Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
Handsomely Dressed Woman
Found in a Pocket.
SCOOPED OUT OF WATER
Three of Her Companions Were
Drowned by Collision.
OTHERS PICKED UP AT SEA
Engine Broke Down and far'y
Screamed for Replacement
Result Of q Collision.

Result Of O Collision.
NEW YORK. September 15.-Miss Fannie
1,,y- a Young department store empioye Vi
This city, who was one of party OF eieh'
persons in a naphtha launch when was
capsized in the lower bay early To-Day, I'd"
The. most remarkable escape from death os
drowning that any human being prooaoaS
,,,s oyer experienced. Three of her compan-
ions were swept to the bottom when 'ho
launch with disabled engines was run ihto
a,v a. mud scow. Miss Day had gone oo""
,,;tb the others. and when nothing was seen
80 ,.s- rcr hours afterward 1t was reported
xbs had met death. But " en- the moo
scow had been lowed nearly to It's desIiiA
zion and the deck hands were ad1ust'ns INC
cumming apparatus at the bottom. theS
were startled to find a Handsomely oresseu
Young woman in one of the pocAelS' Mss
Day had been literally seooped OUT VI .he
water by the dumping machinery wnieh
had been left open after the sco~ hao u''
charged its last load at sea.
Engulfed by Waters.
,uss nav was just regaining conscious
ness when discovered. and had oesun u
call feebly for help. She had been stuhheo
-,h.r the collision occurred. had been en-
.,,,fad bv the waters and given up for lost.
nj. ,oung woman was hysterica1 through
~ ,,ost of the day, and her nerves are
shattered from the narrowing experience.
Two women and one man who were In the
,,upcb were drowned, while three men ana
one woman, the latter Miss Mabel COOK
srIend and roommate Of Miss Day. were
nicked m by passing craft soon after the
accident occurred. Boats remained at tne
scene of the collision for some time Ia the
hone of picking up additional SURVIVORS, Dut
a. was concluded all the others had gone
down until news was received Oh MISS LAY
extraordinary escape
THE party were returning last night from
Sheepshead Bay, where they hao oliinei;
and although a stin gale was blowing anu
the seas were running hlgh, all went wen
until the engines of the launch gave out.
All night long the little craft owned by W.
w David of Jamaica, l.. l.. drifted nelp-
lessly in the bay. The women SUFFERED Sc
verely from the exposure, for the nisnt was
cold and water was continuously breaking
into the boat. When light came the men
and women were overjoyed to I'm tug.
with two scows In tow making directly Tor
them. -''ss
Called Loudly Tor delp. ?
They called loudly for help and .signaled
their distress. The tug swept by and app
parently they were not seen by those on
board. So close did the tug run that the
wind drove the second scow against the
launch and caused 1t to upset. The eight
occupants OF the boat were all in the water
in an instant struggling for their lives. Still
they declare the-tug did not stop. Three of
the men and Miss Cook managed to get
hold of the upturned launch and chung to
II until the tug McCandlish Bros. and the
incoming steamer Ell Paso rescued Them
The survivors were taken to StaDleton, 8.
J.. and sent to an infirmary, where they re-
fused at first to divulge their own names
or those of the persons who were drowned
Miss Day, when brought to her home In
ct. Nicholas avenue this afternoon, could
not at first tell a coherent story of her ex-
periences. Later, however. she said that In
the party were two Mr.. Dodds. Miss Cook
and two married couples. whose names she
did not know. The start, she said, was made
from Sheepshead Bay about o'clock last
night. Then the engine broke down. At day.
break the Scows were sighted. and although
every one screamed for help, neither any
one on the tug nor on the scows seemed to
see or hear them.
The collision then came. and although the
the boat upright, II turned turtle.
Went Down Slowly.
Il went down deep. but finally came up
ever so slowly" said Miss Day. II was
gasping for breath and kicking with all
my might and main
Finally my head hit something and /
could rise no more. I was terribly fright
ened. and althouh 1t all took place In an
instant. It seemed a lifetime to me. was
half sufrocating. but had presence Of mind
enough to feel along with my hands over
my head.
Suddenly, like o eerk, bobbed I'D In an
open space. For a minute I did not dare
to open my eyes, but just ffoated calmly
and drew In long breaths Of air. / know
] was pressed up against the bottom of
the scow were the longest and most terri
BILE In my life.
When I did loox up was surprised to
first i couldn't make cut what II was, and
then 1t dawned upon mo that I was in
side the scow.
No One Game.
II cried for help but no one came.
tried to climb up the sides. but they were
Shiny and slippery. Finally I secured a
resting place on some chains after having
swum around for an hour at least.
BY and by an old man looked over into
the well. He said:
How the devil did you get there?
Il never saw such a scared man In my
life. / yelled: Throw me a rope II you
don't want me to drown He did so. and
! woundit around my waist and arm, and
tie pulled me up on deck"
Thomas Reynolds OF the scow said of the
finding of the girl: About O'Clock this
morning / was passing along the deck of
the scow and heard a faint cry I'm not
much of q believer In flying Dutchmen'
or any other sea-spooks, and I Thought
] would look to see where II came from.
i looked along IN the several pockets and
when l got to the forward pocket, blow me
II didn't see fine-loOking young woman
hanging on to the bride chain of the door
TO the forward pocket. There she was as
unconcerned al could be. with three brace
lets on her arm. her fingers full of rings
and her watch pinned to her breast. Her
clothes were certainly sight. You know
We dump cellar dirt, and a woman cant
come up through that stun and look decent
she was perfectly conscious. and l said
Are you strong enough to take a line?
Right back came. Certainly So passed
a rope down to her, ana she held on e
that rope until could pull her up on deck. :
Death Of Gen. Charles Page.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
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