The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-20
NEAR 4 WATERY GRAVE, :.
MISS INA SINGLETON HAS TURH,.
LING EXPERIENCE ON
POTOMAC.
rarity OF Four i'm Small Boat Driven
out I'm Bay by the Fury Of Storm,
Come Near to Death Before They
Are Rescued by Vessel.

fhrc hcScucU Dy teSScl.
Annapolis, Md, Aug. 11-Caught in
the severe wind and rain storm that
passed over Annapolis between and
q O'Clock yesterday afternoon and
rearful lest any minute their little
p6werboat would turn turtle, Miss
Nancy Dashiell, daughter Of Mrs. Rob
ert b. Dashiell, and a party Of friends
had a thrilling experience in the
Chesapeake Bay. -''~
They were rescued by a schooner
bound for Baltimore and later brought
TO Annapolis in a steam launch dis
patched from the Naval Academy.
They had been buffeted about in the
choppy seas and blown four miles out
In the bay and were watersoaked and
thoroughly frightened.
In the boat, besides Miss Dashiell.
were Miss Ina Singleton; Charles
Steele. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nevett
Steele, Of Murray Hill, Annapolis, and
another young man. The boat was
the - Nancy pa 25-foot gasoline
launch owned by Mrs Dashiell.
Seeking relief from the intense
heat, the party left Annapolis in the
early afternoon for a run on the river
and bay. Despite the fact that the
storm, which broke shortly after s
O'clock. had been forming over in the
west for two or three hours, they ven.
tured out in the vicinity Of the light
house. -. ....s
1t was there that the heavy gale of
wind and the drenching rain caught
them. The storm, travelling with re-
markable velocity, overlook, them be
fore they could bring the launch into
the safe .harbor of Brack Creek, an the
other side o. Eastport. And for more
than an hour th. y driftedi about help
lessly in the baY. -e ! - -. -
= Realizing the predicament OF the
young people, pers ons' living, at East
port telephoned to tire Naval Academy
hiHherittes to send a. boat; to. their
rescue. s.ts!, +' = t.u,.ytt - .
= No time was lost in getting, a. launch
away from the academy, and while Il
was comparatively. early in the after
noon, ;the heavy black clouds threw
everything into almost total darkness
for time. The binding ran fur
f'nished an added difficulty to the res
cue party. .a 4,,.
Tossed about in the heavy seas, the
little gasoline boat drifted toward the
lighthouse, and that itJHwas not
swamped was remarkable. Spying the
helpless party, the keeper of the light
threw rope. to them, but the occu~
pants Of the craft failed to catch it.
Finally young Steele, grasping an
almost hopeless situation took the
bOwline OF the launch and managed
to swim with 1t to the light tower,
believing that he. would be able to
make the boat fast. ...
He reached the light, but was DOW
erless to hold the drifting boat again Il
the big waves. So on the boat drifted.
The keeper of the light hauled
young Steele to safety, and it was
with difficulty, it is said, that Steele
was restrained from launching the
small boat at the light and going
after his companions. s...
Meantime the light keeper tolled his
bell as warning signal and shortly
afterward the launch from the Naval
Academy came along and the Occu-
pants were told the direction in which
the disabled gasoline craft was drift
ing.
Full power was put on by the steam
launch to continue the search. Finally
about four miles out in the bay, as
the storm began to lift the craft was
sighted. All hands were safe.
In the nick of time a schooner, the
name of which was not ascertained.
had come to anchor to ride out the
storm. got rope to the launch, and
In that manner drew the power boat
and it's occupants alongside
The academy launch brought the
young people to their homes i'm this
ccty.
The above Is from q Baltimore pa-
per. The Miss Singleton alluded to is