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The Longest Swim on Record.—The death of Samuel Brock, a Yarmouth bjaehman, recalls his extraordinary cs* capo in October, 1885. A vessal wasobserved at sea about one p. 31., with a signal flying for a pilot, bearing east, dis'ant about twelve miles. Brock, who belonged to Layton’s company, with niue others, launched the yawl Increase. About four o’clock they came up with the vessel, which proved to be the Spanish brig Parquette do Bilboa. Three of the licuchmen went on board, and the re uiainder of the crew ot the yawl were seut awav On their wav home a terri* fie squall took the yawl’s .sail flat aback, and she capsized. In a few minutes all the crew, with the exception of Brock, were drowned. It was then about halfpast six P. M., and the nearest land wasix miles di.-taut—dead low water—and Brock remembered thut the flood tide would bo setting off shore making to the southward, so that should he ever reach the shore he would have to swim and float at least fifteen miles The swell of the sea drove him over the Cross sand ridge, and then he got sight of the buoy of St. Nicholas ijat, nearly opposite his own i door, distant four miles from the laud, lie had now been five hours in the water, lie next caught sight of a vessel at anchor. Ho got within 200 yards of the ves3cl and hailed her ; a boat was at once lowered, and at half-past one a. m.. having swam seven hours and a half in au i October night, he was safe on board the brig Betss, of Sunderland, nearly fifteen j miles from the spot where the boat Increase was capsized. — Enylish Vnprr.
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Middlebury Register
Middlebury, Vermont, US
Tue, Feb 17, 1874
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