Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-30
DROWNING BATHERS.
AN INTERVIEW WITH A COMFY ISL
AND LIFe-sAvER.
TIE First Thing Needed in Saving Per
son from Drowning-An Old Idea
Methods of Resuscitation
--Cramps-D Diving.

ITtS8uCt VI 10 bho ~ ~ ehah8 hAeSNoN
In saving person from drowning" said
William johnson, the life-saver at tho old
iron pier, TO a reporter
1But what good would presence Of mind
do in case tho drowning person grappled
with you, as was the case with the girls at
Clinton Point the other dayr said the re-
porter
"You have TO adopt heroic remedy in
case like that" said Mr.. johnson. "If
person struggled with me In the water
would strike him so as TO make him helpless.
IL he caught me about the arms would, as
I have done. butt him with my head until
he released me- He would do 1t almost in
stinctively The first thing in rescuing q
person Is to be able to seize him properly.
He should be taken at arms length, so that
IN his struggles he may not impede you"
Don't drowning persons give themselves
up readilyP
@No; that's the strangest part Of 1t. They
nearly all struggle with you as If they
thought you were trying to drown them. l
remember one big man who was drunk in
the water and who was unable to help him
self and was rapidly drowning l went to
his rescue, and he actually fought with me
SO that had to knock him senseless to save
his life"
ado drunken men go in the water ffe-
quentlyp
arhey ,rouidn,t naturally be allowed In
the water IL their condition was known.
The truth is that they may be apparently
sober when they start In, and the motion Of
the water will render them dizzy. A
little salt water is sure to be swallowed. by
the man. and it will help send the fumes
to his head. Another thing is that the
arclr;rg HE head under the water once or
villa tho Iower mart of his BODY IA cool.
tn, na,nrsllv draws the blood 20 the brain
and helms the liouor 70 do IFS work. People
often hand their heads TO tho breakers and
lat thar, wound mon them until / should
thinr thsv,J sniit their skulls wonder
tha,.a "a not mora COS of brain concussion.
Tn fact most neonle drink before going In
tha ,votoy instead Of affair coming out and
80, az h,.aaSa,. In tbs worst nos,ihle vav
Wats, IL the eosiest 70 divide. Int the hard.
80 ~ ,.as,st Presant NJ, anglia of vour bod v
N it and there is no trouble Otherwise
tIara a. .Iways danoarn
sIS n rerson ooes pnder water. do Won
whit for him IN coma nm aoain9p
aNo cir It q an old and sunerstitious
idea that n per ION must come to the surface
tbras times before he browns The truth In.
ha r,,rbt Gonna nm half n dozen times or nc
might not come nm Mt ALI. according as he
struouled or az his lungs became filled with
vatsr am always in condition for swim.
ming and ma soon as anvone ooes under
water 7 notice the condition of the tide and
hmm In after him. / have found several
WING on the bottom who would have
drowned IL I had waited for their reappear
ance.p
aAftar vou hiring than In how would vo,
restore themv
az, tho f,rst n,aca tbav sbou,d bs brouob,
In face downward and then laid upon theil
fa,,ea so that their haads ara lower than this
ne,tber narts of their bodies. md the wate,
thav NAV have swalIowe1 can 90 ont
Tbere need he no rouph action to secure thi,
result. In fact the rolling OF a person owe,
a barrel or other rough exercise, might b
the means OF killing them.p
"Tnat will not induce respirationr
aOh. no.. To bring back the breath the,
must DO placed in a reclining position, the
arms thrown back and then each successively
thrown across the breast, which should be
pressed in. This might be continued for an
hour or moro with good result. In fact, i've,
have been lost Lecause people gave up toe
mick. Human lives are worth hours Of
work. At least think so.n
aDoes the application of brandy do good
as a restoratiyeT
sn appli,i TO the extremeties yes; bu
wben forced in a per,on's mouth. no. A
drowning man wants all the room he en-,
Get for breath. IL Won lie ON your back hal
conscious and struggling for breath. 70,
can sae yourself how your palate would
close vour throat and nothing could get int,
II. You would choke and die. and d. on
doubt deaths have been caused this yer,
way.p
aD,es ovar.eatino cause crampsp
@Not at III. Oyereatinu causes apoplexy
Cramn, are usuaIIv caused nv the excessiy
and unusual use Of the limbs. Have vo,
aver mt vour arm or ler TO a sudden strair
which has contracted the muscIes, That 4
what oives a swimmer n cramn Men VIII,
ara GOOD swimmers but who do NOT swim
oftan ara tba ono, who ara oauoht with
cramn mora often in the Loo because Tn
motion of swimming is an unusual one
When thew ret the cramp thew lose thei
presence Of mind and give themselves uu
The RIGHT wav to do is for them. instead O
giving mn To gradually let the limb out 3
that the sinew NAV get its normal tension
and then thew will come out all right. The
can float ca iiy if they only try. and pu
thems,l lives ont of danger I was attacke
with a cramp in NV right leg while bathin,
In Seneca lake at part which was ur
fatho,nable. For second lost NV preseno
80 49, '.'y p,S'V
nf mind hnt III mattar of life