipc
i'm al!noat oil = level wifi, tho cliir-topa llo
onld discern nothing hut threatening, wall Of
pcls: Ae made his why along parallel to tlo
oa1st' ND fortunately lighted upon almost tho
NY salo landlng-nsaco Tor milea round 1Ie !.
~ ~ m opening III the cliffs and propelled him
elf cautiously toward 1t. White hcaitatingy !
xamtning tho entrance O. nen struck him, cnrry.
g him on; anothor and another followed in :,
ck succession, and, IL nh almost senselcBs =
ate, Ae was hurled high and dry upon tho !,
ID le Ind been nearly aeven hours on tl1o y
ator, trarersiug Il distance Of so miles, THO 9
'paratns Ind behaved admirably, ami having :!
vested himself Of It ho stood quito dry in hia " "
wy uniform, which lie wore beneath. Tint ~ ~
wing been dono ho lou off ono Of hIa " "
,1ial-rockets without effect. It showed him. "
Tovor, a narrow path i'll tho rocks. III II
il, he clamherod and got on to n1ountaji, ~ ~
nd, wh'cl, brought him to tho coastguarl sta- W W
H. lilo was Hospitality received tflero and tlis- ~ 4,
'ka Blight, son.o mea Gust nEd south of lsalti se
'ro. During tho morning lie rcarsaed Slsbbc- uu ~.
N anil posted the letters intruRtea to HIM. and ~
wed IN Cork on Wednesday, night, where lle is om o
" tho hero Of the hour. W W
III Monday he intnnds to swim ont al Queens ~ ~
I'll llarbor some dstanco tint viii 10 followed Ill
J week after By little swim acrosa tho Straits
Dover to Calais, towel by kite; mud to can A
on Ills return to tho States lie intends to oa,ry
h!a orlglna! 'ea OF Jumping overheard ESD
ng Island. After his achievements III tho galo COZ
Tuesday night these last-na,ed experiments, Big
rtllng as they soonl ut first, cannot o roSard- lr
~ impossible. ~,