The sun., 1894-10-15
RESCUED FROM THE MAST.
WAITER BoorH HoLDs oUT TILL
THE BIILEY BoIS 4RRIpE.
Hi. Three Co-psrie.s on = Fishins Tr,p
Dre~.sd-C-uxht In = Fisres North.
wester, They Tried TO Reu-s Norto-'s
Point wher the Rest west Down.

Drow.ed-Cs.ght In = FIeres Nerth.
we.ter, They Tried TO Reu-s Nortos's
Point. wker the Be.t west Down.
Three young men who started from their
| homes In West New brighton, staten Island.
| yesterday morning for days fishing excursion
were drowned in the afternoon Oft Norton's
! Point. while a fourth, their companion. was
rescued from the throat haly ards OF their sunk
en- boat by two lighthouse tenders at the peril OF
| their lives IN what the COney Island beach
combers say was a forty -ftyc mile gale. The
| rescued man was unconscious. but wss revived
| after several hours work, though he remained
| for long time too much dazed to know with
| certainty his comrades fate. In his moaning he
kept repeating the name OF one of them.
1t was about : o'clock in the morning that
| Walter Booth, aged "a, a carpenter Of 10 Roe
| street, West New Brighton. who owns the 22-
| foot catboat Jump In, started, with Frank Me-
| lntyre, u driver: James Ford, laborer, and
| Frank Britton, driver. all OF West New Brigh-
| ton, for days fishing for backfsh OF the Nav
esihk beacon. They went down the bay slowly,
| stopping at Bath Beach on the way.
Before noon the wind freshened considerably
and the water becoming pretty rough in the
neighborhood OF Sandy Hook. the fishers de-
| cided TO start for home. Before they had made
many miles there was half . gale on. blowing
| from the northwest, and with that and strong
| ebb tide against them their craft could not
| make headway and was carried toward the
| Concy Island shore. Seeing their prcdicament
| the young men decided TO make for shelter in
Gravesend Bay. and they were endeavoring 70
| do this when, about l 30 o'clock. residents Of
| the Coney peninsula first noticed them.
| Daniel W. Bailey. who keeps n summer pa
| vilion and bathing house. and J. b. Mcpherson.
| who keeps the oldest hotel on Nortons Point,
| about half way from West Brighton 10 the Nor
| toms Point lighthouse, were the first TO give
| their attention to the distressed boat. She la
bored heavily in the high sea which was rum
| ming and seemed u be carrying too much sail
| for her sizc and the wind. She under
reef and in the gusts which every now and then
| gave her an extra lurch she frequently came
| pretty near getting broadside on to the waves.
! Finally when she was within mile or half
mile Of the shore and and was hopefully nearing s the
of until the Point should be rounded. either be-
cause OF treacherous gust or because the crew
decided TO gbe rather than lose the time to come
! about, her canvas swung terrihcally around. and
| the boat vent over.
! Mr.. Mcpherson says she turned completely
| over and righted for u moment in the rolling OF
the waves and then sunk. her mast and the
water He fired two shots 10 arouse the beach.
| hut Daniel Bailey had already seen 'he acci.
set about LAUNCHING a nat-bcttomed boat which
| they call surf boat on toney Island. 80
two pairs OF cars the Bailey boys. as they are
tamiliarly csilcd-tLey are l.ss than 30 years
sion to save life at the peril OF their own.
Not much could he seen about the sunken
r wsn sps6 IN The rSSSr ~ Of ihs boat
parvntly waving their arms Arms and cheered bis
sons as tey et on o a N auat s aish Of q w, sssry
and every few miputes ore Of the rowers was
oSSsd q a.; i!pF F.a sna pa iEs 5sr out aiming
sna E.t bt the
Z inn zach "A ma n
row nearly two miles nrst out and then up ow-
ink To the sea. 20 reach tie boat. which was less
While they were still rowing an unknown
yawl from Csnarsie. with single occupant,
osins @ % to the hsh wind f and his having no one one
TO leave at the helm. he could not get TO them.
three fn men t cnsns % he ms mast % and gan ., the
catbnat. Then the steam tug Two Brothers,
the Health Department. which was the only ves-
! sci within hailing distance when Mcpherson
( fired his guns, came in As close Ia the wreck as
it dared, and Capt. Clark threw line to the
! men. .
Tho tied il tote masthead. and the pitching
OF fhe two boats quic KY narted H. mother line
could NOT hold on, and went down. He was not
seen again. Then another disappeared. and
there remained only one, e~tangled in the<hroat
The bailey boys were row near enough to see
all, The Two BROTHERS Was carried 10 leeward,
and il put out boat but the single man in il
could not make head against the sea. and he was
taken back aboard. Then the tug went on.
When the Baileys reached the remaining man
one OF them went 10 the stern OF their skin and
rid to drag him IT,. but could not do so. The
man uncOnsclou- aud had a death grip On
the sheets. In the tossing Of the skin an oar w.s
LOST:
in the stern ter II the sklii. and then the father.
VINO was wa,ch hing On shore. gave them up for
swamped But il was not, and together they
dragged the UNCONSCIOUS man into their boat
The puli.in while dangerous. vas short, and
IL half an hour the D rescue boat was hsac he'd. cd
surf and tried unsuccessfully 20 pour down the
unconscious mans throat some whiskey which
ad as tns and Pe
ply sician. and Others had faced the cutting
anne sd Of Pon Sih aRd and
ready % work for the half-drowned mans res
DT j. E. Ward OF Coney Island was in attend
snce in the absence Of the regular ambulance
surgeon, and after a time he revived the man 50
Booth. then he gave the names OF his comPan-
ions and reaPsed into stupor,
The Doctor tried 10 give him whiskey, but he
pushed the bottle away. mntterinE something
Pressed 10 take il, he aroused him msslf enough TO
say that he did not drink II when WELL and did
Later he was induced to take a hot ,Prerara-
tiOn with whiskey in IL ard then he told where
he and his com panions came nom, the name OF
hts boat Ald all that is known q their story,
up. lie had been lying partly under the small
forward deck OF the boat. and Booth seemed TO
think he han oeen caught IN lhsFe. inle IN .
stupor Booth had mOAned Poor Ford the
bystanders said.
He himself. BTittnn, and Mcintyre, Booth said,
climbed Ia the masthead as the vessel sank. and
there they clung as long A. they could in the cold.
What became OF BTitIon he does not 20
know, but Mcintyre WAS the only one who
caught the rope from the Two Brothers, lost IL,
aud was swept away. Booth had a kaigh's ~
Labor ticket in his pocket aud wore a NOlun ter
FiTemen's badge.
Il may be thst15OOth will be able To tell M re
Of his experiences to-day, but what with the
shock and the medicinal apple atiOns yesterday
lie WAS in half dazed condition. He was sent
in an ambulance To the Coney Island Police
Headquarters. where IL Was expected he would
SPEND the night
Ills brother John visited him there. John
hs,th sAia iast hkht NJ ,hst ~ hai Vssa yI So
had come up safe about = half hour tgfore his
brother's boat met with the accident.
! The drowned mems ages, Eonth said, ranged
from 20 TO IS years. John and Daniel w. bailey,
JF. are eI-pOlicemen OF the JOkU Y Mckane
regime on Coney Island. and are nos employ I'd