The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-18
CRBAMBR'S CROWDED HOUR
NOINTED COP WAKES THREE
RESCTES ar COMFY.
Barey Time 60 TAKE tsreaih Between
JsD.- Helped Out by auto Tire Used
as . ring Basy Hard swiuas In the
IlIgh surf Win Al HI- Outnt On.

High surf WITH Az hls Ou'"t W.
Mounted Policeman Johnny creAmsr
~ the Coney Island cavalry twiddled
his legs over his bAy horse late ys~isr-
day afternoon and wondered why his
r,.l,ef didn't show up Johnny was on
y,o-, At the OC,an Parkway aud the Con-
course. whers he could keep an eve on
nls crowds drifting h.twesn Brighton
and the West Fad
A scream came "a on the s@a wind aud
then muffied shouts for help. Johnny
made ont indistinctly that a man was
sslng for life away oft in the rough
water Then he glanced AZ the stretch
~ sand betweeu hun and the rollers and
gave tho bay q touch VI spur
The horse flashed across the roadway,
took the ston. wall cleanly and stretched
his legs in q long kaIlop through the soft
sand Johnny pressed him straight into
III. water with people cheering right and
left lie slid "a III. hor-e when the watsr
was belly deep turned it's head toward
the shore aud clipped u lightly On the
hump The bay shouldsr-d his way 70
tue beach aud waited With dropped head
, for johnny ~ come back.
Cr-amer struck out for the drowning
man. burcien.d with his whole outfit.
leather putte~- and all The crowd ON
the beach saw him bObbine in the waves
and nutiCsd that he hadn't even thrOwp
IA his cap
Dreamer 60, hand on the mans neck
after what seemed an age. and u was
lucky he wasn't minute slower The
man Was going down completsly ex-
hau-tssi when Crsamer caught him. and
All und-rto~ had him by the legs He was
too weak 90 fight HE resrusr and Johnny
towed him back % land slowly.
n was then q few minutes past o'clock
The New Brighton Theatre and other
places were letting ont their crowds
aud they ran to the beach and some Of
them helped Johnny salvage the man
and empty salt water from him He was
all right ~ a few minutes and was able
10 tell them his name. fehx He'dr *
~ 25ss First street. Coney Island.
Johnny. dripping and chilled. was about
20 climb on the bay to report at the Coney
Island police station when n young man
breathless from excitement tore into the
crowd aud caught his arm
There's two Kids drowning up the
beach he shouted. ~ Won don't get to
en- now they're gonerS'-
He lie out on a run for the buikhead that
strikes into the ocean from a point above
where Dreamer pulled Heidrick out and
the policeman follows 81 as fast AZ he could
Behind them traiIed lfeguari- from
Baltner'.. capt Tom Reilly aud hi- crew.
buI they couldn't step With Dreamer
handicapped ~ he was. by his soaked
uniform
Ir~am-r sa~ Two boys away ont bey FOND
their depth who frauIically paved the
wave. and cried for help. He took
header - the hulkheAd and swan toward
them lie realized then how tired he was.
Rs-cuing HeidriCk had used him up. hut
h- set lis teeth aud plugged On. lie man
aged 10 grip one hoy hy the hair and the
other chung Ia his arm lie tried 10 work
his wsv toward the hulkhead. hut he was
~ tired that h- Was afraid .vsrv instant
that the boys would pull him under
Then the man rho led him to the SECOND
rescue was struck bv an idea. lie - q
chauffeur. Henry Dalton ~ 1O2 Ha'sey
street BROOKLYN His automobile was
parked near the Ioncours- and he had
been repairing "a tire which lac had in1atet
whil- "a IN. wheel when he saw that
dreamer was weakening he sprinted
across the road and grabbed up the tire
He was back in . minute. The tire went
into the Ic.an with Q hug splash Dreamer
got to 4 and held on with the two boys
Then Dalton got q rope. threw ar end 10
Dreamer and the rrst vas easy The life
guards pulled IN the three aud h-lp-d them
up the ladder.
Tn. boys werp John Halloran. 10 years
old 81 3u West Fiftieth street. Mammal
tan. aud Thomas Mslcosmcn OF t5O Smith
avenue. the same borough. Or Rapf'aport
Of the Coney Island Hospital looked them
over and sa,d they we're able To 60 home.
He asked Dreamer IL he wanted To 20 Ia
the hospital.
No. said Dreamer. I'm going home
FOR supper