The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-17
HELD ON TO THE BABY
LITTLE MISS PUFFETT STEPPED
INToTHE SEA
Mistaking the Sea for O Boat-Mrs.
Baker Jumped in-There Then
Was a Din

AVALON, Catalina Island, Sept TO-
There was all kinds of excitement here yes
terday afternoon. Two women and baby
were the cause of Il all. A nurse girl by he
name of Edith Puffett was taking Mrs.
Stanley GREEN'S a-half-old baby
out for little airing and she was Jcdned
by friend, Mrs. l.. G. Baker, who sug-
gested that they take boat ride. Mrs.
Baker sen: her son, boy of about IL or
IA years, after boat. When the boat came
UP to the boat house fioat Mss PuHett
started to step into the boat and not being
used to the performance stepped on the
side with the result that she and the baby
were precipitated into the water. For the
next few seconds the air was filled with
womeng cries and mems shouts. Then
Mrs. Baker, to ease the situation, jumped
In after Mss Puffett and as she could not
swim soon sank also. Miss Puffett was
Just gcdng down for the third, time when
w. A. Bloesser, who was swimming some
distance away when the affair started,
reached the nurse and dragged her TO the
surface. In the meantime Harry Wilson,
bartender al the Metropole, who had come
on the scene and had been trying to reach
Mrs. Baker by holding onto the ladder with
one hand ard reaching for her with the
let go his hold and went dnto the water.
clothes and all. Nevertheless he got the
woman and soon all four people were on
the float none the worse for their duck.ng.
The nurse was somewhat hys'tercal from
the fright but was heard to say as she left
the float: IT would not have cared for my
self; they might just as well have left me
down there just SO they saved the baby"
All the time that SHE was IN the water she
never let go of the baby. This morning all
of the principals Of the exciting episode
were seen and were none the worse for their
wettng.
The fishing parson. Rev. John Gray, was
out yesterday and had a good catch Of
three yellow;ail eight sculpn. one Sleeps
head, five white fish, fourteen rock bass
and one horn shark. George Cornell was
boatman.
Cardinal Tom Manning had rather ex-
citing time for short while yesterday
afternoon. In company With +. V. Rider
and with Alec Adirgo as boa imam. he was
fishing up by Seal rock for yellowtail and
had a strike Of wha: he al first took to- be
an enormous yellowta.l. After short fight
the catch was brought to the top of the
water and II proved to be a ground sha rk
about five and half feet long. For twenty
minutes the fight went on and at las, the
shark was brought TO the gaff. Mr.. Rider
has played many fish and seen NUMBERS
Of them gated but this was the first time
that he had ever welded the gaff himself
and the result was that he came very near
taking an Involuntary bath. for the shark
did not stop fighting when he was gated
and struggled so hard that he came very
near making good his escape and taking
Mr.. Rider with him. The big fish was al
last pulled into the boat and killed. VIVA.
makes he catch more remnr kable is that
the shark was caught on an ordinary yell
lowtaI rig and hook. The cardinals arms
ached las: night almost as much as # he
had been playing goT.
Frank Hutchlns, b. Groll and Kay
Thomas were out after goats yesterday
and after tramping over what seemed &c
them 20 be two-thirds of the island returned
home with one of the fieet-footedl climbers.
The launch Sunbeam took party down
to the isthuus yesterday on picnic and
Smelling expedition. Those who enjoyed
the trip were Mrs. A. Richards. Miss NJ.
Roberts, Miss S. e. Hughes, Miss w.
Llewellyn, Mss,H. James, Miss Harry, Miss
+. POLAND, Miss L. POLAND, Mrs. o. B. Full
Ter, Mrs. S. II. Ellis and Reeve James.
Personals
Mrs. ]. C. Carpenter Is camping IN tent
town.
Mrs. E. p Gaylord is a recent arrival in
Camp Swanfeldt
N V. Rea of Pa sadena came over yes
terday for a short stay.
c. Cullen Of San Francisco res stored at
the Metropole yesterday.
H. o. Morrison of Los Anges[ isAv1ter-
tanning his brother, J. f. Morlsou Of Pres
colt, ARR, AT the Metropole.
]. M. Carter and wife of Los Angeles
came over yesterday.
j. A. Lamb and wife of San Bernardino
are at the Metropole.
Emmory p. Shonnon of Ellerton, Ga, is
at the Metropole for a short stay.
Lewis w. Haskell Of Abbeville, s. c., is
q recent arrival at the Metropolis.
Mrs. S. c. Arnold and Mss Wrigh. Of
Pasadena, after a short stay on the island
returned home today.
F. Fishbeck of Pasadena has closed The
branch store that he opened here this sum-
mer.
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