The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-28
LIFE SAVING IN ECHO BAY.
W. e. IsELIN IND HIS SONS ROW OUT
TO 4 STRANDED YACHT

Vachtsmnn Had swum Ashore with Hiu Mother
and Hia Baby Had Gono Overheard and
Becn Picked Up by n sniior-The Iselins
Get the Baby and tho Ynchtsmau'a win.
furious storm from the northeast broke over
Echo Bay on the Sound about $3.50 o'clock last
night and played havoc with the many yachts
anchored in that harbor. All had to got their
extra anchors out to keep them from being
swept up on shore and rocks. Among the
pleasure craft was the 45-foot schooner
Gaetina, owned by A. r. and 4. A. Williams OF
Passaic, \. J. The Williams brothers havo been
cruising all summer at points along the Sound.
around Oyster Bay, and have made Echo Bay .
sort Of headquarters. On board the schooner
last night when tho storm broke, besides the
brothers, were Mrs. A. T.. Williams and hor
year.old baby, Edmund Sinclair Williams, and
Mrs. Williams, ST.. mother OF the brothers.
a cook and a young man. friend Of the yacht
owners. Two anchors were out. Ono OF these
was n very heavy anchor, attached to a twoinch
chain. The sea was so rough that this chain
parted, and, the small anchor being insufficient
to hold the schooner, she drifted toward a reef.
The yacht Eurybia, owned by Charles Pryor.
which happened to be near by, was riding safely
In the gale. and Jack Anderson. a sailor, seeing
the Gaetina's danger, cut loose the small boat
Of the Eurybia, and started after the Gaetina.
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tho way. and they rowcd alongside tho Gaetina,
Just as she was nearing Potter's Beach, and Of
fered to take the party aboard tho rowboat.
The rowboat was being tossed about like .
cockleshell on the high sea, but Mr.. Williams
thought his mother and wife would be safer in
it than In the big schooner, and he helped them
into the boat. Just as his mother and his baby
got in the small boat the schooncr's stern was
swept up on tho rocks. and her bow swung
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out of the way. 1t struck the small boat, cap
sizing II. and the shock knocked the baby out of
Mrs. Williams's arms.
Both sailors swan toward the child. while Mr..
A. L. Williams plunged overheard and grabbed
his mother. 1t was dark as pitch. but Mr.. Will
lians saw the lights twinkling on shore, and as
it seemed to be near, no started to swim there
with his mother. Mr.. Z. A. Williams threw a
life preserver to one of the sailors. 1t was a long,
hard swim to the shore that Mr.. Williams had.
burdened as he was with his mother; but he
landed her on the beach at Davenport's Neck.
The house OF Mr.. William f. Iselin is near the
point where they landed. and Mr.. Iselin was
out on the shore TO see what damage the storm
had done. He. with his we sons. carried Mrs.
Williams into their house, while Mr.. Williams
followed them; Mrs. Williams was Immediately
put to bed. and stimulants were administered.
brother. Adrian isselin. Jr.. which is half a mile
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the mishap to the Gaetina. and asking him TO
see II he could not do something to rescue the
he got a. yawi and they rowed out
outlines Of the schooner on the rocks.
they got there they found that the baby had
been saved by the sailormen and taken aboard
the schooner again. They boarded the schooner
and secured her with the anchors which they
brought out. Then they took Mrs. A. E. VIII.
lisms aboard the yawl with the baby and rowed
ashore. Mr.. Williams was awaiting them. ana
he helped take his wife. who was almost hysteri-
cal. up to the clubhouse OF the New Rochelle
Yacht Club, where they found accommodations
Mrs. Williams. the mother WAS reported as
having recovered late last night, and her son
thought she would be all right to-day. Mr.:
Iselin would not hear of her being removed
from his house. He also kept his house open
during the night for any other stranded yachts
men who might be caught in the storm.
The sailors who rescued the baby prevented
two other boats from going on the rock. These
were the sloop Nellie and a naphtha launch.
The waves broke over the high sea wall OF Mr.;
G. Oliver Iselin's house on emf Point, and
ran high up on the shore.
Mr.. A. f. Williams is vice-President Of the
Richardson & Morgan Furnace Company, who
have an office at 90 Beekman street, this city.