The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-17
THE WRECK OF THE LLEH.
Men Who Came Ashore From Motor Boat
Through surf Say Things Of Life savers.

Miller Reese Hutchinson, president Of the
Universal Motor Car Company of 1 Madison
avenue. his superintendent, John Lake, n
Third Oficer Rays Of the steamship Cam
pania, who swan through the surf at Long
Beach on Saturday night after being forced
to abandon Mr.. Hutchison's new 1900
motor boat. had entirely recovered from
their hardships yesterday. They spent
most Of the day trying to express their
thanks to the Long Beach cottagers who
had taken care of them and were finally
taken to Mr.. Hutchison's home at Bay Shore
late in the afternoon by f. A. Gillespie in
the latter's motor car.
Mr.. Hutchinson had a lot TO say about his
experiences after he reached home, which
showed that he had strong opinions on two
subjects. He is convinced that the Long
Beach life saving crew were not interested
in rescuing him and his companions, n
is also satisfied that he never wants to be
shipwrecked anywhere else than at Long
Beach, il the cottagers don't move away
Before leaving Long Beach yesterday
Mr.. Hutchinson sleuthed along the shore to
see What had happened to his motor boat,
the Lleh. which is about to he rechristened,
because so many folks commented on the
name WUtl NUrI Itnu " bhNh Wulht dld
which was sailing Saturday under the nom
de plume B.. c. d. f. He found pieces of
the boat strcwn along the shore and be-
lieves that it has gone to pieces.
I'VE started from the loot Of West Fiftieth
street at o o'clock Saturday morning to run
down to my home at Bay Shore" said Mr..
Hutchinson. When we reached the bay
the wind was so stiff and the water 30 lumpy
that | decided to put in at Sheepshead Bay
until IL grew calmer. on Coney Island,
however, the long rollers and the heavy
ground swell made the shore too f~orbiddinR,
so we kept on. In the meantime Mr.. Rays,
who wasn't very well when we started, was
feeling the cold intensely, and as we neared
Long Beach he had several chllls.
When we got of Long Beach Mr.. Rays
was suffering SO much that ] decided to land
him there and then put back for New York
with Mr.. Lake, because | knew the heavy
sea would swamp IFS il We tried TO pass
Jones's inlet. / anchored the boat abou
two hundred feet from shore, shortly after
4 o'clock, and began signalling frantically
TO the lifeSaving crew for aid. Some of
the members came down to the beach and
looked at us and did nothing.
we saw Mr.. Hamper, a butcher, trying
to put out to our aid in a catamaran, but OF
course he couldn't handle II in the breakers
and had to give it ND. Meanwhile Kays
to put on life preservers and swim for il,
az il was apparent that the life savers were
rooted to the shore. While | was preparing
to scuttle the boat, thinking that it would
escape being bufeted by the breakers II It
sank, a Comber rolled over us and carried
Kays OF with it. He was so weak that he
could do nothing but trust to the life pre-
server. Lake and | saw that a half dozen
of the Gotta gers were mp to their waists in
the surf by this time, waiting to give us a
helping hand the minute the breakers carried
us near enough.
when we finally did come within reach
of the cottagers, who had waded out az far
as they dared, Mr.. Gillespie helped Lake
ashore and W. f. o. Beebe, a member OF
the Stock Exchange, took me in tow. l
asked about Rays Immediately and learned
that he had been rescued by Charles H.
Paddock, a New York dry goods merchant. +"