The morning call., 1890-09-29
BRAVE " BUSTER" HART.
He Rescues Still Another Nan
From the Bay.

Louis H. Hart the water front boatman,
who is generally known as Buster" Hart,
and who, during his twenty years service
on the bay, has saved more than that num-
Der of lives, again distinguished himself yes
terday.
Buster" Hart is the man who. on Janu-
airy Sd last, at the risk of his life, was the
means of rescuing from his perilous position
on a rock near Point Bonita an Italian fish
erman named Antonio Nicholas, who had
swan there after his boat had sunk and the
rest of its occupants were drowned. Old
boatmen and tug boalmen aver that this was
one of the best and most daring deeds ever
done by a boatman on the bay At the
time credit was given by all but this paper
to two reporters, one of whom took a little
swim with line fastened to him, and the
other took spin along the bluff and had
drink with the lighthouse keeper to cure
his seasickness. Gallant Buster" got
more kicks than ha'pence.
Yesterday afternO on when the German
bark AdoniS frum Honolulu was reported
on Change as passing in, Charles ii. Cat
termOle, the ship chandler OF the northwest
corner of Davis and Broadway, hurried down
to Nallejo->treet Wharf in Quincy, and
engaged Boatman Jack Gately to take him
Off TO the vessel in his Whitehall. Inc two
started off in the boat and getting down the
bay found a nasty swell on and they had TO
manage carefully to keep the boat from cap
sizing.
The boat came up to the bark, which was
coming in, in tow of the tug Sea Queen, in
the tide rip between Arch Rock and Lime
Point. Gately got III the bow of the boat to
hook on" the main chains, but missed.
He managed, however, to get hook on the
miZzen chains and yelled to Cattermole, who
was in the stern OF the boat, to sheer of.
CatterDole put the rudder hard over, but
Gately, who is a large man, being in the
bow the craft would not sheer, but swung
in under the bark'S counter. As soon as
Gately saw that the boat would inevitably
capslZe, he SpraHs up the mlZzen chains and
got on the bark's deck.
The Whitehall struck against the ships
counter and capsized with Cattermole I'M
derneath. At the same time the h0Ok-line
slipped and the boat drifted down the
stream and was soon lar astern OF the bark.
CattermOe managed TO swim from una er
the boat, and by a few vigorous stro kes got
to her and climbed on the keel, where, as he
says, he had to hold on like grim death.
At the tine the accident occurred, three
boats were towing abreast behind The bark.
In one was Buster" Hart and another
man. As soon as he saw the mishap,
Buster prepared to let 90 his line and 90
to the rescue. His companion did not like
to take the risk, and jumped into one Of the
other boats. 81 Buster" went alone in
the heavy swell and by skilful maneuver-
ing got alongside the capslzed craft and
took CattermoIe off. The two then, with
the aid of Gately who came along in an
sther boat, managed 10 right the graft. aud
the tug Hercules towed her to Nallejo-street
Wharf.
Cattermole, who knows something OF
boating himself, says that Buster" is one
Of the brayest and coolest boatmen he ever
saw, and but for him he would have drifted
out TO sea. He was seen last evening at his
residence, 1872 Mason street, and did not
seem to be much the worse for his rough
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