New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-27
w; More. Miss A. r. Nixon. f. Mullins Phila-
dslpnia; Mrs. A. F. Pepper. Boston; j. NJ. Lacon
DANGERS OF THE SURF.
SEVERAL PEOPLE NEARLY LOST THEIR LIVES At
BLOCK ISLAND.

SEVERAL PEOPLE NEARLY LOST THEIR lives At
BLOCK ISLAND.
Block Island. r. l.. Aug. % (Specia)-Those who
have been here during the last week have had an
opportunity seldom vouchsafed to summer residents
To see two big storms. n northeaster and a SOUTH
easter Last Sunday night and Monday the wind
blew from the northeast at an average rate OF
sixty miles an hour reaching Its maximum at u :05
p m. Monday when the thermometer in the
Weather Bureau Building registered velocity OF
seventy-two miles for Il short time There was
rainfall during tho twelve hours ending at n. m
Monday OF 2Ct inches. The whole bay from Clay
Head to old Harbor Point was one seethng mass
of foam Hundreds OF people thronged the pier on
the eas. side of the inner harbor. holding on to
each other and TO any object that was stationary.
while clouds Of spray were thrown hgh IN ar 10
fall again In the inner harbor or carried IN by the
gale 20 the foot Of the blufs In Nater-st Inc
most beautiful scene Of all just at sunset when
the purple light shining through the spray. re-
fected all the colors of the RAINBOW Scarcey hau
the storm, cleared M when a southeast gale came
in and on Thursday morning was bowling merrily
The velocity In this case dd not quite reac" MY
miles an hour there was not hea'! r"ihiah III"
the storm was comparatively short, but there was
a heavy ground swell.
DIR Wales Of New-Brtnn. Conn. came near los
ing his life on Crescent Beach on wednesday, IL
had been suffering from nervous prostration' ana
the surf being unusually strong the shoch proven
too great and he had n conVusNe H. "u' "a'
RESCUED and carried up to the rooms oil inc inahaser
at the beach.
There vas q thrilling incident at Crescent Beach
Friday noon Mrs. Green, from 81 LOUIE l"
guest a the Ocean View for several Seasons S"''
ont too FAR in the heavy surf. and becoming tx
haustcd called for help man went 10 h'r' pu'
was soon compelled to call for help himself fro-
fessor T. + Uarding OF Norwich Conn trained
athlete swain to their aid. n boat was iauhcneu'
hut swamp.d in the surf another was launched IN
the excitement without oars. while the nunhrod'
Of terror-s trckcn onlookcrs watched the sUuSsi'
in the surf beyond the bar Trained mu'c''S "hhHS
won but when willing hands drew the struggling
trio onto the beach, even Professor Harding MIN
self sank on the sand exhausted. The woman was
rrsuscitated after some effort.
Among the recent arrivals are:
surf Hoicl-Mr. and Mrs. W. II. BraceweIl' MIS-
Neil Stalker. Mrs. Lille 4. Oracy MISS i"tue ~
McGurk Miss Minnie Hayes. Mrs. buckley MISS
NJ Maher Miss r. NJ Phean. Nils Mary r. fiynh
Miss Margaret f. Flynn. Miss Lille 7. Enghsh
Miss Nav McDonough. j. J. Dwyer. j. NJ Shechan
Mrs Chappell. Miss J. ". Chappell Miss A. L.
Weaver u p Osborn. Mrs. +. q. l.. Henderson,
John ! Morgan J. r. Rourkc. Mrs. Julius Con
verse Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ID. Converse, MISS 1'uSenle
G. Lee Miss Belle Russell.
National IIotel-Mlss Alice Slater, MT ana MRS
T. DE Hart RriIen. Miss &. Il. BroOkfeld. Mr. ana
Mrs. Charles Il. Woodward Edmund r. Wood
ward. Miss Lucy -. Woodward. Lloyd SALISBURY
T.. NJ Butter g. W King. 5. H. Plumb, Herman
Bower Charles Ncisner, Alexander Levy. lie Ro
Potter, G. h. Landschultz. J. r. Sadler.