Deseret Evening News | 1901-11-25 | Page 3 | A Feat of Daring

A FEAT OK W uUNo Here Jumps Into Water Wlter und and float Bout Now New York Nov 25 Charles Berg boatswain of o the tho torpedo boat Fulton performed a most remark 1110 feat reat of or daring during at ot Now New Suffolk L LI LI LI I It I was tia after fie to is I t tho thin Fulton after arter being under water wate In tho tim submarine boat ont nil all ni night night A tierce fierce gale gain was raging and the tide was so 10 high that there was wal three feet teet of water In I tho time streets of ot New Now Suffolk Three largo large sloops had been driven whore before thin the gale galo and a I crowd of ot spectators on op the Holland torpedo torl do boat bOlt wharf noticed what had appeared to bo be boa b bea a n largo large pile plo driving toward the G 0 D 13 Bransford Sr Br one of tho the sloops that was ashore The crew cr w that the drifting object was wal a n torpedo dummy weighing pounds They Timey Th Y saw a It I when It I wa WM ves less titan than fifty feet from the thc sloop which It would have havo completely wrecked Berg DOf though hampered by b his hits overcoat and rubber boots Jumped overboard Sought fought his Mi way wn to the torpedo and ana reached It I In titan time to prevent It from striking this the Bransford He Ito lo steered It safely ashore lhor where It was wha W S hauled from tho thio water It I had been Heated from the he I wharf by tho Ito high tide I