New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-04


WE'RE NEARLY EXHAUSTED.
MAYOR Van Wyck figured yesterday at Free
mort Long Island. in the role of life-saVer.
n the afternoon he rescued three young women
.,, drowning The Mayor was attired in
,stty lounging clothes al the time but did not
wait longer than was required TO throw off his
IN, and coat before jumoing into the canal 10
,ota ont the young women once his efforts
t,5 nlaced them safely on land the Mayor set
- work to revive the young women.
rrb. Navor is spending his vacation at Wood
80, Inn Freeuort About two hundred feet
from the inn there is canal This Is really an
~ n, sa The water in 1t is salt
.na tie tide rises and falls as In the bay
,r,,,,. is a place opposite the hotel used as a
to.n,,r Ground II is in two parts. One has
ato,,ov, water. where any one may bathe In
rorfact eafe.y. while just alongside there is
e., bol. which is used by tie stronger swim
,oers and by those VINO Ike 10 owe Iro' 'iie
hoard set for that purpose.
,fiss Jennie Lowndes daughter Of the Kew
,r,hrr Iowndcs an assistant minister of ST
rhotnas.s church. Manhattan; Miss Clara Iritz
of cincinnati. and Miss Eliza Heinsheimer also
~ Cincinnati were bathing in the canal Inc
vourg women are guests at the Woodciert' IL
wcs low tide at the time and had they kept IN
the usual bathing grounds they would have nae
M trouble Instead however. they VentuEec
- ,he diving pool and were soon beyond their
ae,.b Miss Lowndes was the only one or the
three who could swim at all. and she only a
little.
ctarhen Hunt. the boy employed to look out
f,r me bathers. saw the danger of the girls
first. and he lea ocd into the water to give
vDat all he could. lie was only boy and
could do little although he worked hard 70
keep the heads Of the young women above
water. Frank Reynolds. who was also close by
leaned in but he could DO little more than
Hunt although. like Hunt. he risked his life
In trying to save the young women VINO were
BY this time frenzied with fear.
At the hotel the cries Of the young women had
heeo heard The vcrandas were AZ the time
full Of guests resting during the heat. Among
these was Mayor Van Wyck. When the cries
for help came the crowd on the piazza with one
accord started for the pool Mayor Van Wyck
took in the situation. and did not wait to go
down the stems but leaped over the railing. lie
ran toward the pool by the shortest route, and
as he went ne discarded his hat end coat. With
out waiting for further preparation he leaped
into the water Unaided he succeeded IN get
ting all three y uns women 10 the shore and
then willing hands lifted them 10 the ground
Mss Pritz vas the last one TO be pulled out
by the Mayor. minutes delay would nave
been fatal 10 her. she was unconscious W.cn
Mr.. Van Wyck carried her on shore. Her com
panCns in danger were not much better OH.
Both We're semi conscious only, and all three
had swallowed large quantities of salt water
Mayor Van Wyck directed those WnO were
standing about and bewailing the accident 10
run 10 The kitchen Of the hotel and bring three
barrels In q couple Of minutes there were half
dozen barrels al hand. The Mayor placed
each ot the young women on barrel, ana
showed others how 10 rOii them, and then went
.n y, observrs The yb sueSssa wSen at
Miss IoWndes and Miss HensheimeT were re-
vved in d short time. and meanwhile DR.. Ham
mOpd arrived. He took charge Of the further
work OF restoration.
Miss PrtZ for some time thought 10 be
in hopeless state. but later revived. She is
still seriously III. although she Will probably
recover. Her companions are also confined 10
their beds but are suffering only from shock.
Young Hunt says he had a narrow escape.
He says that Miss Lowndes the first one
to get into deep water. She was swimming. and
becoming tired after she had gone beyond her
depth tried 10 get on her feet and rest When
she found she could not touch bottom she be-
came frightened ana called to her companions,
who forgetting that they could not swim. went
To aid her and before they realized il We're out
of their depth II was then that Hunt leaped
into the water. lie approached them recklessly.
thinking to drag them the few feet they We're
from shoal water at the time. hut as he got
near. one Of them grabbed him about the body
and then he ard she went down As they came
Up the girl released her hold, and he freed him.
self.
The Mayor last evening the hero Of the
village and the summer colony