St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-06
DEATH IN THE RISING TIDE.
The Perils OF a Castaway Fisher.
man on a Rock Near the Golden

The Perils OF Castaway Fisher.
man on a Rock Near the Golden
Gate.
A half-naked man, who was waving
his hands wildly and shouting for help
at the top of his voice, stood on the top
of the outer Bonita rock. near the Marin
shore of the golden gate last night amid
the driving rain and flying spray. He
was seen by the crew of the tug Monarch
about o'clock, while that craft was on
her way out to sea in search of the dis
abled steamer State of California. His
cries f0r help were needed by the men
on the Monarch and answered in cheer
ing tones. but while the reply gave hope
to the castaway, he must have been sadly
disappointed when told that no imme-
dtate effort could be made to rescue him.
The tugs captain knew that he could
not approach near enough to the rock to
reach the man with a life line without
subjecting his craft to extreme peril, and
he also knew that to send out small
boat would be useless, as it could not
live five minutes in the raging sea that
prevailed at the time.
Shouting to the endangered man that
he would send assistance as soon rs pos
slble. the captain ordered the return of
the tug toward the city. Reaching the
Merchants exchange OF the occurrence
by telephone. 1t was case where time
was OF the utmost value, as the tide was
rising, and at high tide at IL o'clock the
sea would cover the rock, and there
would be no chance of saving the mans
life. While the official life-savers were
demonstrating in the usual systematic
manner the utter inability of the station
on the ocean beach, the tug Sea Queen
fastened to Point Bonita and took off
the half-froZen castaway. Two hardy
bOatman rowed under the lea of the rock
Ito which he had chung for six hours, and,
casting him line, saved him from what
seemed inevitable death. Benumbed as
lie was blythe cold spray dashing cease
lesSly over his half-naked body, he made
adeSperate struggle for life, and as soon
as the line fell within his grasp he seiz-
ed it and Owed into the seething
breakers. He was speedily pulled aboard
and the proper restoratives having been
applied, he was able to give his name
and tell how lie had got into such per.
ilouS position.
On Friday afternoon, it appears,
Nicholas and four companions. cOmpOS-
ing the crew of the fishing boat Samson,
owned and sailed by Michael George, a
Russian, and which had left Vallejo
street on Tuesday, were returning to the
city. Shortly before 6O'clock, when the
fishing boat was Of Point Bonita, she
was struck by squall, and the long
boom of the lateen sail fouing in one
of the stays, she capsized before any OF
the crew could free her..
Antonio Nicholas. the rescued fisher
man, and Michael George, strong young
men and powerful swimmers. kept
themselvs afoat on the tumultuous sea,
but the others, Mike Hycotre, AnaStaS
CrecOmlc, and Nicholas Ketchias, were
drowned in a few moments. The two
swimmers, having Invested themselves
of their heavy clothing, which greatly
hampered them. managed by superhu-,
man efforts to reach the rocks. A great
sea, however, swept over the exhausted
fishermen at the moment when safety
seemed assured, and when Nicholas rose
Oh the crest of the next billow battling
for his life his comp anton had disap-
peared. A huge incoming wave threw
the bruised. bleeding, and haIf-naked
fisherman on the Jagged rocks, and there,
slowly dying OF exhaustion and cold, he
prolonged the successful struggl for eX.
istence, while the raising tide added
horror to the situation.
STREAMING AND RACKING your lungs
and throat with rasping cough is but