New-York tribune., 1895-07-28
RESCUED JUST ~ TIME.
SENATOR BRADLEY AND FIVE OTHERS
NEARLY DROW' AT AsBURY PARK.
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rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBrSr
Asbury Park y j. July . one OF n" most *
citing resoues from drowning ever witnessed He''
occurred about o'clock this afternoon on the b'ach
n the Sunset-aVe bathing groun1s ~ halt- iozen
exhausted men were hauled by ropes out - the rag
ing surf DIP the twenty foot oulwsrks ore o' 'hrh
was Senator James A. Brafley, better known a.
the founder Of Asbury Park. Never before Al 'h's
resort has there been such excit@men, on IN" peac"
AZ prevailed while the efforts were being made to
&c, the imperilled ba'hers to shore. The breaker
had been running high all the afternoon ana AZ we
Sunset grounds there ~as a strohS uh"r'Vu'' VI.
that rar 10 the north by the ropes ana "AS"fi
against the high wall erected 10 Keep BACK 's STA
DR. J. D. Var Saun who lives al NO - Met'ei-st'
Jersey CITY; Isaac Van saun. his son. ana r. D'
Van ssuu hts nephew. all OF whom are occupying
cottage here were caueh. In this current an"
swept into deep water and into the SUR whlch was
breaking against the bulwarks To lana was I'M
possible FOR IN m and 10 keep ahoa IN those oreah
crs long was ike Siss Impossible. Isaac shoW"o LOT
hep The father and cousin swan to his sac ana
he'd hin, up until Ray Whee.er Tucker. footoa'i
player. reached them
II was soor svder; to the throng that had col
lec;sd by this time tho shore that a. ioHI M"
were in the power OF the The crowd. twenty
five feet above the pank promenade s'""i
hrea,h,ess and for som minutes no on" soem'd
10 know what 10 DO Suddenly Samu" FranKen-
helm OF No 5N Lexingtor-ave. New-York pow
erful man. sprsng into the surf seizei isaac "a"
Saun and held his had above water.
Senator Bradley then came on the scene" ie
threw OF his coat. down the stairs into IN"
breakers and held out his coat for some OF the
drowning men 70 cn ~. One OF them almost caugh
IL as he was swept past the blanks by huge sea
bu, that same sea caught the Senator and IN an IN
ant he too struggling for his life II looked
as IL he with the Of the men. must be Dashed 10
death against the perpendicular plarkinS Women
tainted and horror seized the thronS but the me-
savers from the Sunset grounds came OUT Al thlS
iuncture with their reels and ropes. Inc rop" was
cut INTO pieces and thrown TO the siruESinS men.
After ten minutes a loop was got around ,aac an
Saun by Samuel Frankenheim and he was drawn mp
safely. ~.
the same fashion Senator Bradley had marc
time 10 get hold OF he rope Finally he caught ii
90 he was pulled up III. twenty-five feet by his
wrist 80. . -
Isaac Van Saun. who Jared by far the worst. was
carried into n ba thing -house He was apparently
dead number Of physicians worked over nm Tor
a full hour before he exhibited any signs OF return
ing Iife He Is we'll az could be expected TO-
niehf and will recover. Senator Bradle, vas con
sderabIy bruised This evening the whole town
a "a ,hrown into excitement by a rI.nor that the
''Eounder' was dead. But he is all right lie says
he only had his Saturday evening bath IL preIara-
ZION for Sunday" He has had strong ropes nung
along the dangerous place where N" accident oc-
Tsaoc Van saun .r a brave swimmer. II" had
heen warned to keep ava" from IN" water ana thr
s.rong currents where he nearly lost his life