Rescue at Brown's Point
A sudden storm flips a yacht off Brown’s Point, leaving a party stranded in the water for over an hour until an infantry unit provides a rescue.
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Tacoma, by special correspondent: A violent squall overturned several skiffs and yachts on the bay at 5 p.m. today. The new yacht Avis, which carries a big mainsail, was overturned. The co-manager of the Olympic theater, Mr. Wilson, his wife, and a couple of other lady friends, along with Albert Hill of the city treasurer's office, were thrown into the water by their boat upsetting. They all clung to the side of the boat, Mr. Wilson says, for an hour and twenty minutes, until they drifted ashore at Brown's Point, where Captain Carpenter's soldiers of the Fourteenth Infantry rescued them and cared for them. They were given a tent, fire, and stimulants were furnished freely. The attention shown the cold and shivering members of the party by the soldiers was highly commendable. Mr. Wilson, having regained his land legs, took the rail safely and brought word to the city so that carriages could be sent for those rescued.
“They all clung to the side of the boat, Mr. Wilson says, for an hour and twenty minutes, until they drifted ashore at Brown's Point.”
The treacherous nature of Puget Sound waters is a constant, even in the middle of a city. The site of this 1893 rescue, Brown's Point, remains a critical navigational spot for maritime traffic today.
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