Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-06-10
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MADE BRAVE RESCUE.
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| tks nAnss OF Patrolman Mich
| sHi ]. esyns, Of the Dslancey
Street Station, and this added to one
OF the eldest records on their books.
Coyne is at Gouvsneur Hospital and
the physicians say 4M he wiz pyoba-
bly, develop pneumonia. His condition
Is the result Of a hard hsht he had In
| the East River 10 save man who had
tumbled off the pier. The struggle
lasted half an hour and the pair were
picked up when they we're nearly ez-
hausted. While the patrolman Is IN q
serious condition, the man he saved is
! none the worse for his ducking.
Coyne was at the foot OF Corlears
street at II O'Clock thinking hard over
the fines that had been imposed upon
him for all sorts OF breaches of disci-
| pline. Suddenly there came a cry for
help from the end of the pier. and the
| policeman rushed over. He was In
| full Uniform. and u 1t was wet he
wore his big Rubber booss and overooat-
hoo& IL Liz <bAA Ailt1b 10y llS COulu Btt
q man struggling In the swirl of the
eawent, whish ct nat point runs like a
mM race. WAhost stopping for q
moment, he throw away his hat and
bis elas and jvnpsd In.
A few strokes and tha policeman was
mp 70 the drowning man and had him
| by the collar. Tho man turned and
enpgbt SI.,
death grip. Coyns s1.vck him ON the
jaw and the hold was broken. Then
he twisted h!s aYms behind his back
| and held him thus.
By this time the swing of the tide
had carried both men a hundred yards
| from the pier and over toward the,
Cob Dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
he was safe with his man, but as the
| current bors him out he saw that he
was in grave danger aud began to yell
himself. His cries were heard by two
| policemen from his own station, Will
am II. Corksr and Jshp r. McQueensy.
The two ran TO the foot~of Jackson
street whore old Andy Coaklsy has bis
life saving station.
The two policemen cut the painter
of boat aud jumped in. They had
| Nothing to guido thSaa but the cries OF
the men that oSms through the dark
ness. Coyns was bucking against the
tide, and by this time was near the
Brooklyn side. Tbs curekt swept the
boat away from him, and before CoYkQr
and McQuseney know 1t they were not
far away from the Brooklyn shore.
Thsn they r0tuupsd and after what
seemed an aga picked up Coyne and
his man, both OF whom wore almost
senseleEs.
The two were dragged into the boat
and before the craft was started for
the Manhattan sids first aid to the IN
jured was administered. to Coyne and
The man he saved. When they got
ashore an ambulance was summoned
spsm GouverBssr Hospital. There the
man said he was Jeha Harkins, q Ia
bsrsr, and that he lived wherever he
could hang 10 his hat He had bssa
drinking, he sAh, and fell OF ths
strlngpiece of ths pisY while he slept.
A few minutes after hs was put to bed
In the hospital he was sleeping sound
ly, as though nothing had happened
1t was not so with Coyne. The po-
liceman had taken some water into his
lungs and seemed sure that he would
have a bad case Of pneumonia. When
told Of the probable outcome of his
brave act he only said, "Well, let 1t
come" After that he remarked that
IL the men on Roosevelt street ferry
boat and Pennsylvania Railroad tug
had only needed his cries he would
have been picked up sooner.
Coyne has unique record. He has
been fined time and again for violations
of the rules, and has to his credit n list
of rescues that has few equals. Devery
fined him fifteen days once and called
him "bum" and "loafer" A few
days later Coyne, at the risk of his
life, saved a woman and four children
from a burning house ON Hester street.
He was up on charges again after that,
and Devery. after looking him over
critically, said that he would "fergit
the breaking end Of the game" Men
who know him said hat after his feat
Of last night Csyne was ABOUT due to
get into trouble again.-New York Eun.
HEROINE OF THE PLAINS.
The Lodge Pole Creek Valley, In the
vicinity where the creek crosses Ns