Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-08-16
HEROIC MISS LACY.

HEROIC MISS LACY
Terrible Adventures OF Girl VINO Ea-
capped from = Marine Diaastor.
In tho history OF this century there
has, perhaps, never been known en- In
stance OF greater courage, endurance
and pluck than that shown by Emily
Lacy. q young girl under sixteen years
of age, at the time Of the wreck OF the
Quota. She and her younger sister,
aged thirteen, were coming to England
10 complete thoir education. When the
crash came, Emily Immediately rushed
to the cabin to try and rescue her
younger sister, and tho two succeeded
in reaching the deck, where, however,
they were at once separated; ana tney
never met afterwards. Miss Lacy says
that as the vessel was going down,
gentleman in whose care the girls were,
said to her, ''You look after yourself,
and will take care Of May" Both this
gentleman, however, and the little sis
ter were drowned.
"When we got aft" she writes, 1.-THE
ship suddenly went down, and as was
drinking in the salt water thought l
was going to be drowned. But came
up again and was surrounded by Cinga'
lese and sheep. I felt myself being
pressed down by them; 1t was terrible.
Then saw O raft short distance out and
was dragged on to it by the purser' who
was very kind to me. Wewere attached
to bigger raft crowded with Cingalese.
When we got away some distance as
the Cingalese became very noisy. we cut
our raft adrift, and I remained on her
with the purser for long time, TIL we
were, as I thought, two miles from shore;
and, as he told me that he could not
swim, / left him and swan for the
shore, but did not reach 1t, IS 1t was 80
far away. / went on swimming towards
the land, and saw another raft, on which
were two Cingalese, to which l made my
way, and got to it; but, as they were
yery rude and excited, and l thought
they might be drunk, left it, and took
to swimming again.
When lifted out of the water she could
not have kept up for another half hour:
She was quite without clothes, and
burnt nearly black with the sun. Be-
fore lifting her out Of the water a sailor
threw his jacket over her, and then laid
her tenderly in the bottom 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 so intense tina,
she had continually to keep her head
under water to escape sunstroke. She
saws that she had never any conscious
fear of death, either from drowning, Of
: from q worse and more terrible enemy
sharks, but she often felt her powers O.
endurance giving way, and 1t was onl!
the thought of the agony her dealt
3 would have caused her parents whicl
enabled the heroic girl to continue he
exertions.
: The wreck took place at nine p. m. Of
Z Friday, February 2s, and Miss Lacy wa
Q not rescued until eight o'clock on Sunda,
Q morning, Twelve hours out OF tina
r time she spent with the chief officer
8 Gray, who had got on raft. AS b
: could not swim, the brave girl swan D.
n the side of the raft and tried to tow
d towards land. Finding, however, tina
i she vas making no progress, she lei
s him, hoping to reach land, which di
= not seem far away, and so get food an
Q water for herself and him. She soor
however, got into cross-currents' an
when the Albatross reached her she wa
r drifting out to SEAL. I. Meade, i
s Woman,