The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-11-27
Boyton on the Ocean.
From the II. Z. Herald. Noy. 9Th.


Cork, ireland, Oct, 90, 1874.
I hen 1T was announced i'll the city-tl
morning that an American seaman had
the gale OF Tuesday night jumped owe
DoVrd from transatlantic liner and, aft
swimming for seven hours had landed
0ile oklnbeleen coast, people, while quj
prepared to give Americans credit for doir
big things, were yet unprepared for such
demand on their credulity as this. II
tlhng however, was done, and the hero of
was
CAPTAIN PAUL BoYToN,
Of tho New Jersey Lifeguards, Atlant
City, This gentleman, professional dive
OF well known daring, left New York abor
a fortnight ago in the National Company
steamer, Queen, taking with him pafer
swimming costume. 1t was Captain Boy
TOMS intention when from two 10 thIe
hundred miles distant from New York /
jump overheard and swim back, but th
| commander of the steamer was a man g
little faith and vetoed the experiment. S
The Captain had therefore to remain an in
voluntary passenger until the vessel an
preached the Irish coast on Tuesday even
ing, when the commander, having been re
peatedly importuncd, at last gave his pei
mission.
DOWN INTO THE DEEP.
Captain Boyton drew on his India rub
per alr-tlght suit, and inflated the air cham
bers, IN his air-tight sack he placed fooC
1or three days, compass, bull's-eye Ian
tern, some books, Gust to beguiIe the tint
on the Water), some signal rockets and {
United States flag. In his inside pocket he
placed mail which the passengers haC
given him to post, he strapped his bowif
knife and axe to his side and graspino his
paddle was lowered into the water. amid
the cheers OF the passengers, at half-past
nine o'clock p NJ.
IT WAS A WILD, DARK NIGHT.
he was close to the Fastnet rock, with Cane
Clear three miles from him and Baltimore.
toward which he intended to make, was in
q direct line seven miles away. He lay on
ms back padding vigorously, and now the
lights of the vessel were lost in the NIGHT
III q quarter OF an hour more his spirit al
most quailed, when tossed high on the crest
OF wave he could no longer see to 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
aud te iEaeiesssett tt1e dreadful peril.
violent gale commenced. That night for
many hours no mailboat crossed the Irish
channel, and great destruction was done
on the coast. And through these awful
hours oil darkness this man was tossing
about at the mercy of the waves some if
teen miles from land. The wind was so Vi
olent that he had to give over padding,
and with one hand to shade his face (tle
only part OF his body exposed) from the
entting blast Once his paddle was wrench
ed away by heavy sea, but it fortunately
came into his hand again. For several
seconds
\ WAVE WOULD COMPLETELY sUBMERGE
HIM.
hen he wonld shoot onto the crsst and
axe breath before he again was hurled
lown slop.ng mass of water which SEEM
d 100 feet to the bottom. AS a result of
his tossing
HE BECAME SEAsICK,
thing, he says, which never happened to
nm before. His indomitable spirit, how |
Yer, conquered everything, and about one
clock the wind began to blow di4ectly to
lg he perceived he was near the breakers, 7
nd
THE EocK-BoUND COAST
7est of Skibbereen loomed up before him.
lis danger now was not less than it was |
uring the height Of the gale, for as wave
Tould raise him almost on q level with the I
lift tops he could discern nothing but q
wall Of rock. He made his |
Fay along parallel to the coast, and fortu-
ately lighted upon almost the only safe |
anding place for miles round. He saw an
pening in the cliff aud propelled himself |
autiously toward it. While hesitatingly |
xaniui1lg the entrance sea struck him, |
arrying him on; another and another fol-
owed in quick succession, and, in an almost |
enseless state,
HE WAS HURLED HIGH AND DRY
.pon the beach. It was then four o'clock |
IL the morning, aud he had been nearly |
even hours on the water, tiavelsing q dis !
ance of thirty miles. The apparatus had |
,ehavcd admirably, and having divested |
himself Of it lie stood quite dry in his navy |
inform, which he wore beneath. That |
laving been done he let off one ofbis sigual |
oclets without effect but showed him
lauow path in the rocks. Up this he
lambered and got on to mountain road,
Which brought him to the coastsuard sta
ion. He was Hospitality received there
nd discovered that the place he had landed |
It was Trefaska Blight, some miles east and
outh OF Baltimore. During the morning
pe reached Skibbereen and posted the let
ers intlusted to him, and arrived in Cork
N Wednesday night, where he is now the
zero Of the hour On Monday he intends to
win ont Of Queenstown harbor some dis
ancc; that will be followed the week.after
" little swim across the Straits Of Dover
o Calais towed by kite; and to cap all, on
lis return to the States he intends to carry
nut his original idea CT jumping overheard
It $50 miles from land and
SWIMMING TO NEW YORK
II Long Island. After his achievements in
he gale on Tuesday night these last-named
experiments, startling as they seem at first,
be regarded as impossible.