The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-26
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pointed at tho wave. but before any one coulC
look the wave was white crested. and what
elapsed. The, water recoded and then wa.
picked up again and rose higher and higher
There wss no installing now. Everybody
It rose q mans body. it was held at full
length. Tho head hung to one side The
lie preserver was, about the waist The. wave
rose higher and higher and higher. Az itt
centre became cSnse ,S the mans body bent
pitched head downward into into the a sea- ''0' "n
passed sSay sd S's
the surace Then the Sr9wd fully
ao DO ssn ioowed him into the ns sH H VI
against them and drove them back
pulled pnH tSsm TSsy oneS HANDS
for safety. and Burnett on tho end clutched TO,
ths sf ThsEs III he %sss
carried It back. and It was now being drawn
AND %atahoSS g nsher Sshs4 il
There was a shout as 1t turned and was dashed
down. II was driven, within reach Of the end
nan cheer went up from those on shore as the
men dashed In with the body. 1t was that OF Q
dark.haired man. Dr. Thomas pronounced
b Before lore f he had finished his EXAMINATION there
was another shout. The waves had brought
dashed In this time and got the body. This
man was brought out alive. but he died five
The Doctor had just pronounced him dead
when for the third time there was shout
Tho waves carried in another body; but this
Cling. Ho was going through the motion OF
swimming even whom the breaking waves
tossed him clear Of the water. Somebody
shouted at him: -,
Are you aliveW
The man seemed to nod his head. Again
man shot by them and noarly landed on the
beach. He was being carried back when he
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sore. but he was able to stand on his feet after
moment. and he was hurried into DR.;
the people learned what boat had gone down.
%hs he was t bsSs his ,SSrS Sn
OF the first drowned man was thrown at him.
the crowd. Then another limo Of rescuers was
formed. and they dashed down into the water
hand IN hand. They were tumblod over and
At the fourth effort the rescuers got him.
His head hung limp as II he was dead, but his
and was carried into, Mr.; Bakers house this
ress moment later he casped his hands t to-
assumed when floating; Then he muttered.
DR.. Nichols OF Newbure worked away at
him injecting brandy and applying other re;
they had som ethng to do with the difficulty In
bringing him to his senses.
head The instant she did so the hand seized
her wrist like q wise and almost dragged her
that cutched the fingers. and it took the
stTensth Of two men e, to pry the grip loose:
was brought to his senses. and he introduced
himself as Fireman Cummings and wanted to
know, where nc. was. His body was covered
from head to foot with bruises.
While this rescue had been going on tho
ton He was nearly nearly dead, Artificial respira-
The crowd patrolled the beach all day. but
NO more bodies were recovered. One more
was recovered to-day. Thirteen are still
Engineer Smith was the only man Of the
three who outiived the tempest who could
pr. Nichols Fireman Cummings Is still at
Mr.. Bakers house. and the third man. whose
name Is Victor and who is native OF Finland.
Following is a list OF the dead.
a s,sAReS rsn,sstnSap, NG.orE, rs5.on Mate
Ms.y
YIN: piotemsy: and ssamen Arvid ychan:en. Andfsw
deipha except Field and LARSEN, whose addresses
Barge Lykens YAliey-Capt Alfred r. Sylvester, Rom-
fEy hs sss Abe
Peter Rideout OF Newfoundland.
George W. Plerson. the dead Captain OF the
Panther Pant was 40 years 3, 9ld. no resided at l31
q widow and one child. This was his first trip
on the Panther but he had been In the employ
OF the Reading Company since 1884. in COM
msnd Of tho collier Berks. a sister vessel to
the Panther.
The Panther and Lykens Valley were to-
gether valued at about 100000 The barge
had 1850 tons OF coal aboard. worth about
$1,000.
Frank Wilhalie. the fireman lost.was the big
gest and the strongest man on the Panther.
just before the waves carried him away he said
to Fireman Cummings:
We'll old man. good-by. I hope you'll get
ashore. all Of you boys know will"
or the four men who were on the scow not
ono has been found. They were probably
swept out Of the rigging in the same manner
as were the Panther's men.
Half an hour after tho rescue yesterday
afternoon purse OF S125 WAS made up for the
survivors