Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-24
eERLous VENTURE AT SEA.
r,,roe S;r sailors In Rescuinx Would
F,.s suicide.


Nacl, imperiling Of life Is demanded II
the ,,itioe;.san rescue of a drowning man
and such an incident always furnishes IN
tense dramatic interest Tor spectator
The Bar.in dc Malortie, IN recent inter
as.irg work. recalls an exciting scene he
witnessed wears ago while crossing the At
lantic The ship was several days out
,rhon one Afternoon he WAS idly loungina
around az, the iipner deck. suddenly, he
savs II saw "a man approach the bulwark.
He threw overheard some objects-we
leaned alrcrwartz .h@t they were his Bible
and :. ros.rr-s.rll followed them with q
header into the fcarning sea
...Nan overboardr | cried, but the
-tor,n covered Iny voice, and l rushed Ut
tbe bridge TO call the attention of the off.
cor IN dnt, 10 the accident. Stop! Halt
sneod nstcrn. and orders for the lowering
of the boat were the affairs of minute or
two.
"sVolunteers TO man the boatl' shouted
a young midshipman, cutting a lifeboat
from the davits.
Ten men came forward for every one
wanted. and selecting four of the most
DOW erfrl tars the MILDLY was lowering the
boat when young doctor. quickly peck
citing q flasf. of brandy for a restorative.
let himself down one of the ropes and
reached the boat as a monumental wave
was dashing over it.
1.-The men pulled with a will. and the
gallant little nutshell fought bravely up
and down the mountains of angry waters.
As to the suicide, he was far astern, and
only from time TO time could we see some
thing like human form emerge Oh the
top OF u white crested wave
''Oh, the anxiety with which we watched
both the boat and its goal Disappearing
altogether ut moments, when we feared
we had seen the last of these noble fellows,
another gigantic wave would toss them
up again like cork. 1t was exciting in
the extreme. But the boat was gaining.
Nearer and nearer it came, while we were
slowly following in its wake.
There! The doctor throws life belt
They are only some yards off now. But,
no; Il cruel wave has tossed them past the
object of their tremendous efforts There
They are throwing round her nose; they
are lacking; the MILDLY has passed tho
ruGder to an old quarterlnaster and armed
with boathOohs he and the doctor stand
ready for action.
"Another second, and the life belt is
hooked; the m4n is grasping it desperate
~, but he has 40 strength left. There he
slips-all is lost just at the critical mo-
mcutl
81 But who Is that jumping overheard?
Three cheers for the brave man-its tho
doctor! But he, too, disappears. Are
there to be two victims instead of one?
And there is the DOCTOR
his precious burden before him.
The men pull like mad to reach the
two GRE they sink again. The gallant
young MILDLY Is watching for the right
moment. More life belts are thrown. They
help the doctor 20 keep above water; an
other pull and tie boathook has done its
duty, aud while two of the men stick to
the oars the Others are busy dragging res
Cuer and rescued on board
Tho long cold bath, the fright and tho
proximity of death had wonderfully So
bered tho would be suicide, whom rcmorso
fer drunken spree had driven to this
mad freak. 1t did not require many re-
Noratives to bring him to, and two hours
lUtcr he had an opportunity of recapitulat-
ing his adventure in dire solitude, having
been condemned to be kept in irons for the
rest of the voyage, well deserved punish
nent for exposing the lives of six heroes
indeed in this Uerilous venture"