The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1889-06-01
DROPPED INTO THE SEA.
A Boys Miraculous Escape from Savage
Ocean Vulture.

Ocean vultare.
An old sea captain says in relating re-
cent Incident in his experience TO San
Francisco Examiner reporter: lone day
the mates son, lad of fifteen years, fell
overheard. A sailor named Banning leaped
into the water after him. The sea water in
neighborhood is 30 cold that a man can
live much longer than twenty five or
thirty minutes in IL. The attention of every
man on board was given to the two men in
the water put when one sailor raised his
eyes and saw an enormous bird making di-
rect for the boy he emitted cry of terror,
which was joined in by every one as soon as
they saw IT, II did not resemble cloud,
nor did il carry rock in It's talens, but il
Was AN enOI nous creature that no two men
would care TO battle with under any cir
camstances. When Banning raised his
eyes and saw the bird his first thought was
TO turn around and make for the ship. Fear
took possession of him, and his strokes
grew less powerful. Seeing Banning's
danger James Gray jumped in after him.
just as he reached the water the great
creature reached the boy, who was grow
ing very faint AT first the bird seemed
undetermined what 10 do. II pecked at the
boy about the body, needing not the shouts
of the sailors who sought 10 frighten it
away. 1t was some time before the boat
could DO lowered, and by the time 1t was let
into the water and manned the boy had gone
down once His sudden disappearance sur
prlsed the bird, which was about to
turn its attention TO Banning, when the
boy came TO the surface again. | ran
to my cabin and returned with a
rifle to shoot the bird should it grow
safrl4r hC.. 4 IL
| saw was the strange creature rising
into the air with the boy, and ITS mate,
which suddenly appeared, almos: as large,
was attacking Banning. He was on hls
back. dodging the beak of his adversary aud
swimming toward the vessel with all his
might. | was never more excited in my
life. hardly knew what 10 do The boy
was being carried away and was up thirty
or forty feet IN the air Shoot the Dird,'
fclied the mate, running about the deck
like crazy man and shouting at the top of
his voice orders that were not obeyed Ia
shooting |, OF course, ran the risk of killing
the boy instead of the big bird, if, indeed,
he was not killed by the fall but there was
not mach time to think of this the bird was
still rising and, after a hasty aim, fred.
II was an excellent shot A wing fell help
less. as II / had broken it, and the bird
tumbled down into the the water. the
second bird, when it saw the boat approach,
left Banning and made fierce attack on
one OF the boatmen, striking him with its
foot blow that felled him to the n6ttom of
the boat. Another OF the crew raised an
oar and hit the bird with all his might,
when 1t flew away. Banning, GRAY and the
boy were picked up. The latter was un.
conscious, but after good rubbing he was
brought to Banning was bleeding about
the face, and more or less injured about the
body. The wounded bird fought viciously
when an attempt was made TO capture IT.
IL was finally lassoed and taken on board.
Three weeks afterward it died. The bow
said that before he went down he felt him.
self losing consciousness and grabbed al
the enormous bird that was lowering over
MN he caught It's feet and held on with
The grip OF drowning man. He PARTIAL,
regained his sense In the air, but though
lac was higher up than he really was ana
did not dare 20 let 60"
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