Telegram-herald., 1890-11-16


take hut nine men These were safely landed,
aud Immediately ansther journey was made.
Again and again the boat flooded and driven
asteru. On the second reef she nearly
thrown end over end The rudder was 50 nearly
destroyed that she bad % bo managed almost
entirely By the oars. Her valiant crew were IN
ccssantly frcuched with icy water. which froEe
upon their clothing LlSs as it struck aad thick
enel the mail with which they were sheathed-
hut the men wero iadomitable, and shortly after
sunrise they had brought the last man ashore.
The lie savers returned hone that morning.
leaving behind them @ remembrance Of their
powers and achievement To have come rushing
behind their locomotive through tho night and
tempest SO many snowy leagues 70 the rescue of
a group OF cespairing sailors, and then, with
hearts grest-r than danger, % have gone out
again and again through tho dreadful breakers
ena brought every man ashore, wcs \ feat SO al
venturous snd picturesque that :, reused the peo-
Tls q the whole lnao region 70 intense c9thusi
asm.
On another occasion \ life saving crew
stationed in Michigan travelled some
seventy miles. a part of the way by tug,
q part by s~ccial train, and the remain
der By tie hardest kind of rowing
through o stream that was filed with
ice. ard arrived at the soens Of disaster
iners. O1ce 10 seemed impossible for y
keeper 20 set his hfeboat aud crew TO
the neighborhood OF . wreck. On ac-
count Of wind and current he could not
launch into the open sea. and the road
along the beach was so burdened with
ice. driftwood and mountains of snow
that il was impossible 20 uSe the wagon.
Al ont Of m
difficulty. The lifebOat was launched
in shosl water. Just outside The coast Of
ice. and WI IN the all Of o team Of strong
horses. and by dins Of pulling and push
ing by the iudomitable crew, wading IN
water and slush. tho scene Of the wreck
was reached st last and number Of
lives rescued.
One terrible morning. ten years ago
last month. tho citizens % tho village Of
Frankfort. Mich. saw little way out
in the Wild lake a spectacle which struck
terror TO their hearts. a schooner had
been driven ashore by the gale, had
beaten 20 pieces in the breakers and
sunk. One II her masts had fallen, the
other prCtruded above the lake. Ten
ratlinss. wasthe captain. Fifty feet up.
in the Crosstrees, were tho crew Of six
f r,sn. and in his lap one Of them held the
/ head az a diving woman. The forsmast
I svaved and creaked orinoUsly, and
/ seemed likely to So over st any mo
I ment. The woman WAS { tsii-ious, and
her shrieks and laughter ra.sg oEs above
the gale.
The nearest life saving staticn vas ten
males away. A gallant young nan rode
lis horse to is as II bis own life de-
/ pended upon II. Then began a struggle
I nxsirst odds and time on the return
Y journey a heavy cart loaded with the
Lyle gun and beach apparatus. aud
/ eau3v. hillv. snowy road through a for
EST Les tho lsmensed Capt. O'COnnoT
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