The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
His Unconscious Com panion Was Rescued.
NARROW ESCAPE OF E. W. BLISS
Wash from Ferry Overturned the
 Boat.
Two Popular Young Men, Who Took Tragic Boat Ride, Were weli- Known Employes of
 Railroad.

Unable longer to cling to their boat which had been overturned by. the fierce current in the Alabama River at the foot of Commerce Street. H. e. Daniels was washed away in the turbid waters and drowned. and E. w. Bliss. his companion, maintained himself above the surface just long enough for his life to be saved. As it was Bliss was unconscious whom he was picked up by the negro ferryman, who so soon as he saw the accident, loosene1 his small boat from the ferry and went to the assistance of the two men.
 The skin in which Mir. Daniels and Mir Bliss were travelling when they were thrown into the water was over- turned within few feet of the ferry. but before Bob, the ferryman. could reach them their craft had irtfted a hundred yards below. Before the faith full negro's eyes Mir. Daniels sauis. and Mir. Bliss was barely floating when tn- ally he reached the almost ;ifelessf body. 9a
 MT Daniels,s body has not yet been recovered.
 Persons who were on the ferry boat at the time, easily explained the cause of the disater. The two men were, padding their boat up the Alabama River. The current was swift and as they attempted to round the ferry-boAt they struck an eddy which careened
 fnaliy capsized the boat. They
 nnY to the skin. q crude batteau. as 0ng Gs possible but it revoiyed with such rapidity that at the last both were swept from 1t, It would seem that only Mr. Bliss's superior strength or skill kept him afcat nnttl he could he reached.
 Mir. Bliss, immediately he was taken cut of the water was carried to the sl1ore where he was attended by physi- clans. It was some time before he reraiaed consciousness but 1t was said last night that he would recover.
 The aearch for Mir. Daniels's body was immediately commenced and 1t is hoped if will be found today.
 Both Mir Daniels and Mir. Bliss are we'll known in Montgomery. Mir Bliss is city ticket agent for the Louisville and Nashville and Mir. Daniels was machinist for the Western Railway. --. Caught in Fierce Eddy.
 The accident occurred snortiy aIter 6 o'clock, at which time the two young men had left the ofice to proceed to the river. where. 1t seems. they occa- sionally went for exercise. Arriving at the wharf. they embarked m small skin of the batteau type. and began padding up the rives; .,aa hprhs rhs ferry boat had just reached the oank' ana was aground when the boat con talninR the men reached that IocailIy'
 Despite the fact that the current .-.,irTira around the edge of the ferry creates fierce eddy. the men attempted to pass close to the prov, going up stream. The result was that the boat was caught sn the miniature Whirlpool. and passed completely from under the control of the occupants Nof the boat whirling round and round. and instant ly overturning-
 The next moment the two men were struggling in the water attempting to cling to the boat. The ferryman as soon as he saw the accident endeavor- ed to undo the fastenings of the small boat attached to the end of the ferry but the knot seemed to yield only with dificulty Meanwhile the overturned boat. and the men cllnging to 1t were drifting idly down S am.