The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
GREAT STORM ON PAPER.
TYPE RAN MOUNTAIN HT9H AND
NAN TURNED YELLOW.

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Tsupest ana Famine ana Rescue sranunao-
turcd Near New aochene TOR Consumption
In This City-Cnmpers mere whe were
neither Starved, Nor Terrtnea. Her saved.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, July 2s.-The seven
Mount Vernon campers on HuckleborTy Island,
regarding whom there was much anxiety last
night, and also nine campers from Harlem, who
wero on the same island, were found this
morning not TO have been harmed or even seri-
ously Inconvenience by the heavy storm that
had cut them or for two days from communica-
ton with the mainland.
Aftor last nights heavy rain the day broke
this morning on q CLASSY seq. Long, scarcely
perceptiblo swells woro the only reminders OF
yesterdays terrific storm. Tho most fragile
and unstable canoe was in no danger Of mishap
In making tho short journey from mainland to
the island. Those who went to Huckleborry
found two sets OF campers on tho island. One
was tho party about which ex.Judge William
T. Bard Of Mount Vernon was SO worried yes
terday when he looked through marine glasses
and thought he saw waves scventy-ivo feet
high breaking over tho island. His son was in
tho party. The Judges estimates Of the waves
and mud and things scared everybody In
Mount Vernon who was related to any Of the
campers
The young people, besides young Bard, were
John Nosbitt, Ezra Do Forrest and his sister,
Lillian; Edward Cornell and his sister, Blanche;
Christian Morgan, and Charles TONES.
Charles Bard had this to say of the solicitude
OF those on shore:
about tho time Pop was dancing all over
Davids Island with o spyglass, we were hav.
ing a pokor gamo; It was a beaut; 90 cents In
the pot. No, tho girls didn't play; they just
| sewed and talked about tho hands. Pop wae
inst tan timoa TIM hiph m the wayeS. They
finest storm to look at ! eyer rev.. especially
"wehaven't boon in any trouble except with the
toe, fewness Of provisions on "Wednesday night
wanted to r roscSs US dead eF alive storm d
i%I on Tas:day but When they had to stay
Bard was much Interested when told that an
evening newspaper was being sold to an en-.
HRoscuod from Island BY the " hooperup
fsSS TSsIr P ;sSHna p Ssingplpeg g. q PYs% seK.1 THaS1
Faced Them. When Help cs%e@Wayea RSn
Ma, Mean. s1 oa q sh Rope St5i to g sh s5f fa ra1tI %S'F' saved 0'
why, say" said Bard. while the other FIVE
hon l ,SlpsS IN to help sa a1m t Sst s TnsS Ra ms i eSme a.
asked II we wanted to go ashore or anything
Pretty soon along came another in o launch
1t was still calm-lko glass. Tents were all
w, he'd been all along. Boats were all right
all three Of 'em
"'Want to 60 ashore, anybody he said. 1--WE
told him that we wero Just making ready to
take the girls ashore In q .rowboat. He said to
let them 60 ashore with him. We said some
Of us were going after provisions and wanted
to get back. He said he would bring us bach
Il We said SO. Tho girls were crszy, for a Launch
ride, 30 Nesbitt rowed them and Morgan TO the
launch and they all went ashore. We told EN-
then that there was some funny game In 1t oil
When they see the evening papers and find out
how they were rescued the, win wish they
back with Nesbitt and wanted the rest of u,
to take a ride. I suppose the reporter wanted
70 say he he'd risked his busy life on us. too
The other folks on the island were the Doug
las family of 800 West 145th street, Mrs.
Richard Smith. Arthur Smith, z months old
and Benjamin Bracket, all Of 5os West l27tt
street. The Douglases said that they had
camped on the island for nine successive year.
and this was their worst storm yet. but II hadn'
bothered them enough to keep them indoors
They reported that the Smith baby had gained
wrecked weeeRs e on the soul Soss;ih SIDE d sf the island nHT on SUN
day night. The campers fed the crew, none o.
whom was injured, and took them ashore.
Both parties win remain on the island an
other week.