The New York herald., 1878-10-05
A BOY IN LAKE ERIE.
THIRrY-EIoHT HOURS AyLoAr IN TENprsTuoUs
1917 2.AAn wEATHtR. - BE

THIBTY-EIGHT HOURS AfLOAT IN TENPRSTUoUS
&H atAu wEATaiR. he ..1
from the Cleveland lohio]. Herald, Sept 27l
No would care TO pass through the terrible sx-
perlenos whicA George W. Percy. lad OF this city,
nineteen years oid. on Lake Erie during
early part Of this The slory or suffer-
ings Of Percy his final rescue with the death OF
his companion, told last evening as follows:-
.on Monday morning. -four O'Clock, arose, ate my
breakfast and, IN company with orphan Doy, Angus
McGiilis hurrisd TO the to take . sail TO
Rocky River We hired . small saiiboal OF Mr.. Law
aud got on about seven o'clock. We were Iowed
srabiy, when, at about haii-pass eleven o'clock.
the boat struck by squail. did all Lnat oud
DO TO prsysnt The boat from caps,zng, but over she
went We were then about three miles IRON she
west pier, ono mile from land aud mile from the
water works CRIB IL seemed A. ~ . wniriwind had
struck the boat and when she went over We could
nothing but cliSg 10 the SIDES and bottom. We got
out our handkerchiels and waved them, we shouIed
our ieslings were tsrriols Wo driilsd about until
dark, thsn there was no hope Of aid until morning.
We Kept awake, you may DO sars, and sud
deny schooner came along and struck
us. That ABOUT twelve O'Clock. 1t struck tho
stem OF the boat l yelled aud Angus yelled, ut II
didnr do any good. ! heard some boay tho
schooner say somsthing about somebody being over
board, and tnsn tho schooner went ,s way. tell
you my heart thumpsd tnsn. That was the last saw
OF Angus. was cntanged IN the sail, II was all
1 could DO TO tree myself thought sure must go.u
=, s.Hos 40" ooa ~ Know Ne ss nos no 20
was drowned exactly; dianu sec him 20 under. He
afraid oi tue scnoonef, and / guess he jumped
away from the thing pck ed up his hat ailsrward,
bat when had the trouble with the sail lost both
his tat ana nine Then | didn't hear any thing psss
until Of tue next day."
.srhe schooner shouiu have waited 70 assist youu
"Yes, but IL diun'L 10 not know what scnooner
1t Alter the schooner went by l managed TO
the boat right side up ana SIT her. she was
most iul oi water. tuesday morning. when lignl
came, again tired TO make my situation known, but
1 tailed. All day sat In tho sun, aud at about Two
O'CLOCK what sesmsu 10 be u skin NOT lar OF.
couple OF tugs came along and then she couldn't DO
seen any more. The tugs pi,k ked up schooner, uut
didn't see ma Tnsy must have been mite aud one
hall or two miles IRON 1 didn't see any more
Wednesday morning, when l was almost dead with
hunger aud EXHAUSTION You can have no idea OF
how badly 1 lett 1 thought OF my brothsrs and ais
ters, aud expected " die. AZ the t,rne l
was picked up by the propeller Benton
couldu't see where I was, because 1 was
turned around Tell on the deck the boat alter
had been assisted on board and some brandy was
given me. took little taste at u time. was taken
up stairs TO the dinibg room The men pulled OF my
clothes aud elt near The steam pipes. given
a little coffee and crackers, ana q couple oil small
slices oi bread IL seemed IL they couldn't do
enough for on tho Benton. fhen by aud by got
TO Detroit aud met by the reporter They treated
me we'll too. dlun't have any money, ana the
porter Of the Free Press got pass to return to
Cleveiand.n
IL win probably be some time before young Percy
will fully from the effects Of hls terrible
perience during tue thirty eight no that he Vas
-sxposed On ths waisr.