The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-07

of that rope Miss Heldenselder was
making fight for life.
After they had scanned the water
for the girl until all hope had gone,
they headed for shore.
Redf1eld was almost crazed with
grief when finally he reached land.
His niece was great favorite of his
and often accompanied him on trips
in the boat.
The tragedy terminated an outing
on the water which Redfield and DR..
Wesley, who are friends, had planned
a day or two ago.
Each owned a power boat and it was
that they should steam to
SpenOk Point from different directions
and meet there.
They intended to land and lunch
tsere. Both boats were running at
a. speed, one eastbound and the 9TH
2f stbound, preparatory to the ar
\. 9 ..eeting.
h Is< =. close together when the
steerins 0n. # the Wesley boat got
out of orde> sc2/ craft turned sharply
toward the h> 81 .oat. DR.. Wesley
made frantic Ell c<, change its
CouIse, dLu heullef> ehlO saw some
thing was wrong, and chat the Wesley
boat was running wild toward him,
made equally frantic efforts to get his
boat out of the way.
However, the distance was so short
that there was not time for DR.. Wesley
to stop his boat when he discovered
he could not steer it. Neither could
Redfield stop his.
Could Have Rescued Friend.
The sound of crash as the bow of
the Wesley craft cut it's way into the
side of the other was blended with the
shrieks of the four women and the
girl who were in the Redfield party.
So great was the force that the doc
tors launch cut it's way almost
through.
Then the boats parted and through
the big cash in the side of the Red
field, the water rushed. Before Wesley
could do anything in his disabled
craft to provide for taking the six per-
sons off the wreck the latter filled and
sank. Redfield and the four women
were left floundering in the water.
Where's Catherine?" Redfield in
quired when he had cleared his eyes
of salt water and locked about him.
counting heads.
He saw the four women, but his
niece was not in sight. by heroic work
he and DR.. Wesley succeeded in get
ting the women aboard Wesley's
launch and then they turned to look
for the girl. She did not come up
The only sign of the wreck was il
Al int Of I>-L
bed up and down in the waves. A
stiff wind was blowing and high
sea running, and the Wesley boat was
plunging in the sea while the men
and women scanned the surface for
Catherine 10 rise. Both men stood
ready to plunge overheard and go to
her rescue the instant her head Show
ed. Doubtless they saw the piece of
board, but that was not what they
were looking for.
There was nothing they could see
about the board to indicate that fast
ened to it was a rope and that the
rope was wrapped around the missing
girl. If they had known the truth
the strength of two men and four
women would have been exerted to
bring Catherine to the surface. Min
ute after minute in the water below
them the girl struggled to break the
grip which held her to the wreck
Grief Prevails Among Crew.
Finally all hope Of saving the girl
was nboodOncd.
With Redfield and the four women
almost frantic from grief and with his
own heart heavy that his own hoat
should have been the cause OF such a
tragedy. DR.. Wesley turned his aiten-
tion to the broken steering gear. which
had made all the trouble.
After he had repaired the break he
and Redfield decided that all had been
done that could be Gcnc tc save the
girl and that the best thing to do was
to get the -four half-Lyst .ric&l women
ashore.
Power was turned on in the launch
and her battered prov was cutting
the waves toward West Hampton.
Behind the piece OF "-cod bobbed up
and down in he waves. and every
time it bobbed it tugged OH the rope
which had dragged Miss Heidenselder
down to death, and it was bobbing
just as persistently when the life
guards from the Moriches station
reached the place.
They had been informed of the ac-
cident as soon as the Wesley boat
landed and they were asked to try to
recover the body.
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