The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-21
MRS. EooT'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Lost i'n n Swamp In Saturday Nights Storm
The search In tho Rnin.

| Lost i'n n Swamp In Saturday Nights Storu
| The search In tho Kahn.
! In thu darkness and storm Of Saturday light
several hundred searchers led by clergym en-
| and oth,rs secured for miles the woods sur.
! rounding the Merrick camp meeting grounds
at Merrick. Long Island. for traces OF Mrs
! andrew Foot Of Brooklyn. who disappeared
from her cottage in the camp grounds about |
o'coc K that afternoon. Mrs. Foot ia about 80
years old. and the wife Of a city surveyor in
Brooklyn. She has four grown children. one
~ whom Is a Methodist clergyman. She left
the Gotta re for a short walk during tho after
noon. and no anxiety was felt concerning her
absence until toward evening. when the
threatening storm that had darkened the sky
broke with terrific violence.
Then inquiries were begun by members OF
her household. They made a tour OF the sur
rounding cottages, but no one had seen Mrs.
Foot since early in the afternoon. A general
alarm aroused the whole camp. which num-
hers upward OF loo and includes some Of
the most prominent Methodists OF New York.
BROOKLYN. and other near hy cities More than
300 visitors RESPONDED to the call for yolun-
teers to help search for the missing woman.
Furnished with lanterns and rubber coats
that proved poor protection against the drir-
I'M. storm. the volunteers were divided into
bands and headed by clerGymen and other
prominent men on the grounds mud started off
to a.our the country.
The storm redoublsd in violence. The rain
fell 10 sheets. Limbs torn from trees were car
ried along by the gale. The surrounding land
scape was lighted By the continuous glare Of
the lightning. and torrlHc peals OF thunder
shook the ground. Wet to the skin. the search
ers continued their hunt circing for miles
around tie camp ground About 10 o'clock
one OF the bands came TO the edge OF swamp
into which the water from the surrounding
high ground was pouring In roaring streams.
Through an opening in the underbrush by the
the CLEAN OF tho lightning. one Of the search
caught sight Of an object lying half-sub-
merged in tho swamp. He called the attention
OF his companions. and with their eyes turned
in the direction OF the swami. thev awaited
another flash. Tho dazzling glare swept
through the intense blackness OF the woods.
and the searchers cried out:
There she is! There she ISL
Through the underbrush they tore. and.
wadinE up to their knees in the miro and
water OF the swamp. they came to tho pros
trate form OF Mrs Foot. She seemed to be
dead. but when she was carried to the high
ground. where the Pickering rays Of the Ian
terms and the lightning flashes afforded oppor-
tunity for II more thorough examination. it
was seen that she was still alive.
The swamp Is more than O mile from the
camp ground. Messengers were sent on ahead
with the news while the others with Mrs
Foot fought their way back through the woods
and against the storm. which was raging with
undated violence. It was IL o'clock when tho
little procession reached the camp grounds
Mrs. Foot was taken to hor cottage. where ply
sicians were in waiting. All efforts to revive
her were unsuccessful. and she was still un-
conscious last night.