Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-08
WIFE RESCUES
HER HUSBAND
Report Man Nearly Dr 0
Off BslfOrd Shore.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

keyport, Aug. S:-W. D. Lower
ee, formerly of Newark, who with
his wife have made their home in
keyport for the last year or so, eX-
perienced a narrow escape from a
watery grave in the Raritan Bay
while cruising in his motor-boat
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Loweree, accompanied by his
wife, left the mooring off the Key
port Yacht Club, of which he Is a
member, In their motor-boat, the
Louise" in the early part of the
afternoon for a cruise down the
bay. Everything passed along in
good shape until a point about four
or five miles off the Bedford shore
was reached, when one of the large
boat oars was lost overheard. Owing
to the fact hat there was no tender
along, it was almost impossible to
obtain the lost oar in the large boat,
so to hasten the recovery and to en-
Joy a little wetting, the yachtsman
leaped into the water, not stopping to
remove any clothing.
After swimming for a short dis
lance the GOODNESS of the water and
the swiftness of the current began
W ohuSA hlilAO hO oN dDtllJJ
Of Mr.. Loweree, who ordinarily Is
a strong swimmer. Realizing the
danger of further chasing the float
ing oar, he started to ~retrace his
strokes toward his launch, which in
the meantime had been idly drifting
with the currents with the engine
stopped. About this time his leg
muscles began to cramp, retarding
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he could not regain his craft. For
~tunately near at hand were an off
shore pole of a fishing pound, which
he managed to clutch when he was
almost exhausted. Cautioning his
wife to get the boat fastened to an
other pole a short distance away,
which 1t had ran into, he removed a
part of his clothing and, shouting to
his wife to help him, he released his
grasp IN the pole and struck out for
his boat again. He had gone but a
short distance when he was attacked
by cramps again and Immediately
sank.
Mrs. Loweree, who was a~nxiousiy
watching every move, became vio-
lently hysterical and only by much
will power and by previous advice
from her husband, overcome the i'm
pulse to leap in to his aid. On
reaching the surface again, the
drowning swimmer, keeping his
thoughts concentrated as much as
possible, made n last heroic strug-
gle to regain his launch. His good
swimming qualities here asserted
themselves and while in a most
cramped position he managed to
keep his head above the water and In
some n paddle in the region Of
the goal of safety, but not before he
at one time virtually gave up all hope
and babe his wife farewell, as his
chances of ver getting out of that
unfortunate plunge in the water
were indeed slim to him.
AS he worked his way within
striking distance Of the launch, Mrs.
Loweree grabbed his clothing with
the boat-hook, holding her husband
up, who was now in such a be-
numbed and cramped condition as to
be most absolutely helpless. Mrs.
Loweree, by a supreme effort She
cannot account for the strength that
aided her-succeeded in getting the
weak body of her husband again in
the launch where, after "estjng for
a little while and warmed by the
sun, his strength gradually returned
to him.
The boat, after getting under way,
was turned towards the harbor by
the happy wife and husband, who
could not but feel overjoyed that
both were alive to tell the tale. If
w. D. Loweree again loses an oar,
it Is very probable that he will not
attempt to recover it by a little swim.