Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-11

The Passaic steamed slowly up the bay
until noon. At that hour she was Of
Sunday Point and had encountered heavy
seas The launch Swan, which the moni.
tor was towing, began to fill. Engineer
John III. Bush, who was ia the launch,
banked. the fires, aud Lieut.. Commander
Fitzpatrick, hearing that the launch could
not live in the heavy, rapid swells, gave
orders that II be hoisted 10 the davits. An
endeavor was made to do this, but the
weak state OF the dayits rendered 1t I'm
possible. When raised few inches the
davits gave way and the launch fell back
In few seconds II was swamped. En-.
gineer Bush, by quickly springing over
board. avoided going down with il. and
managed to catch life preserver thrown
him. The whale boat was quickly low
cred and manned by Ensign Dressed, Carr,
Brown, Moore and Scott. With shout
of encouragement the boat was pulled
clear of the monitor, and under the stur-
dy stroke OF five oars propelled through
the foam-crested waves toward Engineer
Bush, who was bravely struggling for
life, and soon had him on board. Ensign
Dressed pulling him over the side.
THE WHALE BOAT sWAATPED.
The whale.boat was then headed for
the monitor, which was some distance off
and almost hid from the sight of those
In the former by the waves and spray.
Unfortunately, In the excitement the
plug In the bottom OF the boat, 1t is sup
posed, washed out. aud the fraiI craft
filled in an instant from this cause and
the breaking of q huge wave over her bow
The men jumped into the water.
Turn over the boat and cling to the
botto nj shouted Ensign Dressed.
With the prompt assistance of Moore
and Carr this was done. Bush trusted TO
his lie preserver ard Scott and Brown
secured the five oars. Moore made three
efforts to grasp the keel of the capsized
boat, aud The others tried to reach him.
ONE GOES DOWN.
Il can't grasp It," he cried. II can't
swim The next moment he was buried
beneath the waves. With blanched ard
agonized faces the others watched in
vain for hiss temperance. He never
rose, and the first of those who had
gone to save life had lost his own.
Ensign Dressed and seaman Carr chung
to the keel. while near them foated En-
gineer Bush, unwilling to imperil the
safety of his companions by weighing
down the frail support Scott was fortu.
nate enough to reach the yoke line of the
capsized boat, and with this dashed the
five oars, with three blades facing one
way and two the other To this impro-
vised raft Quartergunuer Brown and
Scott entrusted themselves, and speedily
drifttd far from the whale boat.
HELP COMES TOO LATE FOR ONE.
All through the long hours of the af
ternoon, waist deep ia the chilling water,
with the choking spray beating against
their faces, the two men fl1ated with the
ebb tide. About o'clock they sighted q
steamship bound north, which Scott sig
nailed with boat-hook. The vessel was
the Berkshire, of the Merchants and Min
ers' Line, from Boston. Captain Foster,
its commander, saw the signals and low
cred boat Scott was rescEed, but bis
companion sank just as the relief boat
neared them.
Scott was taken to Baltimore, where
he spent the night with relatives To q
reporter of the Morning Herald who call
ed Oh him he said: Captain Foster
treated me with every kindness. As soon
as We reached the ship be had me dosed
with whiskey and put to bed. / could
not have stood the exposure and cold much
longer About the miedse of the after
noon picked up bucket aud boat hook
and by means of lhs latter was enabled
to signal the Berkshire.
II encouraged Brown to hold on when
we saw the vessel. He said he was ex-
hausted aud could not retain bis hold any
longer. All at once he Grid, sGood-byeg
aud knew be had let so and did not see
him again"
The Berkshire was eff Thomas Point
Lighthouse, below Bay Ridge. when
Scott was picked up. On the way to the
city q strict lookout was kept for the Pas.
sale and the whaleboat, but neither was
seen. A small gold watch In the pocket
OF SCOTS shirt stopped at ST.. 40 o'clock,
and he says that was about the time the
whale-boat was capsized.
THE RESCUED MIN BROUGHT TO ANNAP-
OILS.
The U. S. Steamer Standish left the
Naval Academy this morning about
z o'clock In search OF the life boat aud
the missing crew. They were signaled
on board Of the Schooner Dora 6eabro0k
at anchor of Tolley's Point, opposite
Bay Ridge, but owing to the heavy seas
the Standish could not approach the
schooner near enough 70 take the rescued
men OF. She then returned to Annapolis
about so O'Clock 10 report the fact TO
Capt. Sampson. In the meantime, the
steam tug s. III. Johnson of Baltimore,
was passing and was signaled BY the yes
sci which came alongside and took the
rescued mep Oh and. drought them 70 An
napolis. They were Ensign II. g. DEes-
sci, Engineer Bush, and seamen Vim.
Scott and Frederick Carr.
WHAT ENSIGN DRRssRL SAYS.
To a representative Of the CAPITAL
this morniur, Ensign Dressed said The
life boat We were cliDging 20 rolled over
and over like barrel. aud Il was with
difficulty that managed to hold op5 ]
heard Moore Say, I cant swim I am
downing, aud De soon sank out OF sight.
Engineer Bush, Carr aud myself still
clu0g 70 the life boat. IS We were being
carried hv the sea and tide out IN the bay.
Wnen OF Sandy Point We were sighted
81 Tie schooner HELEN Schmidt. which