Year: 1871

Of the Dead


BoATMAN's STORY.


The following simple, Straightforward narrative is
told by one OF the gallant fellows who struggled SO
bravely to rescue their fellow creatures from wa
terry grave The story affecting In its rough sailor
like simplicity, and appeals to the heart more than
the most sensational story could do It Is the state
ment OF man who did his duty AMI seems scarcely
to think that ne has done anything more:-


JAMES CONDY HERALD BOATMAN.


was In the HERALD shipping office at the time OF
the explosion, and, looking out Of the window, saw
volume Of steam and ran ont on the barge ONCE
DOCK Jumped into smalboat and pulled round
the end OF the pier In there. saw
number Of people hanging on 10 the
umbers OF the dock, but as there were men on the
dock with ladder showed down. trying TO get them
out, turned my attention to the people In the
water. All about the end OF the pier the water was
covered with fragments OF the saloon works,
scattered about al thirty feet distance out from the
dock In every direction men, women ana children
were


HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE


to the pieces of floating tmoer. Nearly all OF them
exhibited wounds about the head and face and ap.
peared TO be greatly frightened. saw child
lying on the top OF pretty large piece OF the wood
work which was floating about in the wafer, and
at once pulled for 1t. When l got close /
picked up the infant, which was about three
months Old. When ! TOOK 1t up 1t
didn't appear 10 have any life in 1t. i
placed on one side OF the boat and r0wed to where
I saw woman clinging to another fragment about
four yards away, and when took ncr in found
she was


THE CHnLDs MOTHER.


She was awfully excited, and wnen she saw her
child she picked 1t up anu put 1t in her lap she
said she had had three otner children with her, and
did not knew what had become Of them. The poor
woman whose name was Omen, was dreadfuly
overcome with fright and seemed not TO fully recog-
nlze her position at first Close by these was nice
looking young girl, about fifteen years old, dressed
IN white, also supporting herself on piece OF the
wreck. got hold OF her and pulled her INTO the
boat She cried to me. "Please take me in,' and
after ] had safely got her into the boat
she told me her name, Mary Bauman,
living IN avenue c. She was in great distress for
her mother, who had accompanied her on the boat,
and whom she believed dead. However, when
landed her, some time after, she found her mother,
who appeared to nave


ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURA.
When had the girl safely In the boat went to
the assistance OF man who was clnglng TO a
piece of wood at about six yards from me. After
some difficulty HANDED him into the boat. He told
me he had had boy with him. After landed
him near the White Horse slip he found the
child who was not injured. Bradford complained
that his leg injured little boy, about nfteen,
supporting himself on the fragments, asked me
piteously to take him in, his leg was injured and
he could not SWIM. Several men were
SCRAMBLED INTO TIE BOAT
without my help, and put them safely ashore.
think IN all put seven ashore. number OF boats
had rowed In INN edately after the explosion and
were all busily engaged in trying to save the people
III the water. Only for the small boats having
come in so quickly great many
more would have been drowned. Among the BOAT.
men whom noticed actively engaged in the effort
to save the lives OF the people, were Thomas
Bresnaham. q Whitehall boatman, and James HOl-
land, Whitehall bOatman.