New-York tribune., 1900-08-27
GIRL SAVES HER FIANCE.
CROWDS SEE A THRILLING RESCUE AT
ROCKAWAY PARK BEACH.
THE PAIR WE'RE TO BE MARRIED SOON, BUT
HE MAY NOT RECOVER-SHE BREAKS
DOWN AND TELLS THE STORY.

The rescue of a drowning man by a courageous
girl was witnessed yesterday noon at Rockaway
Park Beach by more than a thousand panic
stricken spectators Both man and woman came
so near TO death at one time. however. that
many on the shore covered their eyes so not
to the end. Even after the two struggling
bathers were brought ashore it was a long
time before the girls companion responded to
the efforts made to revive him, and at late
hour last night he was lying in neighboring
cottage in critical condition.
The couple were first seen the beach about
10 o'clock in the morning. Friends who knew
them said the young man Jules Maurice,
Of No. PIG South Fourth-st., Brooklyn, and
the superintendent of the chocolate and cocoa
factory of ]. H. Baker & Co, of Bedford-ave..
Brooklyn, and that the young woman was
Miss Adelaide Mischief. of No. 206 South Fourth
ST., Brooklyn. The two hesitated before going
into the water. which going out with the
ebb tide.
you swim.' ne said finally. You go in
where it is deep and I'll stay near the shore
MEANT TO TEACH HIM TO SWIM
The last sentence was greeted with a CHEEKY
laugh.
why. the idea!' she said Come out with
me and I'll teach you to swim"
Not far" said the young man. The girl
laughed again.
why. no. Jules not far. Wen stay near the
ropes. We will only go in where it's waist deep.
know you are not rugged. and We'll come
out SOON"
The two slowly waded in and as the waves
were not running high. Jules soon became con-
fident and was soon out above his waist
Now will teach you how TO swim" his
companion said. 1T is so easy. Only have con-
fldence in YOURSELF that is ALL"
She then struck OUT. TO show him how easy it
was. BY this time the TWO had become separa-
ted from the main crowd of bathers who hung
to the ropes.
The beach was covered with languid bathers
who had drawn themselves out OF the water to
bask in the sun. and they were surrounded by
crowd Of women and children, who had come
TO watch the sport
CROWDS STARTLED BY A SHREK.
A short distance further from the water were
the bathing pavilions and hotels with their
verandas filled with pleasure seekers. Directly
back from the place where Jules Maurice went
into the water is the bathing pavilion Of the
Rockaway Park Improvement Company
A sharp piercing cry which suddenly rang out
over the water caused the idlers on the sands
to start to their feet and the children who were
making sand mountains to drop their shovels
and run TO their mothers. There was a panic
on the verandas of the hotels.
All eyes looking at a black object which
hung for moment on an incoming wave and
the next drawn below by the retreatlng
waters
Before any of the men ashore had time to act
a woman was seen to plunge into the reced-
ing pillows. When she came to the surface
again man was clinging TO her. She did not
cry for help but instead exerted all her strength
to reach footing.
IT'S Miss Mischief" some one said "She
was teaching the young man how to SWIM
SINKING WHEN ASSISTANCE CAME.
Several swimmers had by this time put out
to help the young woman Among them
Bill Legacy who is employed by the Rock
away Park Improvement Company as an expert
swimmer. Others ran for a catamaran which
Law some distance away on the sand The fore
most swimmer was still some yards away when
the terror stricken crowds the sands and
the hotel piazzas heard another cry. shrlller
than the first.
"Ah the braf lassie she is, she's sinkin', poor
thin'r' and with an outburst of tears an old
servant woman, who had up to that time been
catering to the whims OF richly dressed young
mistress, covered her face with her hands to
smother her grief.
The servant was right. for the young woman
could not be At the time that she
disappeared under the waves ''Bill" Legacy had