Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-08-30

wharf than SeIby's wofhi thn ne
roved 70 The shors With he boat and
and Clarke and several others tool him
ont Of The boat and I sent some msa To-
some sacks, and We yat him o the
sscks and rolled him, and trtsd 70 g.
The water out OF him; ! and Clarke and
two Others lifted him out OF the boat
near Selby's wharf. and then W. worked
on him, trying TO get the water ont;
there was rome vatar coming from his
nose; held his head TO keep u frVm
the sand. and anothss gentleman pressed
his sides; did not ~ him breathe
when taken out Of the bost; ! I'D not
feel his heart; I was very nervous; I
tried to feel his pulse. but I could not
feel ANYTHING, - I was toe nervous; i
stayed with him there about an hour;
/ saw NO t~witching OF the features or
conyulsvs movsmsats OF NE hmhs erom
the time he wss taken from the watsr; !
discovered no pulse, or bsahnes Of the
heart, or any signs Of life ct all; sent
for a physician and DR.. Nsvmark came.
MICHAEL yoaEPH cLAnxx,
An eyewitness, testified; I I'M the en-
gineer OF the steamer Bullion; I sleep
upon the boat; yesterday afternoon. BE-
tween 3 and 1 o'clock, ! saw . gentle
man out swimming near the boat; ] did
mot pay much attsution 10 him; I didn't
know who he was; Il struck ne - moth.
ing ct all unusual. asI have sssn men
out much further than be vas; After .
while ! heard some one hallooing, and ]
looked over on the wharf, and the men
who were standing on the wharf pointed
TO the mar I had seen swimming before;
/ saw that there wa something the mat
ter with him, and I looked again and he
was making unusual squirming In the
water, as though he bad Q at or some-
thing Of that kind In the water. and no
would roll over and dive down and come
up again, and Il was unnatural The way
he was working; Il was not - swim
msrs usually do; 10 would roll over and
90 down and come up; I think ! noticed
u three different timss. I'd.
To Mr. Kesne-At the first time I saw
the body I should judge Il was between
300 or 800 feet distant; whom he was In
this At.
Hooked at him from the steamer, and
when I saw the predicamsnt hs was in
got q heaving line OF the stsamsr's deck
and jumped into Q small boat that b.
longs TO the steamer. and ! put . slip
moose In the end and rovsa alter him -
fast o. I could; when I rot nsar him !
went to one sds Of hin, and ! threw
the moose over his hands, which hs had
sticking up. and BY lusk I happsnsd 10
catch him the first time; he was then
almost perpendicular in the water; he
had one hand up at the time I caught
him; I think, II anything. his head was
under the water q very little; his head
vas much higher than his feet; whom
the moose caught him. ] thought ! would
get q turn around the hand and one
around the body. and tie him TO the end
Of tho boat with his head above the
water, but whom I came 70 lie tbs rope
around his other hand I saw hs vas
still alive. at least I imagined he was;
I could feel him moving In my
arms I felt his Assh CULVER; then I
lifted him out OF the water /; I got his
arm over my shoulder, and I put my
other hand ON his thigh and lifted him
right into the boat; I seated him on the
back seat, and let his shoulders lay over
against the stern OF the boat. and I pulled
On fast a. I could for the shore. but the
wind and tide were 50 strong against
me that I was afraid he would be dead
before I reached the land; 20 ! stopped
pulling and took him oY the back seat
and laid him across the thwart on his
stomach, with his bead down 10 the bot
tom OF the boat, % that the water would
run out OF him ; ! took OF my coat aud
put u over him while I was rowing
ashore. and pulled In ~ fast a. I could;
there wero two or throo gentleman on
the beach ; l asked them 10 send for u
doctor. and they told me they had al.
ready done no ; I noticed no signs Of
life; I don't think he easpsd or had any
convulsions except when ! took him from
the water; ! did not notice his heart
beat; whom ] laid him soross The thwarts
o great deal OF water ran out OF his
mouth; I waited there until the body
was put into . coffin.
LPorLExY the CAUSE or DEATH.
DR.. Valentine Newark said: I am o
practicing physician aud surgeon rsdd.
ing at No. 1906 Powell street; I vas
called down yesterday afternoon at
twenty minutes 70 four 10 see . drowned
man; on my arrival. I found the body
lying on the sand. perfectly l~iislsss, and
although ! had little hopes Of rsviving
him. ! kept up artificial respiration for
ove IN hour; I listened TO his heart,
felt his pulse. but could detect no signs
Of life; although I had been told that Il
was q case Of q drowned person, from
him I did not think that
there was any case OF drowning at all;
he had the appearance Of . man who
had died from apoplsIy; his faos was
flushed and livid, perfectly blue, o
stare In his eyes and tho pupils
dilated; his face had not the look Of .
drowned man.
To Mn. GARNrs-when my attention
was FIRST attracted to Mr.. Ralston, he
was pointed for the shore and evidently
struggling to keep up; I am positive Of
that; at hrst I had no suspicion; the
time he dove under the water be
quite . ways toward the shore,
and I thought to myself he must b. .
good swimmer TO dive out there 90 far
from shore; the second or third motion
indicated to me, however. that his head
was wrong or iurriod; he was strug.
Cling TO keep up, but his motions were
irregular, showing that be had partly
lost his senses; whom We got him In We
rolled him on . barrel 70 get The water
out OF him.
To Mr.. 0srnics-lf q person much
and fahgusd suddenly
In the water. the blood would
b driven from the surface Of the bedy
10 the internal organs, and the heart or
brain are o particularly liable 10 SUI.
Ter from such . shock; such q shock
might u apoplsxy; the longer Q man
remained In the water under such cir
substances. the greater tho liability 10
/ chill; remaining In the water might
have. a u were, Q cumulative effect.
DR.. @. Maccary thought the views Of
Dr.. Newman were Substantially correct.
Al the report Of the autopsy was not
an adjournment Va had till
,eIt Tuesday. at I O'Clock ?. y.
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