The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-23
HEROIC RESCUE |:
OFMEN!N / I:
Great Courage Shown VI, il , Prevent III
ing Messrs. Ames and Laird
(. AVN from Drowning
I.uljNDERToW WAS VERY j! STRONG / \
UNDER TOW WAS YER STRONG j } N
Gould Not Swim Against i and and
s q Huge Bench Had to5$B,e
Gotten Quito Save Them.
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Times Dislpatch.

5B {special Is The n Tines Dispatch.)
ONANcOCK v AZ. July "a. One ifof Sthe
most thrilling and gallant rescues tina add
SO much to the Reputable OF the bravery 's'e,y
OF the American laymen, &C ctlrred y88 on
Metaupkin Beach last Wedne sday morn;
ing about s o clock
3 Rev. Wilbur Cosby Bell, rector Of Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church; Rev. g. PessI7
ton Craghill, assistant rector Of ST.
Johns Episcopal Church, Roanoleg5 Rev.
William Laird, rector Of st, y ames's Ep .l'
copal Church, NVarrenton Var and ~, ME-
Warner Ames. a prominent your lg 5l L VI VI
Yer. OF Onancock, were all In bathing.
Mr.. Anres started out In the ocean for q
swim IN deep wa ter. tier going q short rlt'
way tie turned to come back when 1s
found the undertow3 so strong he could
make no progress. He cal ed for he ~ ana
5NlrIY Laird Immediately started, Iie y n,
found 1t impossible TO return, and bofh
Mr.. Belli3and Mr. Craighill then Rwntns
out to them. All four tried to. s truggle To-
the shore but could not NOW ar nell:
Mr. Laird and Mr.. Ames were fast losing
their strength and the other two saw
that Il ,vas beyond their power to bring
them ashore against the 5undertow. 8ss 4, st
n Mr.. Bell then started ashore alone N VI, to
bring some boards or q bench or some,
thing 10 aid them. He has q l!lrga nn 9
strong physique but barely reached snal.
low water, Mr.. Cralghill. having thought
~ non1e poles. told Mr.. An.ev to be brave
and started for the shore. He lacks ply 81
que, but Is accustomed TO I'D struggling In
aQainst the strong current Of the noun
tain streams! When both MI: Boil ana
Mr. cratghill Ind reached shore they
vent I'm the beach about fifty yards Tor
a bench. "a s35l5f 5i J. 4! s5
Borne in by Waves.
The bench weighed several hundred Y, q
bounds, but was quickly gotten Il % 8 the
water by the use OF a lmost sliperhuIlan
strength. With marvellous endurance ana \,
exact calculating for the ~
ana exh austed men. Mr.. Cralghill and
MI, He'll were orlystrYng for. Mr.. Ams s.
sns thew did not know Of MI La re- =
condition, They told him TO 1! come on,
when he gave n faint gasp and Sca!led Iog
help. Tho bench was showed 20 nlnl aH!t
Ia caught 1t as he was sinking. re was ,l'
Held on ana all were carried ashore le''s' ~
tho breakers and incoming tld SS55i
4, ) Nh. T,nlrd's condition was very pre-
"a rious ana It was only after much rub
hing that he was brought back 70 con-
Ssoiousness, TX Mr., 81 Ames was nlso neon
scious; but soon revived,
s Tho chain OF circumstances, the lacK
Va any OF which would have proven
fatal. was re marks bly, fortuitous, thollght
of md executed with Sunexcelled bravery,
Mr.. Laird 81 three sisters, one q. them
Mr.. Eells wife and Miss Ethel Flnney,
we're in bathing at the time. They knew
Enothing OF the danger until besougll ~
ME-. Craighlll TO turn tllelr heads where
5Ta5nnd Mr.. BELL started With the te1ch,
r WIS DECIDED by all to keep the ac-
Scident auiet 80 ms not to alarm the ylslr
sors' friends, but the Whole occurrence
was told by a man on the island at the
time, s.5 b 81. t u,
tsThere was "a water-spout clearly noted
and seen on Metampkin beach On tues,
Nday afternoon. and possibly TINS haa
something TO do with the nowertu1 ul's
dertow tho next morning, II Il n "A 81
Stunned by Lightning,
During a short local hut severe thun-
derstorm on Saturday inftarnoon, Mr,
Claude b, Nottingham. teller OF the klrs.
National Bank. was struck and stunned
~ lightnIng He was at work g LEANING
his AUTOMOBILE which had Just 2 been t,e
brought back from a. to Ut to hoe tom w tn
iwo7 other mon, All felt the shock. but
Mr.. Nottingham was the only one 8Fen,
sdered unconscious. They We're IN the
sautomabile house with the door shnt \ ana
no sign can now be found OF any dana,
sage to the building by the lightning Al.
NNottinQham WAS much improved ~ late