The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
RUSH A. WEBSTER.
MRS. CHARLES ALBERT SMALL.

while crossing on a Long Island ferry
boat when a bad storm was raging
upon the ound. he heard a cry of
Mar overboard." and. s~houldering
through the scores of stupeted people
crowdinE the after rail-, dived in after
a figure seen splashtng in the inky
water. The man had gone down tho
second time when Brooks reached him,
but retained sufficient strength to
grasp the latter about the neck and
hold him powerless. AT length Brooks
conquered, yet only to be caught again
and again in the awful embrace OF
the drowning nan Thus the struggle
continued, while the storm tide car
ried both the men and the boat half a
mile down stream. Then the stnl
paralyzed ~onlookers saw an arm rise
out of the water II strike a blow
which laid a limp form prone upon
the surface. And after thus knocking
the maj senseless, Brooks, now on the
of exhaustion. grasped a rope
and brought his almost ~lifeless burden
safely over the gunwale.
A similar iced, now rewarded by a
national medal. was lately performed
In Panama harbor when Seaman Greg
DRY shanahan. of the Tennessee, re-
sponded to this same cry Of "Maa
overheard, and went over the rail
after a drunken man who had fallen
from a steamer. Shanahans had to per-
form some submarine exploration be-
fore locating the human wreck, U at
length he grappled 1t with his strong
arms and bore II to the surface.
Now 1t was for the me upon tho
nearby boats to do their work. Il
frantically they ished with their boat
hooks for the sailor and his charge.
but they missed. Then a buoy was
thrown out and Shanahan brought the
drunken man to 1t, blu he could not
take hold. After this the brave sail
or's struggles to keep the 4 afloat
were titanic. as the sea was running
angrily and the waves were high. But
he stayed with his man until both
were hauled out by the boat,
Formed a Human Chain.
Overheard. riding boots n all.
went Patrolman Harry Lobdell. Of the
New York traflc squad. on a similar
| mission of mercy Which brought MIN
also the American medal Of courage.
The man he was after had fallen into
the East River while Lobden was on.
his way, In a car, to his 1907 Chrlst-
mas dinner. He also got caught In the
death clutch OF his charge. and try
as he might at first ne could not
break the imperl!ed oae ~ ! =.
arms. So the two went down without
aid from shore. and they stayed un-
|. der so long that the thfongs on the
docks thought they gone for good and
all to Davy Jones's locker. But after
a herce submarine struggle the patrol
man tore his charge loose and swan
viii, him to a hawser sixty feet away,
Along this he worked his way to a
dock carrying his maj with him. .uH-
I'll at last u rope was thrown to the
pair. This tho policeman fastened to
the now unconscious man's body,
which was drawn safely to q bulk
head; but when the line WIS next
thrown to Lobdell himself his hands
had become powerless from the Icy
water, Then q human chain was form
ed and the bottom maj pulled the pa,
trolman out ofsthe Jaws OF death.
WAR Secretary Owed With Umbrella
How Jacob M. Dickinson, tho presen1
Secretary OF War. gained rank among
these honor medalists of 1000 has8al,
ready leaked into print. He got Thu
award for8iunlptng Into Detroit Rive
amid o. lot Of sharp pilings on TIL,
night Of Apgustr2e, 1871, TO roscu,
James III 10y. a. dlstingulshed citizel
81 Detroit, then In his eighty-hftl
a pscull!aar phase 81 sthts oa.a Ns