The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-31
The Narrowing Tale OF a Casta-
way Who Fights
SHARKS ABOUT sAEE Raft
Sole Survivor of s Houseboat Psrty
Wrecked Off Florida Coast Arrived
al New York, snd Tslis CT Sch
itsry Vigil in Mid.ocean
Without Food.

Declaring G1nssu so Us VIC soi'
survivor OF a party Of thiray-seyea
who were blogn into tbs sea from
houseboat in the recent cyclone OF
the Florida coast. john Russan, Of
Key West WHO was picked up by tie
Morgan line steamship E. PAso ano
csrrieS to New York af-ei Ss1ng IL
the water tair5y-six hours, tclo Se'
marksble s:o.y Wednesday OF the css-
sstrophe, the hsrdsht2s re endured
while struggling &c. hts or tie raft,
and his subsequent rescue.
NV belief IL prayer Is more 1scoly
established now rhaa ever oeio1s, :
Russell said. For thirty. six long
hours prayed for dsl!versnce IS l nae
nayer prayed osfo1s,
AT 5 O'Clock On the morning o.
Ocrcbsr Is, whi.s tie hcassooaE = ne
gss noo,sc 100 yslos .1ron shore, cf
Mssaconbi ky, E.s., the cyctoce
struck Us, shs1tsc,4 z the Large. 4 go;
OF the men were tLicT2 lEIo tAs $50
bstcrs cui very eyes.
Nine CT Us c:u1 70 3 piece cl Gas
flooring. TIE sensi4iiAg sweasy Gus
chso ces2scaEelJ as DIS ot ofliS"oco
as long SIS they could rsnsIn sooVe
the wsrer. saw shsn all oIo"n, ons
after sno5hsr, Until Gay hgn5 cane.
Shortly s-ler Cay DIesk she plscs
Of flooring tippSd over, throwing al
nine Of US inso tie asa. l reached 8
small piece Of wIsaksse, sno n cnno'
ing aboard my ha1os, 1scs aGo ,cAess
we're badly uC1n Oy pIoaruoins nasls.
A nsn named McBrsoe, VINO ii7eo l.
New York, came hystiag o3 OF : ooo1'
to wh.cn was st1scneo place q rope.
The COO, colnoed with tie i&Igsst
part CT the ioor,ng, Throwing AcBtioe
tnto tho wase-. l hearo Llm Shout aS
he went unoec. Il mas ainosI killed
me-
with the reps attached to the
door T lashsd the deer aca ny -1s1t
together snd tiec myself IN the cen
tire OF the rsf5.
'.By this time it was light snd: l
looked around, but los q sign q LIS
was visible. Then the hoIior o. Gns
situation 6avnea upon me- Iuiiy. E1
hsussso and weskeneG TEon LOSS OF
blood T lsy upon the boards 70 sleep,
hut ny ears buZzso s1c ~ hsaS
thsobbed uasN lDoushs l Was soans
mad.
"All through the Gag the vino Con
tinue6 70 blow, but wnen aatAlsss
csme il su1aIosd considerably. AooUl
the middle Ct tee nig25 l .sis Eoas-
thing Sunpins sga;rst lne sias q t2e
raft. Thinking 1t might be s man !
reached cut Dy hand ana leis sne
head Of q shark. Presently l Tel5 tns
Dumping on chs odae= sice OF the ra1S'
then at both ends. All at olce vas
surrounded by at least s ocSsn snarks'
which, we're crying 20 get 80 me.
Il Ripped locse g boaro cna5 nsa
two usi.s in ads end OF il sno a.;
night long I flu1ht the sharks wion
tina b.s.o as 8 nsa2cn. Wien Gay
light came che SHARKS vsnisnsd.
'.As the dsy passed OF ! sighted
six steamers, bus 5Eey DID noo ses my
trsntlc s:s1zls 1oc slo. TIE AIT va
constantly getting weaker anc ESQ
to use the rope With which I had AZ
tscheo myself TO sae uwo pieces ol
wreckas g.
II sighted the El 2sSo coming tS
ward me ss >: r. l wss SO nesrl!
exhausted wnsn taken aboard that
could hardly slsnd."
TIE rafs was sighted by Emmett
Bagnen, a ness BOY cn the FL Pasc
VINO was scruolng the oscz., Russei
remained cn boa1d the EI Psso las
night and viii prcosoiy os sen0 oaci
to F4crlcs Wednesday.