The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-04
SKIPPER BOBDING ASTERN
DUMPER UPSET WITH MN
AND TOW WENT RIGHT ON.
re was Two Hours In . Life Buoy. wen-
derinG which Faction of the shark
story writers 20 PIN His Faith To
Finally Another Tug Found Him.

Capt Eugene Davis Of Moran bumper
No. -. who IL also the rest of the ship :
company. came pretty close 10 losing the
number ~ his mess on Tuesday night
going out TO the dumping ground ten
miles OF Scotland ightship His boat
was full n dir and stone from the Four; n
avenus tunnel excavation in Brooklyn.
and ahead Of her. connected nv 30 feet
Of stout hawser. was another bumper.
r. r No !. The tug Julia c. Moran
had No at the end Of aoo feet Of hawser.
A stif wind from the southwest had
combed up heavy sea and the bumpers
rolled a. II they might go over at any
moment. The night was so dark that
Cart, Davis could not $50 the bumper
ahead. He decided that something was
going 90 happen pretty soon IL the SEA
got any wor-e He made line fast To
cleat amidships and held the loose
end in his hand. He also got inside a
life buoy.
A comber swatted the starbosrd side
OF the boat a minute later and over she
went She was on her beam ends long
enough TO give the skipper a chance TO jump
far enough from her to avoid the mas
Of mud and dir and stone thai fell out
after tho dumper turned turtle and emp
tied her load Then he began to shout.
But the haws.r that held IN" over
turned ship to No. had held and tho
tow wont right along. without ths
weight Of her load there WAS LITTLE prob
ability 81 the empty dump-r breaking
loose, hut the skipper thought that surely
somebody on the tug would fiud out what
had happsned To her. Nobody did. and
the skipper began 10 drift out with the
tide. He thought chiefly. he said, u the
possibility u sharks biting m his legs
That made him a little nervous He saws
he takes no stock in the theory that sharks
do not bite human beings north of Hat
I teras or that they won't bite trowrsr~.
| even black trousers. Alao the skipper
thought about what he should do for a
home. nov that the one he had slept
cooked and eaten IN for years was upside
down. lie thought Of his two suits OF new
clothes. his cooking utensils and his stove
, tunnel refuse. He thought likewise 81
! the possibility 81 making a saa trip out II
| the course Of liners and finally drifting
around dead, maybe with his feet bitten
OF by sharks. He thought IL lot Of
things.
He 10 still alive and thinking and he
thinks ~ was about two hours after his
! shin had disappeared in the darkness SEA %
ward tina, he heard a tug She came near
enough finally tn hear his shouts and
headed for him. She was the James
Packard. bound out with scoWz deck
hand threw him line and he was hauled
aboard He was nearly tuck out
/ Stimulants and hot meal broGg ht hum
around While the firemen driei his
clothing he was fitted out with a deck
! hands suit About an hour later the
I Packard met the Julia G. Moran cOming
4 In. Her pilot was unaware that anything
had happened 20 the bumper aStsTn II
! No. until Capt Davis impaired the in
formation by meEaJhone
The 49, was too rough 20 transfer
Capt Davis To the Moran and both tugs
| went on their coUrss-r The Moran had
found II too hazardous 20 dump No :
capeized bumper was toTed into Raw
Ridge breakwatsr and will "" righted by
the Merritt Chapman COMPANY Last
night Capt. Davis slept in a huus"