The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-15
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The good sloop Lydia Ann ts centre
board yacht with 30-foot keel, ana De-
longs 10 Vice-Commodore Parker and Cap
tain Pullman, OF the Parauia Yacht Club.
| She Is tight little craft, and her owners
think nothing OF three days cruise IN
the neighborbood OF Sandy Hook In search
OF fish and fun. When sat home" the
Lydia Ann is to be found on the beach
near Communipaw. n. j., about two miles
from the ferry OF the New Jersey Central
railroad. Messrs. Pullman and Parker are
two Jolly sea-dogs, either one OF whom VIII
tip the scale at 200 avoirdupois, or tip q
keg OF lager.
Saturday afternoon the Lydia Ann put
out to sea. There were on board, besides
the two owners named above, Captain
James III. Dilkes, formerly connected with
the yacht Excelsior, and his son William.
Food and bait these ancient mariners had
for q couple Of days sport, and grog
enough TO go around. After coasting
down to the neighborhood OF Sandy Hook,
the party put out a number Of eel "bobs."
About II O'Clock they were preparing to
seek for shelter, when suddenly they heard
CIV OF distress coming from the moonlit
waters some distance away.
| "Hold up a minute and i will be with
you," shouted Commodore Parker, and
moment later he was in the sloop's yawl
with young Dilkes and vigorously rowing
In the direction from which the sound
came. After some effort they came up to
q man floating in the water. and held up
by liie-preserver, which fortunately was
in the right place, as he was completely
exhausted. In fact, before he had been
hauled into the yawl he had lapsed into I'M
consciousness.
| NEW KIND OF COCKTAIL.
~ thought the poor boy would die be-
fore morning." said the Commodore yes
terday when relating the incidents OF this
curious rescue. "But we did the best we
could for him. We took off his wet clothes
and rubbed and chafed him, and we made
him swallow big Irishman's cocktail >
in other words. beer and pepper, which
had the effect OF warming him up inward
". We then piled blankets and Overcoats
on him and left him TO sleep it off. We
found on his life preseryer the name East
Anglia Do you want to see it? There
1t is"
The Commodore produced an article an
swering this description, which the Pavonia
Yacht-Club Will keep rs one OF their most
interesting relics.
The rescued man, who gave his name as
James Marshall, and San Francisco as his
native place, told most extraordinary
story. On Friday last he shipped on board
the English steamer East Anglia, hailing
from Newcastle and bound for Santandes,
in Spain, and from there to Bordeaux.
Saturday morning she hauled out from the
Atlantic dock, Brooklyn, but did not sail
until late in the afternoon. Marshall, ac-
cording to his own admission, was quite
drunk at the time.
About two bells" he said (meaning
Z. NJ, "iust after we had put the pilot
overheard one OF the officers told me to 80
aft and get the patent log ready. When
reached the rail found the log-lne en-
| tangled below in the rudder-chainS. III |
had been sober | would have cut the line
and 'rove' another. Being drunk, de-
termined to 90 down and untangle 1t.
How / came TO put on life-preserver
don't know, but something told me was
going overheard. When | clambered over
the steamship l fell into the water and
grabbed the line, which is smaller than my
finger. 1t tore through my fingers, burn
ing them badly as you see. The next /
knew l Was lying on my back. The line
was entangled about my ankle, and L was
being dragged through the water at the
rate of eight miles an hour. | yelled a.
loud rs | could when my head was above
water, which was about half the time, but
nobody heard me. After time | tried to
cut the line, but the water Knocked the
knife out OF my hand. | tell yOu l had
some rapid thoughts"
What did you think OFF,"
"Oh thought OF the old man and old
woman, and then 1 thought, God to die
such death as this!' | don't know how
my leg got free, but it did after had been
dragged about three miles -"
"Oh, here " objected the reporter.
TSn't that drawing it pretty strOng!"
81 believe l was taken fully that dis
lance. 1t was a long ways, anyway.
When got free was almost exhausted,
| but swan as well a. | could and shouted
| for help, and when | was almost gone /
heard those men on the Lydia Ann. and
soon after j was hauled on board their
yawl. In half an hour more | should have
| been down to Davy Jones'"
"rhOse gentlemen were mighty kind to
me and took care of me until they landed,
about noon to-day, and then the CommO-
! dore's wife insisted in giving me hot din
ner. To end up with they gave me g to
go over the ferry with and look up job.
They are square men,"
Il suppose i will be reported as dead
when the East Anglia gets to SPAIN" he
said. "Well, am alive, but ! ought to be
dead"