Record Data
Source citation
“Man Overboard!,” New York Times, March 31, 1857, p. 5: 3.
Newspaper: Publication
New York Daily Times
Newspaper: Headline
Man Overboard!
Newspaper: Page(s)
5
Newspaper: Column
3
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Leah Suhrstedt, Dickinson College
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and other typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
Man Overboard!
At 5 o’clock P.M., yesterday, a man, too much in a hurry to wait for the next boat at the Fulton Ferry, essayed a leap after the boat as she was receding from the slip: his agility and momentum not being equal to the space to be overcome, he dropped into the dock, where he was observed bobbing round for several minutes enjoying a cold bath. A pole was extended to the hapless individual to keep him from sinking, which he grasped with convulsive energy, all-forgetful of his fat sailing off on a voyage of discovery. A ladder was finally handed down, on which he slowly ascended to dry land, a wetter and wiser man.