Evening journal., 1899-08-10
OCEAN CITY TRAGEDY.
Exciting Scenes on Jhe Beach
There Yesterday.
SEVERAL THRILLING REsoUEs


CHARLES r. BLISS. OF WA .sH-
INGToN. OTHERS BECAME Ex-
HAUsTED AND WE'RE RESCUED
WITH DIFFICULTY.
Ocean City, Nd, Aug. 10.-At 1880
o'clock yesterday Charles r. Bliss,
cashier Of the New England Mutual
Life Insurance Company. OF Washing
ton, d. c., was drowned while bathing
in the surf at Ocean City. He. with
several others. was swimming out be-
yond the breakers. Mr.. Bliss was
caught in an eddy and carried out
still farther Several persons swan to-
ward him. but the current was so
strong they conld do nothing to help
him. and he was drowned
Mr.. Bell, Of the life-saving crew,
heard Mr.. Bliss cry for help md ran
to the station to get out a boa L While
the life-saving men were maxi az ready
several other bathers who wer beyond
their depth became exhausted. and be-
gan to cry for help. Among these were
Misses Bessie Hunting and Alice Hunt
ing and Miss Geeting OF Baltimore.
and DR.. w. NJ. Newell, OF Washington.
At this juncture Sidney Wilson, OF
Snow Hill, youth of Is years, boldly
rushed out into the breakers. swan
10 Miss Bessie Hunting and succeeded
heroically in bringing her ashore.
Young Wilson's efforts and cries at
tracted the attention OF the crowd to
Miss Alice Hunting, and Rev. Francis
Y. Nichols. OF Princeton. plunged to
her rescue. He caught at her as she
was going down the last time. but
missed her. He then dived and held
her up until Mr.. CAN'T. OF Baltimore.
and Mr.. Strauss went to his assist
ance. They all three managed to get
ashore with the young woman. It took
some time to resuscitate Miss Alice
Hunting. The Misses Hunting were
rescued in front OF Mount Pleasant
cottage.
In the meantime Dr. w. M. Newell
had become exhausted about 100 yards
below. in front OF the life-saving sta
tion, near where young Bliss had gone
down. Raleigh Deshfelds. son of Ma
jor Deshields. Of the Atlantic Hotel.
swan 10 DR.. Newell. and though mere
ly a boy held him up till young Sid
Wilson went to help him. and they
both brought the doctor safely ashore
with the assistance OF the lifeboat,
which had just been launched Raj
eigh DeShields also pulled Miss Geet-
ing out Of the surf almost exhausted.
The lifeboat started to look for the
body Of Charles r. Bliss, but as the
crew were passing the first breaker
Bob Purnell. OF Ocean City, and
Charles Gantz. OF Baltimore. saw the
body, and, plunging from the boat
brought II to the surface. The body
had been in the water about an hour,
and all efforts at resuscitation by four
doctors present proved in vain. Il was
taken to one OF the rooms OF the life
saving station, where it was embalmed
by Undertaken J. e. Wise, of Berlin.
The family has been notified
Mr.. Bliss was 27 years old. a gradu-
ate OF the Washington High School,
an honored and trusted business man,
and mach thought Of in Washington
He lived on East Capitol street with
his two sisters.
Too much praise cannot be given the
young men, Raleigh DeShields and Sid
Wilson. for their heroism. In helping
Dr. Newell. De Shields, who is we'll
known in Washington, had his shoul-
der and neck badly scratched by the
doctor in his desperate clutches, yeti
he managed to keep clear and hold him
up till Wilson arrived Nichols, CAN'T,
land Strauss are also highly compli-
,mented for their brave work.