The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-06-29

4 Wonderful
a Woman PASSES five DAYS III
the Hold of a CarSized YES
sci in Lake Eric, and is
Finally Rescued Alive.
[Erie (Pa.) DiSpach.

Erie (Pa.) Dispach.
Ever since Lake E1ie has been nay.
iga,ed by civilized people, especially
for the LAST century, has she swallow
ed up large Numbers of hnman h".
ilgs 10y shipwreck, by five, and Ivy
other casualties, and while many
bOtirs are recovered there a,e many
others that are never found and many
that float ashore that are newer iLru-
tilted.
| propose now to give an instance
in which human l"iny was >hi r.
wreck+! on Lake E'm, remaining in
the watt, i've days and WAS tiual!y
rescued alive. |" the autumn" of 1893
Capt. Gilman App|thH, of C"nnrann',
Ohio, was captain aud pant Owner IF
tho sctnmntr New Connecticut. 4
rt-am|oat was then being hui|f at
C"nnrant (the North Amtrlrau) of
which Capt. App|eby had chan yr, and
WAS for many years her master. An
aunt Of his, the" residing at Black
Rock, below Buffalo, was at Erie on
4 visit, staying with her brother, VII"
WAS then a resident of the town. The
lady went to Conntant in company
with \ nephew to visit her brother
there. After remaining for some
time she became exceedingly anxious
to get home. Capt. App|rhy, who
was busy with the steamboat, en-
deavored to dissuade his aunt from
taking the home journey until ho
should be going out with his vessel,
when he would take her home. Ills
efforts in that direction, however.
were unavailing, aud he had her ia
ken on board the schooner to 90 to
Buffalo in charge Of the crew. The
vessel being light, and the time Of
year August, the captain had entire
confidence in tho ability of the crew
t" manage the craft and land bis rela-
tive safe ut her destination. Every
thing rasscd off quietly until tn" YES
sel had passed E,ie, when a sudden
squall struck and rolled her over up
On her side, when she neatly titled
with water, but continued /" II"at.
The crew, loOstnjDg the vessels yaw'.
jumped in and pulled for the shore,
leaving tho woman in the cabin, as
they supposed d"wned. The party
landed ut or near Portland, Chautau-
qua county, New York, and made
their way as best they c"uId back to
Conneaut. Three days after the ac-
cideut Capt. Wilkins of the steam
boat william Peacock, in coming
down from Detroit, was bcsought 10y
Capt. Appleby to board the week il
10 saw it, and if possible t" get the
body Of bis aunt ont of the cabin aud
convey it to Buffalo. Capt. Wilkins
discovered the disabled vessel drift
ing down the lake, aud after coming
alongside, Capt. William Hent"n,
then first mate Of the Peacock, board
I'd the wreck and made search. The
schooner lay upon her side, aud to
ali appearances was full of water. A
pole was employed, aud it was snp-
posed every part of tue cabin was
t"uched, and, as no object in the
shape Of a human body was felt, the
conclusion was reached that the re-
mains had foated out of tho cabin
into the lake, and hence, further
search was given up. Two days af~
terward, Capt. Appleby came down
with q vessel with facilities to right
the schooner and tow her into the
nearest port, the drowned woman's
son being along to assist in the re-
covery Of the b"dy. The vessel was
finally righted, aud when the cabi''
d""r had nearly reached level 30.
sition the woman walked through tho
water and came up tie stairs upon
deck. She was caught rs Capt. Ap-
pIeby aud supported, Lille her son
| wept and sailors screamed. Five
days and nights had '.,"n ia ti'n
water, while a port;". ", - time
she WAS up to her arnr1,u. -; could
not liz down, aud What sleep she got
was in that position, and all she had
was solitary cracker aud law on
ion, uh,ch aoated on the water. She
stated that after the vessel capsized
and was abandoned by the crew, she
found herself alone in the water,
waist deep. The cabin door was
open, but the food was two feet above
it, aud the sea made constant changes
in he position. When Capt. wilkins
stopped she could hear the boarding
party talk aud walk on the vessel,
aud although abe used her voice to it's
utmost to attract attention, she could
not make them hear. She saw the
pile thrust into the cabin door by
Capt. HeDton, and asked it she shon)d
hold on to it and ~ pulled ont, but
40 aDswer came, the captain healins
no noise other than tho plasl'in. of
the water, and having not Tie rem"t-
rst idea that the woman WAS there
alive ar dead. This event occnr'ed
forty five years ago, and have never
heard Of a parallel case, either on tho
lake or other waters, and her saliva.
tion from drowning may I've regarded
as little less than a miracle.