The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-15
THEIR CARRIAGE IN QUICK SAND.
Two Women Imprisoned in Front of
an Advancing Line of Surf
From she San Francisco Examiner.

Two Women Imprisoned in Front of
an Advancing Line of Surf
From the San Francisco Examiner.
A near approach to death in the quick
sands of the ocean beach was experienced
by two young women while out driving not
long ago, and the rescue that was
affected, with not moment to spare,
brought third life into the peril. Capt.
Paul Busch OF the Ocean house was the de-
liverer, but the most that is known OF the
women is that they were about 30 years of
age, well dressed, and that at the time of
this adventure they we're in possession Of a
brown horse and black open buggy.
People acquainted with the shore as il
stretches from the Cliff house southwark
would have kept away from the edge OF the
water at the time in question. Every ex-
tremely low tide uncovers treacherous and
varying beds Of auckland. At the middle
of Friday afternoon the water was close to
the lowest mark of the year, and so travel
along the outer portion Of the beach was
especially hazardous. The two women we're
totally ignorant Of any such danger, how
ever.
Early in the afternoon the women drove
through Golden Gate park. Then they went
TO the Cliff house, and after watching the
sea from there for half an hour they started
on q trip along the shore. That was at 3
o'clock. They intended to proceed but q
short distance and to then return to the CITY
by way OF the park. The wheels rolled
easily aud noiselessly on the hardened sand
az the horse trotted on. The occupants OF
the buggy were delighted, and, becoming
holder, they drove down TO where the shall
low broken sheets Of water and foam kept
striving for bold upon the shore.
Suddenly, before the drivers perceived the
beg inning of any change the shore seemed
to be sinking.
The big brown horse was frautically
struggling to get out Of the sand that
reached almost to his knees. and which was
slowly but gradually climbing All his
strong andeavors were vain, though, against
the suction, and In a moment, as his whole
! frame shook aud convulsed In an upward,
onward impulse, he fell on his side and be-
came more helpless, but he fell toward land.
The wagon had at this time gone down so
far that the tide. just in the beginning OF
the food, washed over the hubs. Terrified
were the women, but leap from the vehi-
Gle would have only increased the danger.
To scream for help was the only hope, but
the shouts were lost in the laundering surf
The place where the disaster befell the
team is about half a mile from the Ocean
house, in the direction Of the cliffs. OF that
point bark was wrecked some years ago,
and huge timbers washed ashore disap-
| So S<ANSseI
now doing.
Capt. Busch chanoed to look along the
shore while the sinking sand was tightening
It's clasp upon the Victims He saw the black
object out where the rollers we're
sweeping and thought It was a small
boat that had been thrown on the
shore. His Two driving horses were
standing in harness at the Ocean house,
and in an instant he had them galloping up
| the shore. The speed OF the horses was only
inc eased when the captain saw the dark
object wss buggy. for he knew the quick
sand and understood the value of seconds
where such peril was augmented by the
| surf. And he only made that haf-mile dash
on time, for the rising water and the falling
shore had nearly gained the victory. Horse,
| wagon, women and all were gradually
| sliding out into the sea. Every motion was
stronger than the preceding one, aud the
| growing force would quickly have rendered
the rescue impossible. The sliding tendency
| of the Quicksand Is well known, and Capt.
Henry Smith Of the Golden Gate life saving
station declares it to be the most dangerous
| fea ture, as it hurries the victim out into
| the water aud SO lessons the chance of as.
| sistance.
The story OF the rescue Is told by Capt.
Busch himself, and corroborated by others
who fastened TO the scene before the work
was over.
when got there" said Capt. Busch.
"the waves were breaking over into the
box Of the buggy. l have been on the
sea good many years, and the rest of
| my life on the shore, and / knew that
there wasn't any time to lose. | knew,
also. that the solid sand must reach pretty
nearly to the buggy. And so l concluded
to rush right up and get the women out, ii
possible, knowing that IL / couldn't keen
a substantial footing l could save myself
| by swimming. I felt the quicksand as
1 stepped forward in the water close to
| the buggy, so didn't advance the other
foot, but reaching over as far as could, |
told one of the women to jump out into my
arms. She did 80, and l got her to shore
all right. Then took the other In the same
way.
both Of them were drenched with water
but they didn't seem to care about that
when they got on to dry land. got in the
water up to my neck myself.
"The buggy and the helpless horse were
all the time settling out to sea, little
by little, and l didn't think | could
fetch either of them back, for
the horse was pretty we'll down, aud
it wouldn't have been long bsfore he would
have drowned. So took q hay rope that /
had and tied IL between the buggy shafts
and my own wagon. Then, with a hold of
the rope, got over and cut the harness,
and when freed the horse managed to get
| on his feet
FINALLY he succeeded in breaking out Of
the sand-for horse can do q thing OF that
sort when loose that would be impossible if
he were harnessed TO wagon-and my
horses pulled the buggy out. So the whole
outfit was saved after all. -