Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-09

'.l- condition Of Mrs. Herbert Dunn
ing .hg only injured one remaining AZ
thr Iiuts an Monday. was stated tn
WV lt.ry serious on Tuesday morning.
she passed very bad night Monday
ana some of those ministcrinS to her
wants are fearful that she will not re
cover. Others held out more hope for
her.
orc Of those entitled to great credit
ana praise for assistance rendered "a
those token from the water il Mrs. Au-
ruStus \. Hand. form FIN Susie Train.
daughter or capt. Chas J. Train If the
massachusetts,. whose marriage to Mr..
Hand took place 4, Bar Iiarhor on Sat
urday last The young couple hld
come to the Bluffs and We're there on
sunday when the accident occurred.
MS. Hand went right to work like 4
| trained nursc To administer u the
needs cf the aufferings. Among the
first to receive attention from her We're
! Miss Gertrude NeaZie ana Mrs. l.. q.
| Ilra%oiuu and son. Mrs. Hand gave up
her room Ia them. provided blankets.
| hot water bags and medicine and gave
them "vary attention, for which they
! feel profoundly grateful.
| Another person whose name has not
| been mentioned among the life savers
| is Dennis sullivan. the telephone line
/ man Of Bangor. He stood ut the side
Of the slip with Il rope. one end of
/ which WIS made into moose and this
h lowered into the pit ana took out by
it seven or eight persons. The first one
taken amt by him was l.. q. Bragdon's
| little boy that the father hId managed
| 10 keep by him. The moose Of the rope
was slipped under his arms ana tho
strong arm of Sullivan pulled the boy
safely Ia the wharf. Then the father
| was taken out the same way as the
boy. and others whose name are not
known followed. 1t was noble work
| Mrs. l.. g. Bragdon and Gertrude
NcaTie were among the last taken from
! the water. The account of their rescue
was not correctly reported at first.
! They were among the first to go down
and were forced into the open water
underneath the wharf. They were
| bunycd up by the air under their
clothing and kicked ana splashed i'll the
| water until they reached a board nailed
/ to the piling on Tho outside Of the
| wharf and which they had csDied the
moment they looked about for some
thing to hold on to. They chung to this
board for more than half an hour be
| fore being taken out of the water. Mrs.
| HTagdon bore up we'll under the severe
| shock until she reached home. She is
considerably broken down now ana
cannot sleep without crying out and
experiencing over again All the sensa-
! tions Of drowning.
Ludell1 FoCg of Union street aged
about y years. Il young man of quiet
disposition. was found. Sunday at II
| O'Clock. lying down on the side of the
| tow path at Bar Harbor. by his aunt,
Mrs. T.. NJ Fogg, in very bad condi-
/ ton. He was on the slip when il went
down. but got out by means Of lad
der that had been lowered from the
| steamer. the lowest round of which ne
| could just reach with one finger. He
went clear down under water and ii
| was some time before he came to the
| surface. as he made no use of his legs
for fear Of kicking the people he could
feel underneath him. He had swallow
ed much water which made him sick
later. He lost his watch. hat and some
money. He took the first train home
| without having had any change of
clothing. Monday. he was reported as
sick at his home on Union street.
A friend of the Commercial and one
who is an admirer Of the work of brave
young men sends for publication an
account of the work of John F. Nancy
| of Bangor, fireman on the S.25 train
from this city, which took the Inflated
| excursion to the Ferry. At the time
the accident occurred he was standing
near the slip and with great presence
of mind and cool nerve hastily secured
a board and reached it to the unfor-