The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-22
Thirteen Hours OF Peril.


On Sunday morning last, off Merwin's
Point. on the Connecticut shore. Fish
irg party, out from New Haven "a the
yacht Clarence, picked up younosman
sitting in the submerged hull of y cat
boat, who said that his name was Frea w
Reimann, that he had been in his 2eril
Gus position over thirteen hours sa,,d
that comrade named George Cokell.
who was with him the evening hefore
when their boat was capsized. had 5een
drowned. They took him to New Haven.
and later in the day he returned rs his
home, $50 East Fourth Street Aew
York. To a sun reporter he toIdtves-
terday the story of his adventure. He is
a tall, athletic, fine-looking young fellow.
nineteen years old. The comrade who
was lost was a little more than sixasen.
Reimann said:
eve had been out sailing since last
Wednesday week, had been up to Hart
ford, Conn, on visit, and at noon on
Saturday last started from Saybrook. at
the mou h of the Connecticut River on
our return trip to New York. Our boat
was sixteen and one-half feet lono cat
rugged. About four o clock in the after
noon, when we were six or seven miles
ened great deal, and a big sea beoan
to rise. We put double reef in the
sail. and held on, however Rv six
o'clock the swell was fully seven feet
high, and the wind, which was almost
dead from the east, was approximating
a gale At this time we determined to
stand in to New Haven harbor for
shelter. When within 200 Yards Of
the old lighthouse, on the reef,
we capsized. The accident haEssned
but few moments after the
lighthouse lamp was lighted, as daylight
was deepening into dusk. The only
vessel in sight was schooner. far away
beyond the possibility of our hoping for
aid from her. We shouted as LOUD as
we could. but the sea made such ter
rlbie roaring that our voices were
drowned by it. When we were cap
sized, our boat lay upon her side, with
the mast and sail flat on the water,
heaving and pitching with the waves,
and we climbed over on the side. put
oyTr feet against the centreboard, and
held on rs best we could. For time
we drfted toward the lighthouse reef.
We had two heavy stone anchOrsaboard,
one on deck and the other below, when
we went over. and their weight.-sw wing
ing below, kept the boat down so that
she could hardly float got my knife
out, diyed down, and cut one OF them
loose, SO that we role a little easier. We
had been capsized before-in smooth
weather, hOwevcr-and were not at all
scared, but recognized the situation as
serious and tried to make the best OF IT.
..When he had drifted TO within about
$50 feet of the rocky reef, aud saw that
we were going past it, we thought we
would swim to shore if we could. As /
was older an | stronger than Cornell, i
made trial first To see if we could live
in the big waves by swimming Quito the
end of the mast and back, and, when /
found that | could DO it. we started-he
from the bow and | from the stern for
shore. We SWAN about fifteen yards
from the boat, hardly more than one
quarter of the distance to the shore,
when we got into such violent breakers
that [ saw our attempt was hopeless, and
called to Cornell to turn back AMI make
for the boat / Just waite long enough
to see him turn and start back, and then
| set out for the boat as hard as | could.
| barely managed to catch the end Of
the mast and hold on when my strength
almost all gave way. | went down an
liitAA Only SNAlA-tfAt- Hti -Lt- III ~ "a ~
self up on the boat again. When /
could get my breath shouted for Coz
nell as loudly rs 1 could, but, poor fell
low. l never saw him again.
Il held on the side OF the boat with
my feet on the centre board for two
hours, with the big rollers sweeping over
me every few moments and nearly
washing me away, when | found that
j. fia Il
no longer trust myself without lashings.
Then | made myself fast with a piece of
rope that | cut away, to one of the scnp-
per holes. There l stayed for four or
five hours until about twelve O'Clock.
Then the mast, from its long AMI violent
working BY the swell, tore itself ont of
the deck. and the boat righted, full OF
water, of course, and with barely buoy
ancv enough to float, with menpon il.
about three inches below the surface.
fixed myself as best / could on the bow
and waited, the big waves still dashing
ovor my head so frequently rs hardly to
give me breathing spells. In that way
drifted to within half mile of Savin
Rock, when g current or the wind, do
not know which. gave me another dree-
ton. and | drifted three miles outside the
lighthouse again. Daring the night |
saw two steamers and Il tow coming out
of New Hayen, but they were too far OF
to lend me any assistance. Toward
morning, about one o o'clock, L guess, L
drifted along the shore toward New
York, about five miles away from New
Haven, to a place they call Merwn' )
Point, where | was picked up.
From daylight the wind went down
somewhat, but there was still q very
heavy swell running. During that time,
from daylight until was rescued, l saw
but one vessel. schooner. and the per-
sons aboard saw me waving my hands
and board. but went off on another
track and left me. A long way, out
side, however, they ran within hail OF the
yacht Clarence, with n fishing party on
board, and told them there was man
overheard somewhere near Merwin' S
Point. There were nineteen men on
the yacht. and they had been out all
night. The storm had been so bad that
they never dropped line and were
nearly all seasick. When they got the
information from the schooner they stood
in looking for me, and finally found me.
1t was twenty minutes after eight o'clock
in the morning when their skiff took me
off, and / had been in the water thirteen
, and half hours. Had the water been
at all cold would undoubtedly have per
ished.-M Y. Sun.
Recovery from Rabies
On mora tbao ono or,-o,1n1 of noSci-