New-York tribune., 1890-06-29
4 HEROINE OF SIXTEEN.
THE ExrRAoRDIyARY SWIM FROM THE oUErT

L. r Meade in Woman
In the history Of hi, century there has perhaps.
never been known an instance OF grratcr ,ouFdse'
endurance and lluck than that shown hy Emily Lacy
young girl under sixteen ycals Oi axe, Al the uI .
II the wreck o' the Qnoita A. MI, Lacy Is rel tei
10 some personal friend, OF ny own. nave asked
permission to publish few more particulars about
her. She and her younger sister, aged thirteen were
coming 10 England 20 complete their education.
Wien the crash came Emily immediately rushed tn
cabin TO try and rescue her younger sister ana me
two succeeded In r'achns ne deck where noMc\ei .
uftcrwari. Mis-, Lucy says thar as the vessel was
going down gentleman in whose care the girls We're
said 10 her. lOu look after yOl.sc AMI VIII take
caro- Of May Both This gentleman. however. ami
The little sister were drowned
SWIMMING WITH CINGALESF AND >IiEEP.
When We got att" she writes. d" the snip suddenly
went down. and a. drinking in the sali water
thought was going 10 be dro"ncd Iu' came up
acain and surrounded by Clngalc'e and sheep.
| fclt myself being pressed down 10y them, Il was
terrible. Then a raft short distance out. ana
was dragged ON TO II by me pnrNer VINO was -, very
crowded with Clngalcsc. When got away some
distance a. the Cinealcso became very noisy we cuI
our raft adrift and remained her With the putser
for "A long time, t were a> thought, two miles
from the shore; and as he told me that he could not
swim. | lett him and swan Tor me shore, Ont ! ana
not reach it, - IL WAS 50 far away. went on SWIM
ming toward the land. and saw another raft on when
cot 10 II. but a, they were very rude and excited.
and thought they might he drunk left IT, ana TOOK
to swimming again."
BURNED NEARLY BLACK WITH THE sun
Kept up for another half hour. she quite with
out clothes, and burned nearly black with h' sun BE
fore hitting her out of the water a sailor threw his
Jacket her. and then laid her tcndcry in the bot
tom of the boat. For twenty consecutive hours She
had been swimming and floating sometimes On her
back sometimes on her side. She spoke of the heat
as 50 intense that, she had continually 70 keep her
head under water To escape snntro". She says that
sho had any conscious fear oi death either from
drowning, or from worse terrible enemy.
sharks, but she often felt her powers OF endurance
giving way, and 1t was only the thought Of the agony
her death would have caused her parents which
enabled the heroic girl to continue her eAcrons The
wreck took place at p. m. Friday, February p,
and Miss Lacy not rescued until : O'Clock
dav morning. Twelve hours ont Of that time she
spent with the chief officer. Grey: :-who had got
raft. A. he could not swim, the brave girl swan by
the side Of the raft and tried to tow it toward land
Finding. however, that she making no progress,
She left him. hoping to reach land which did not
far away, and get food and water for herself and
him. She soon, however got into currents. and
when the Aluatross rescued her she drifting
10 sea. Miss Lacy IL now recovering from the fearful
shock she has undergone, and han before now Ne
turned 20 her home. she expressed a great dread Of
going again the water and IL scarcely likely that
the intrepid girl will ever visit EnSand