The sun., 1900-08-10
FEATS OF WALLER AND FOX.
BOYs RISK LIFE 70 SAVE LIFE IN
THE SWIFT WEST CHANNEL.

They Got One Boy After Fight In the water
Lost Another After Another Fight-weni
to the Hospital Themseives-Two Boys
ed-Neighborhood Wild with Alarm
About hundred men were on the pier at the
foot Of East seventy-eighth street watching a
dozen boys swimming In the river at Q o'clock
last night. One boy had a barrel over his head
and was moving around to make the barrel
spin for the amusement Of the crowd. Another
boy was treadlng water. A third had ventured
out hundred yards from the pier.
That's Yaller." they said "Once he swan
across the river
All agreed that Yaller was the best swimmer
In the neighborhood. but the boy with the
barrel, Andrew Fox. IL years old. OF 800 East
Seventy fifth street. had plenty Of admirers.
for on two occasions he had rescued boys from
drowning.
Yaller came back to the pier and reported
that il was DANGEROUS to 60 out far, as the
current was stronger than ever before. He ad-
vised the other boys to keep close to the pier.
Just then crowd OF men and boys came run
ming to tho pier and shouted that boy had
been ca, ried away and was probably drowned.
They brought his clothing. blue shirt waist
and q pair OF knckerbockers, and begged
Yaller and Fox to go out and search for him.
The two boys swan around for several hundred
yards and came back TO report that they could
not find him. The clothing Of the missing boy
was sent over to the East SiStv-seventh street
police station with message saying thnt some
boy about ~ years old had been drowned
of Seventy-nnth street.
"Fellers," shouted Fox. hug de dock" ME
and Yeller could hardly stand it out there, so
youse better come In. -
Just then tweve-y year-old. Willie Hogan Of
22S East Eighty third street. signalied for help
and shouted that he couldn't get back to the
Pier Al the same time snotIsr an Boy Leo pTl
were within few yards OF each other,
Come, Yaller. Wen save EN-. shouted Fox.
and he dived into the river.
I'm wild YER" said Yaller. diving from the
Fox and Yaller swan 200 yards be-
fore they reached Hogan and Drilick The
two latter were clinging o each other and the
current was sweeping them down the river.
cit behind Hogan. said Fox. and III save
Drillck'
Fox disappeared from the, surface Of the
water and clcverly came up between tho two
drowning boys. In this way he succeeded In
separating them. lie nched Driliick Ia ne back
OF the neck. then caught him BY the hair, held his
head above water and started to swim toward
shore with him. When Yaller got near HOGAN.
Hogan put his arms around lallers neck The
crowd OF men on the pier stood there shouting
Within few minutes the crowd had increased
to several huncred They shouted all sort, of
advice to the struggling bows.
Fox turned. and seeing Hogan dragging iaer
Punch him. Yallerl Punch him in the face.
and then you can save hun. He's got the death
grip on you Punch him.
YalIer punched Hogan's face and Hogan let
go OF Yallars neck and sank. faller dlvei and
brought him back to the surface; Then with
both hand HSsan nr,Ii HIifasped naedIs 'hr9a,, S
back. and while treading water used his left
hand to punch Hogan In the face. Hogan ley 90
Of Yaller and caug1t hold OF to1; lhsn % aitou5
there and shouted TOR help, They tried To At
tract the attention of passing boat captains,
Young Fox managed to break away from the
others and when they reappeared on the sur.
face he again grasped Drill ck by the hair ard
swan toward the shore. The crowd on the pier
cheered Then they saw Hogan sink for the
dive to save him. Yaller reappeared. shook his
head and swan after Fox who was struggling
Wien Fox reached the pier with Drillick.
Drillick's eyes we're closed and the crowd be-
lieved he was dead. They lowered rope and
Fox slipped It under the other boys arms.
pier. The rope broke and Drillick fell back into
the river. Fox again grabbed him. and held his
head above the slir. ace of the water ladder
dragged Fox and Drillick up on the pier Fox
was exhausted and fell on his face Drick
was unconscious Yaller managed TO get back
70 the pier and when dragged ashore also be-
BY this time rumor that a dozen boys had
been drowned spread through the neighbor-
hood. A score Of mothers came running 70
came from the East SiXty-seyenth street sta-
ton. They called two ambulances from the
Presby Hospital pr sss SteWar war cared
y alIa tQEpn
Put me down a. Yaller" said one bov. when
he had recovered that's the only name they
"say, Doe remarked Fox. did that little
No said the doctor, he was drowned"
Fox. "Yaller did q, much as me but Hogan
got de dead grip on him before iallaer had
to do anTthdns tnd1 + si go Doc
Fox to go home. but the police would not allow
Fox to go hack TO search for Hog9n's body.
They brought Fox around 20 the police station
to tell how il happened. While he was there
a pale faced woman entered:
MY boy has been missing since O'Clock.
she said. "and a. he started away to go SWIM
ming thought something might have hap
pened 10 him.
""What's IL name'- asked the sergeant:
we live at t29 East Seventy third street. eddy
Is u years old"
The sergeant brought out the blue shirt waist
and the knickerbockers which had been left on
tho dock by the boy who had been drowned be-
fore the Hogan incident occurred. Mr. Fauk-
ner said the clothing was leddy's, She rolled
the knickerbockers in'the blue shirt waist and
went away weeping.
bats de tough end Of it, said young Fox
Dem kids what can't swim jist break der
mudders hearts"
The river at the point where all this happened
Il called the West Channel and AZ certain stages
NJ the tide runs fiercely between Blackwells
Island and this