The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-19
SAVED BY TWO DREAMS.
Castaway's Two shipmates Went to
His Rescue.


His Rescue.
Bucksport, Me, Letter in Boston Journal
The life of Arthur Frazier, one oG the
crew of the Eliza S. Foster, the fisherman
just in from the Grand Rapids, was saved
by a dream.
One day when he was out In dory there
was a strong northwest wind and heavy
fog shut down and hid the ship from view
He was making for the vessel with heavy
load of fish, when a heavy seq boarded his
dory, carrying away one of his oars and
nearly making his boat unseaworthy
This left him in a helpless condition, and
he was at the mercy of the wind and
waves. He yelled at the top of his voice
The men on board heard his cries, but
could not see him or understand what he
said. They could hear him as his voice
grew weaker and fainter till nothing could
be heard but the mournful wind whistling
through the rigging; then his voice died
away. He did not return that night, and
the wind blew almost a gale.
In the morning the wind was strong and
the fog hung low. No sign of Frazier
could be seen. There was a large feet of
vessels from different parts of the world
France Portugal, Ireland and America
and when Frazier failed to return mem
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ones and reported man lost. Not one had
heard of him. AT about noon the sun
came out and pushed the clouds of fog
away, but the wind held to the same point.
The Foster hoisted the flag to half-mast
to give notice to the fleet of a missing
man. The custom is In such cases that
should the man be ON any other of the fleet.
an answer of flag at half-mast is given.
No answer came ell the afternoon. the
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kept up almost gale That night passed;
no Frazier appeared, and during the night
the wind shifted two points to south'ard
Next morning it was back to northwest
again. Frazier was given up as lost IL
was supposed that the dorX was capsized
when his calls were heard, so the men re-
sumed work with feeling of sorrow, for
Frazier was the life of the crew, and kept
them in constant laughter.
AT about four O'Clock in the afternoon,
as the cook was scanning the horizon with
a glass, he noticed a black speck in the
ocean. He told the captain and crew, and
asker them to look. They did So one
man said 1t was a whale, another thought
it was a ship, and so on. The cook and
John White, who were the close friends of
Frazier believed 1t must be he, and pro-
posed to lower boat and go to meet him
Both men had an odd dream the night
before. The cook dreamed that Frazier
had lost an oar, and that the wind had
borne him away, and he said he was called
out of a sound sleep by Frazier, who said:
Don't give me up. I'm beating back"
White said his dream was that Frazier had
broken his right arm and could use only
one oar; that he was alive and hungry in
midocean. Both men, on comparing notes,
found that they were awakened en- the
same instant by Frazier calling them and
telling them: For heavens sake, take a
dory and come to leeward"
When they saw this speck on the ocean
they lowered dory, in spite of the jeers
OF some others Of the crew, and put Off
They rowed i'm the direction Of the dot. and
soon were out of sight themselves. for a
heavy fog had shut them from view of the
ship. but not the little tattered sail ahead
At six o'clock they reached a boat that
was beating against the wind, and, sure
enough, 1t was Frazier. He was in the
stern, using the oar as a tiller. u was
just as they had dreamed; he had but one
oar, and his arm was disabled from a blow
received in fitting the main boom
He was In frightfui condition.. lie