The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-03

, Back her MIR hrva li..r called bat S-tley
dldn dare To back far for y" was afraid
Ut cutting into IA" men wnp were swim
mIng around IA the water he hacked
her lttl" Will. ! was running aft MIR
th"valier was 40 the bits trying ~ east
IN III" towing painter. | hcips.d him and
Is soon - "" got the slack W. cast on
, | couldn't -er anything of the sailing
cutter; II must have been filled To the
guuWule-
CHEVALIER oNERRpNRD AFTER THEM.
i saw MIR ChevalIer strip to his under
clothes and 90 over the SIDE. There were
iiN" or -,N pour devils right near the
stern who yelled that they couldn't swim
! grabbed mp the after life buoy and hove
II put Ia them and | saw them reach for
n. Then ! ran forward, ripping "a my
clothes rs | ran, and | picked up the
forward life buoy. Three or four fellows
: here werr fighting the water about ten
feet away from the bow, but they were
ON the down side. and when | cast the
forward life buoy out to them IL fell
short and the It'd. began TO carry II hack
to IN" steam launch.
Seeing the. jumped in entirely naked.
grabbed the life buoy and swan with u
to where the men were. They started
~ grab for me. tut | fought themI Oft
and yelled - them 20 put one hand
apiece IN tn" buoy and paddle to the
steamer. went along with them. help
ing them some, and the crew Of the
steamer pulled them aboard
When | climbed aboard the steamer
again | could see Mr.. Chevalier's head
bohblng about IN a group Of four others
and no seemed TAI he helping all Of them
toward a steamer which had come from
one - the -hIp--l think II was the
Louisiana. All ~" 'iuo hs was yelling
- others around IN the water Co keep
up and they would n" saved
Though there were some civilians
launches from ~" wharf out there by
this time the water was still dotted with
bohbHg head. Whenever a face would
turn IN the light oi our lantern u would
show an awful white. then turn again
and there wer" hands reaching up where
uu faces were. The Louisiana got her
-.arChlIghtS on the spot about fifteen
minutes after the accident happened hut
before that tim" W. had no light and
men were dropping under M the dark
hess
Just the minute climbed aboard the
steamer ! saw "A face bobhing over To- the
port about twenty feet away II was 50
low IA the water that there was ha rdly
any white To- t'' seen ! jumped in again
and swan over To the place where Ia
seen the face. The top of "A mans head
vaS showing out Il the water. hut that
was all, his whole face and nose was
under. | got Ous. II his arms around nv
neck and started back for the steamer
Tn" man was unconscious and limp.
Louisiana launch picked rs both IN
aft"rward learned that this man was
Ordinary S.aman Ce-darberg. a new man
VIII" hadn't been enlisted more than three
months.
SAW CHEvALIEg HASD rP 4 DOZEN.
when the Louisiana launch was cruls-
NE around u Kept picking men out of the
water that Nr Chcyah"r handed an
saw hun hand up NOR" than a dozen nv
self. and every tim. some one would pull
q man over the gunWal- Mr.. ChevalIer
would turn around and strike out for more
again.
There only one man that I saw drown.
hut ] know he went undsT II was along
toward the "Ud whom some - the excite .
Wsut had died down | heard a man
yell Help three times and ! looked 81
have been me- head Before ! could start
FOR him again the yell- stopped nd the I
head disappeared
DELIEtors At THF loss or THF NFN
-T.oui-.ans steamer No ? picked VI Mr. /
Chevaher finally He was pretty weak 1
tie asked somebody II they thought any |
81 N" boys were gone. and some damned '
fool told him ther" there wer" lots gone.
] hen Nj h"Nallsr went uutty
4 dom know whHt N" doctors would .
call u. bat III -ly that VI ChevalIar
went Ulutnb urI'fy H. vcllrt - me-
g bach there let ma - hack there.
4 took 'hr"" mon fD hold hum 100 M. boat
and all 'h" 'In.. b. wa- 'hrI-nlr = around
amt y'lliug that u. want e 10 - hack
amt get drpwui"t men. WI on The
steamer -'tr'"i Tor ~" l."uI-iaur m IA"
path OF the -"IrrhtlCh' | COULD -" ~.
men fgnfIng with Nr 'h"ytII"r and
could hear him Yelling | We on . shore.
launch then.
After D. was an over q l.puisiaul
steamer took ID" wIt"rluggrd New iamp-
,ulr. SAILING launch n tDV and brought ]
u around 10 the Louisiana = gangwav
Their u was tod up and | understand
they hail"d % ugt later.
WHY THF EoAr wENr Under
McNsIu" Wa asked Il ha know what
had caused N" New HampshIrc'- sailing
launch ~ g n"o. under
That what they asked mo befpr" the
'iri "i inquiry. %" replied. and ! told
..ut lpw ! Thought u happened You
-'.'.. when W" I"ft ~" wharf the Wind
Iui tn" I'D" caught the sailing launch
,ui Hrlgg,'d " NJ river D,I' uf line with F,
Pho. -iraU.r.- CuUr-.. stewart, fh'. cox
.vrrr. 0Iv-' hiv" thrown the ti'ler over
hart - rrIug tG" boat ~ ck behind m"
steamer again and Shat Wi'h N" painter +.
yiNtug q -d'wis" I"rH pf "a" how ~ ~"
10 ing launch and ~" -rlddsnna-s Il the
Bru. tn nuw wa- naturally plll"d right
Iro"r IN" sailing launch did not cap
,iI.', ~ iu-' filled by me how and sank
'.y"l With 'h" water 'fgs
~'"war m" ruNswa'n u tho sailing
auuch said that ~" fatality had hean
'a'i--d by ovcrl"aing Ii
In" men wer" all m hurry - got
back 90 h" ship Ia" -aid vaSierdav and
when he launch dy"w alpn gsii,. the wharf
hoy pil"d m every which wav and
lunChed W near The bOv Non. wac
= andng up. Tor that don't 60 nut they
wore awiully rhick up In the bow n
Sas such short dIstanC. 10 the New
HampFhir" and such -till wa'cr ha' none
4 ~ had fhe least idea of trouble ~
lar A. ! could See there were no real
waves only choppy little Cit that was
coming up m" river and there were no
teaiu"rs passing 20 give ~ their wash
"Abpu' %" yards from -hor" ! Jaw the
,i"ari"r 70 oy"r N" top - tar -ized
Sav" andth" loving painter paid ~ some
lack ~ m" steamer waE going down in
he trough Then Just ~ the sailing
auUUh how logan 20 top III" wave ia"
Lace uu m" painter -napI-d up 'aut and
h" bow was iust naturally pulled away
Iui"r ua' was al th"r" was TO- o. Then
h' steamer k"p' IN pulling f'r a httlc
uiuui" and o was pulling ~ under all
h" tim" his" q follow pulling ID gh' -hpc
~ his foot
III" river earn" right gD - M" M Idl"
( ID" sFIliug launch lief %" luyhpdy
tHIl1 even h Hli'r. th.n hs.rrT" % -..ttI,.i
most 4 IN" rH"u luml"l and 'h"r- we're
Hu-h''i uu' 100 b" rush Wa plcke,i
Ip bv ~" lou -isua's Steamer after IA
i''''r DO h" rIy"r ahpuf ten minutes
TUI BpAED ~ ISQ'.IHy
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