The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-09-22
LIKE A FAIRY TALE
The Wonderful Adventures Ol
a Brooklyn Pair.
THOUGHT DEAD-FoUND ALIVE
Carried Out to Sea, They Cling to q Log
and Are Picked Up

Kindly Treated by Their Rescuers, who
Could Not Talk English--Transferred to
Another VosseI--Flnally Landed on the
Coast Of T1oridu--Nearly Crazed With
Their Terrible Experiences.
NEw YoRK, Sept. 22.-Samuel w.
Thornton and Eva Jewell the young
people who disappeared while in bathing
at Concy Island ON the night of Aug q,
and whose clothes were found in bath.
ing pavilion, are said TO be alive and
well, in Jacksonville, Florida.
a special despatch from Jacksonville
says that Thornton was interviewed i'm
the office Of the "Times-U Union last
night, and gave an account of his adven-
lures According to his story Thornton
and Miss Jewell went in bathing at 2 p.
m. ON the day mentioned.
After half an hour in the surf, and
while out somo distance from the shore,
huge wave came in and the undertOw
washed them away.
Strauyled and frightened nearly to
death, he had presence of mind enough
to plunge forward and seize Eva's dress
aud keep her up, all the while shouting
for help. No one seemed to hear them
and they lloated out fast.
A big log soon floated by He seized
It, and by its aid was enabled to keep
their heads above water. The tide rap
idly carried them out TO sea Eva soon
grew faint, and Thornton became nearly
exhausted by his struggles. Just after
sundown a schooner came near. Thorn
ton shrieked for aid and they were taken
on board.
Soon Eva was under the motherly care
of the captains wife, while Thornton
was rubbed and brought TO by the sail
ors To his surprise and CONSERVATION
no one on board could speak English.
Eva was insensible when rescued, and
for several days afterward she was nearly
crazy, repeating in her dehrium the ter
rible experiences she had had,
When Thornton fully recovered his
senses the next forenoon they were out
| of sight of land and going southwark,
| bound for some port in South America.
/ To his appeals to be set on shore the Cap
/ tain shook his head, but promised tc
/ signal the first vessel that came along.
They were on that vessel 10 days be-
| fore they were transferred to another
schooner Then they were no better of
! for the craft was Spanish, bound for Eu.
catan through Florida Straits.
On this ship both were treated with
| great Kindness. Eva was given the
cooks galley After 10 days Of life on
this schooner the captain one day told
them by signs to get ready to land.
The sailors got up purse of $50 for
them and gave them several articles Of
clothing. Early last Sunday morning
the vessel came in near shore, lowered a
boat and landed the two unfortunates on
| Florida coast in a strange locality and
with only one small fishermans hut il
sight.
They got information rs best they coulC
and started on foot for Jacksonville, anC
after walking for several miles they wer
met by q team and hired the driver t.
bring them there, where they arrived
footsOre and weary in the afternoon.
Seeking a boarding house, they secures
rooms and rested after their terrible ex
perience.
Thornton's brother, William, is thor
oughly investigating the matter, an
has sent a message to the man in Jack
J sonville asking him certain questions.
these are answered, all doubts concern
ing the strange story will be removed.