The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-01-24

Ever since Lake Eric has been nayi-
gated by civilized people, especially for
the last century, has she swallowed up
large numbers OF human beings by ship
wreck, by fire, or by other casualties,
and while many bodies are recovered,
there are hundreds that arc never found,
and many that float ashore that are Ecr-
err identified.
Captain Gilman ATplcby, Of Con.
ncauL, Ohio, was captain Gnd part
owner of the Schooner New Connecticut,
An aunt Of his, then residing at Black
Rock, below Buffalo, went to Conneaut
to visit her brother there. Ailor re-
msininc for some time, she became eN-
ccedingly anxious to get home. Captain
Appleby ~endeavorud to dis5uGde his
aunt from taking the home journey un-
til he should be going out with his yes
sci, when he would take her home. HIS
efforts in that direction, however, were
u~navailing, aud he had to take her on
board tho schooner to go 10 Buffalo in
charge OF the crew.
Everything passed. of quietly until
after the vessel had passed Eric, when
a sudden squat struck and rolled her
upon her side. when she nearly filled
with water, but continued to float
The crew loosening tho vessels yawl
jumped in and pulled for he shore,
leaving the woman in the cabin, as they
supposed drowned. The party landed,
and made their way rs best they could
back to Conneaut
Three days after the accident Captain
wilkins, of the steamboat William Pea
cock, in coming down from Detroit
was besought BY Captain Appleby to
n..A IL. ,..,.l. "a kn gutu Il and IL png-
sible to get the body of his aunt out of
the cabin and convey it to Buffalo.
CAPTAIN wilkins discovered the disabled
vessel drifting down the lake, and, after
coming alongside, the first mate of the
Peacock boarded the wreck and made
search. The schooner lay upon her
side, and, to all appearances, was full
of water. A pole was employed, and it
was supposed every part of the cabin
was touched, and the conclusion was
reached that the remains had hoated
out of the cabin into the lake; hence
further search was given up,
TsYo days afterward Captain Appleby
came down with n vessel Int facilities
TO right the schooner and tow her into
the nearest port, the drowned woman's
son being along to assist in the recovery
of the body. The vessel was finally
righted, and when the cabin door had
nearly reached q level position, the
woman walked through the water and
came up stairs upon deck.
She was caught by Captain Appleby
and supported, while her son wept and
the sailors screamed. Five days and
nights she had been in the water. while
a portion of her time she was up to her
arnpits. She could not lie down, and
what sleep she got was in that position,
and all the food she had was a solitary
cracker and a raw onion, which located
on the water.
She stated that after the vessel cap
sized and was abandoned by the crew,
she found herself alone in water waist
deep. Tho cabin door was open, but
the flood was two feet above it, and the
sea made constant changes in her posi-
ton. When Captain Wilkins stopped.
she could heal the boarding party talk
and walk on the vessel, and although
she used her voice To its utmost TO at
tract attention, shO could not make
them hear. She saw the pole thrust
into the cabin door by Captain Mention,
and asked II she should hold on TO il
and be pulled out but no $ came,
the captain hearing no other noise than
the splashing Of the water, and having
nct the remotest idea that the woman
was there, alive or dead