August 26th, circumstances very similar to the last case, Captain Andrews rescued a gentleman, J. L. Thompson, for which he received the Royal Humane Society's testimonial, on vellum, presented by Mayor Beatty.
April 27th, Andrews was elected President of the Dolphin Swimming Club.
July 29th, at practice near Hanlan's Point, he swam. out to the assistance of two young men—about five hundred yards distance—and brought them safely to shore. For this he received the bronze medal of the. Royal Humane Society and certificate of honor, presented by Mayor McMurrich.
September 5th, Andrews was awarded the gold, cross of valor, which was presented in the City Hall, Nov. 4th, 1881, by Alderman Boswell, in the presence of a assembly of citizens..
July 22nd, Andrews was appointed swimming. master to the Whnan Island Baths. Three days later, in company with a young man named McBean, in response to a " distress" signal, he went to the assistance of six young ladies, whose overcrowded boat had shipped so much water they were in danger of drowning. Andrews and his companion reached them, the water had already reached the thwarts, and was still coming in over the weather side ; by constant baling and careful management the ladies were brought safely to,shore, though there was a considerable sea on at the time ; but, with the exception of a thorough drenching, and the- necessary confinement at the Wiman Baths while that inconvenience was being remedied, the ladies were nothing the worse, although their position for a time was exceedingly dangerous.
September 25th, Andrews plunged into Toronto Bay, and swam out to the assistance of a young man who was seized with cramps, and was in danger ; he was safely brought to sitore. For this he received the Royal Humane Society's bronze clasp and certificate of honor, presented by Mayor Mc Murrich.
May, Andrews, in company with Island Constable Ward, organized the Toronto Harbor Life-Saving Crew, to man the life-boat recently transferred from the Harbor Trust to the Dominion Government, Under the control of the Minister of Marine.
July a tremendous storm, exceeding in violence anything that has been seen on Toronto Bay for years, Captain Andrews, in company with William Ward and John D.
Patry, accomplished another noble rescue. While the storm was at its height, these three brave men put out in Dr. Oldright's open skiff at the imniinent risk of their lives to the rescue of Professor Schlochow, a German music teacher, whose boat was capsized, and who was clinging for his life to the keel, while every wave washed over his head. In their eager efforts to reach the drowning man the stroke-oar was broken, which threw the boat into the trough of the sea, when the next wave filled her completely, and they had to put ashore at Sandy Point to empty her. Nothing daunted, however, they made a fresh start, and after the greatest exertion they reached the capsized craft, and taking off the drowning man, placed him in the bottom of the boat and pulled for the shore, again landing at the lake-side opposite the shelter, after a pull of nearly three miles. They carried the unconscious form of the man into the Wiman Island Baths, where Drs. Geikie and Bell, who were among the hundreds of spectators, instantly set to work to resuscitate the rescued man, and after long and continued exertions, his rescuers had the gratification of seeing him restored to consciousness. This constitutes the very best case of life-saving which has ever taken place in Toronto Bay. Such was the fury of the storm—the public observatory places the velocity of the wind at eighty miles an hour— and the rolling of the sea, and so enormous were the troughs of the waves into which the little craft momentarily fell, that she could only be seen from the shore when she rose buoyantly upon the crest of the waves, and the heavy rainstorm that prevailed at the time greatly added to the peril of the situation. Indeed, the many people who witnessed the occurrence aver that the conduct of these brave men in their gallant and successful effort to save life, was worthy of every commendation. In recognition of his bravery on this occasion, the Royal Humane Society forwarded a bronze clasp and its certificate of honor to his Worship, the then Mayor, A. R. Boswell, Esq., who presented them to Captain Andrews during the City Council meeting on 18th January, 1884, amid the applause of the council.