The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-29


breath lust right and e4tending me q calmly
and easily, SO that there Is notnins 20 start
the up and down m9uoh WHICH h'aAes 'ou
req as n you were slnking; ,or Oh. nrss.rvo-
rioauny pelne the eSsfnuaa LOT tn1 psnythinr
derapgss or fatisIes hs podly p1wsrs u snonia
Sor.ainly pc uausht pe'Vre - !, comnnt
sse est a a per s wnnoor az ,c.Irn hLs lie than
y%eSt wne beHopd bis deoth' Floating Is also the
SaIIttiHoS1sss , Of S the water ittssnif. and i the osiy re-
g when Sne Z carried away y BY tho t tide
Gistancs than bis strenSth, IA enuai To-
T 1tne INA nn M 81 Suss 9o bmosboos vhich ara
supposed % drown a greet many people every sFs
ysar; one Of the most IM9 oIss 2! c ,nese y n sse
sibiy drown any one; ali il can dc Il to frighten
psople. and L they ara not the expert swim
friInh, viii hs snssacisntIv severe 10 make them
swsliow an DS watsr 10 drown themselyes.
that is all
similar In many ways' The undertow IA usually
the return water from the surf running along
a beach on which the. sand u loose Or mixed
a bat6er steps on thIs moving sand Ills feet sink
into IL and are apparently pulled from under
him by what he calls the undertow. II he can
troanhsroIs Bottom. extend himself on the still
water nj the surface and swim back To the
shadows, II be cannot swim and does not
know how TO float he VIII probably throw up
Els hands, shrek for help and drown himself.
A sea pousse Is a sort OF undortow COM
bined with an overflow, because In the sea
pousse the whole current Of water, from the
ton. There are a great many dangerous
are ali narrow and seldom change their place.
with the beach. Several years ago an a.
legged expert winner. who could certainly
win a great distance, was drowned In the sea
potsse Under the Mar AT Cara NAV, He was
making Tor the shore and he could easily zee
from Fla nosifion with REGARD 70 tha iron pfes
that he Was going backward instead Of for
ward, N 81, spit . Of n: powerful s stroke; = s TINS
S Sts S SMrsn ana 91 be 81 n9 10 p sTiim like i a mailman "S nan
Those who we're watching him. knowing his
was = danger: The result xas iEst q q few
minutes nnnIpo ne became ~" ,r ef ha 81 ia an a. w mem ne %
keep up until assistance came, and was
drowned In full view OF 10 people.
Now this man died of fright, the sea pousse
beinr the exciting cause When Won and YOUR
self IN n sen porsse' or in any current which
sets strongly from the shore, remember that
the water which supplies that current from
current, and then 20 out OF Il sideways: never
attempt 70 fsbt against il. In a minute or two
YOU VIII ind yourself in calm water, or in a
Mad he swimmer who was drowned at Care
NAV gone SIXTY feet 10 the right or left OF ths
Mar he could have aoated ashore on hs back
,xitbomt moyIns , hand
lat smn,msr two verv strong swimmers
want out tn a Yacht whiob was swinging idiy
st her anchor half a miie from he bench at
SSsrrasans ety p Yarj. " Mfh,sSn s t hUS, S were So w..Mih
%as nointsd toward tbem and thev turned 70
90 back Altar about twenty sfrokes one no.
tloed that the other va: becoming very pale
asked what The matter was' and was told 10
look at the Yacht. Instead OF having moved
away from II and progressed toward the shore.
thew seemed 20 have gone on until they were
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