The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14
DREW HER R RIVER
PROF. WEsToN,s LAUNCH JUST IN
TIME TO SAVE A WOMAN.

slipped on the Bottom or Their Overturned
Boat and All HAD sunk-The woman's
Clothing Caught with q Boat Hook.
Arcule II. Guilmette, a stenographer em-
ployed in the uptown office Of Moore & Schley,
bankers, and his cousin, W. Morton Smith, the
financial editor Of the Mail and Express, were
drowned in the Hudson of Fort Ice yesterday
afternoon by the capsizing Of a catboat in which
they were sailing.
Miss Alvina Guilmette, % years old. q sister
Of Arculc, was with her brother and cousin at the
time tho boat capsiEed. but was rescued by a
party on board the naphtha launch, Lorna
Doone, owned by Prof. Edward Weston, tho
electrician and inventor, who lives in Newark.
Tho Guilmettes and their cousin, Mr.. Smith,
lived together at Watkins Park. half q mile be-
low Fort Lee. They loft the house at 2 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon and walked TO tho shore at
Buena Vista. wherc they hired an oightcen.foot
cntboat at Carlock's boathouse.
After an hours sail, when about midstream, the
boat was struck by n squall and was capsizcd.
Tho three occupants chung to the upturned boat,
Guilmette helping his sister with ono arm.
Smith waved his hat to attract attention and
shouted for help. Finally they managed to
climb on the bottom of the boat. Prot. Weston's
launch was 900 yards away.
The party on the launch consisted Of Prof.
Wal. "Ootohs thVi " ~" oiu Il .. "ho
is a young man, two young women, Miss Grace
Flood Of Orange, N. j., and Miss Nutting OF Buf.
falo, and the sailing master. Capt. Murck.
The Lorna Doone Is n ~ifty-foot boat. The
party aboard Of her were preparing to take din
ner when Miss Flood called attention to the up
turned boat, exclaiming:
Look there! Is that a man in the water sig.
Mailing for helpf'
With the aid of glasses Prof. Weston was able
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going up the river at the time. Prof. Weston
gave orders to hurry to the rescue. Before the
Doone reached the upturned boat those aboard
her saw the three persons slip from the boats
bottom into the water.
One Of the men sank out Of sight at once. The
other made a struggle to keep afioat. When
within a few seconds Of being rescued he also
sank and was not seen again.
The woman's clothing kept her aioat for a
short time after the man had disappeared.
Nevertheless she was sinking for the last time
when the naphtha launch reached her.
Young Edward Weston plunged a boathook
into the water where the woman had disap-
pesred. He managed to get hold OF her skirts
with II. and. with the aid OF Capt. Murck and
Prot. Weston, she was drawn to the surface.
The three women on board the Doone helped to
drag her aboard.
They rolled her over the deck. administered
whiskey, and in other ways strove to resuscitate
search for the two men who had disappeared.
Whom Miss Guilmette regained consciousness
she wanted to die.
II Arsule e drowned, she exclaimed. throw
Capt. Murck. suieted her by, telling her, that
T Fer or1 %sSn s aii b SSss p pr Tseo Se ~ an tSe Sodi eoa Of
the two men had been despaired OF. the Doone
made for the wharf at Buena Vista.
pThara n parrfana VIVA summnnad- and MfRq
aSil bosne Sseon 1aasn T. her Se hom Sei q Rsaay M tFe%
The rescuins party abandoned their pleasure
trip and returned 70 tho Atlantic Yacht Clubs
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guests were all feeling Jolly, and the Doone was
the SptpraSd boat We were near the
G 9sas I SaGF my p sissssa f I aisod Gssi a the me three ti%s;
persons sitting on the upturned boat. Tho men
were were S wsSinF q Their 1sIn h sbsn to ,a attract rSn a st tSI, snssd l
Then we saw the wrecked boat lunge to one side
and the three persons on it slip into the water. q,
wo were eed going g would reach them Within a
couple OF minutes. The women folks. aboard
When " got within nfty feet OF where the &C.
cident had occurred we saw a person rise In tho
"aHaif a minute later at our bow We saw
another body apparen; going doWn for tho
boat hook and when we hauled the body out Of
the water we found 1t was that OF a woman.
,o mTC x all appearances oTsI Ss, she he g wa dead lead T M%r women as5
myself until we had revived her. In the mean
time we were also searching for the other two
THE young woman was finally able to tell us
her name. She kept calling for her brother.
woman taken to her home and cared for.
Then we went back, and searched, for the
bodies of the two men who had been drowned.
Not finding any trace Of them. we picked up tho
overturned catboat and towed her to the Jersey
Timetables in our party were SO much shocked
by the affair that we had to give up our pleasure
trip and return here ere, There h ., Was %snns so much ex'
When Miss Guilmette was seen at her home
in Watkins Park last night she had partially
reco vered from the shock from which she had
"Mr. Smith was sailing tho boat" she said.
into the water. My brother helped me to keep
my head above water. but neither he nor Mr..
Smith could swim. so we all three chung to the
Then they helped me to climb on top q it,
e on and nd' Shouting a,SH sS' for %% h hs Spa " We s1 we ers' Sa ACHING
the launch coming to our rescue when another
gust Of wind came, and It seemed as If the up'
MY skirt kept me afoat for a minute or two
and my brother padded close 70 me and tried TO
fell into the water with us. He seemed to have
gone down at once. ! heard my brother try 10
say something and 1t seemed as II we drifted
"ThenI felt myself sinking. and ! struggled.
ladies bending over me and talking to me. l
don't know who they were. but I saw II all in a
minute, and my brother-oh, my poor brother
was lost |"
Several of the neighbors quieted tho young
woman by telling her that her brother might
have been rescued by a. passing steamer. She
did not know positively last night that he had
been drowned.
The Guilmettes came to this city from Ne
braska about two months ago and went TO live
at l2e Lexington avenue. They hired the house
in Watkins Park with tho intention of making
it their summer home.
In the mean time they closed up their LexinR'
ton avenue house, and their cousins, two young
men named Smith, went TO board with them at
their summer home. Arcule Guilmette was "a
years old, Smith was 80 years old.
PASSED OUT n hike TO THE COPS.
A burglar Arrested While RobbinE . HEY cls
Store.
Policemen Coyle and Wiegold Of the Elizabeth
attract nalica ntntinn uhlla nnL ON aNciaa duty