Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1912 — HOYS ARE TRAPPED BY TIDE [ARTICLE]

HOYS ARE TRAPPED BY TIDE

They Shout and Fire Bhotguns Until Help Comes After Nightfall. Philadelphia.—Clinging to the stump of a tree on an inundated island in Darby creek, Edward Haberle, 18 years old, and Winfield Toy, 16 years old, both of Colllngdale, were rescued with the water within a few Inches of their feet and high tide still coming id. The young men were exhausted and collapsed when taken into a boat that had gone from Colllngdale to their rescue. Early in the afternoon Haberle and Toy, armed with shotguns, started out to hunt blackbirds. At low tide there are numerous small islands in the “broken meadoms,” and the boys wandered in search of game. Toward evening they suddenly awoke to a realization that the tide was rising and that they were cut off from the mainland. Neither of them could swim, so they climbed up the trunk of a dead tree that extended five feet above the level of the island. Darkness was coming on. and the boys in terror, shouted for help. Their cries were unanswered. Then they started to fire their guns. Each had about fifteen rounds of ammunition, and they fired every shot before attracting attention. Just as they had

given up hope, Charley Hutt, who had heard the shots from a distance, appeared on the bank of Darby creek. He called to the boys to swim across, and when he learned that neither could swim, told them to remain where they were until he summoned help. Hutt communicated with the Collmgdale police, and Policemen Diehl, Jones and Trumback jumped into a boat and rowed swiftly to the scene. It was so dark when the rescue boat arrived that the policemen could not see the boys, and had to be guided by their shouts. According to the police, the tree trunk upon which the young men took refuge is completely covered when the tide reaches its highest mark.