The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-10-08

Csnskf In cebsn of sfmkanE Vessel
Hs Has r~sTsbI~ Exp~rfense.
Imprisoned in the cabin or sinking
vessel with the water RAPIDLY rlsinf
about him. Harry wiHsg se London
mate Of the hun stean trswIer Quail
escaped death recently By a remarka
BILE intervention OF the fafes. His ex
perIenee would have whltened the haiI
and unbalanced the mind Of a les
hardy man. Like a rat In a Submerged
trap be swan about until. standing or
dpfoe on a table, be WAS able 10 raia
his nose and mouth above the water
into the few inches OF breathing space
that still remained Ia the zkyiight
Finally after an hour OF effort, when
be WAS about 10 abandon the dght anc
resign himself 10 the inevitable, thf
water began receding with the ebbins
tide. and In a short time be was abb
10 force the cabin door and reach thu
upper deck The boat had sunk In shah
low water.
The Quail was run down IN tn
while Wiley and the rest Of the crew
were asleep IN the cabin. With the ex
ception OF the mate, the men were abb
10 escape. and were taken of later By
the boats Of the Dynamo. Wiley aw0ke
however. 70 find the water rushing intf
the cabin through the windows. Hs
jumped out OF his bunk and made foI
the door as fast as he could. but thu
water, which already filled the cabin
up 70 willey's waist. held Il light Hs
struggled hercely. desperately. 10 pull
II open, but in vain The rapidly risinG
water drove him from H. II was now
about his shoulders. and cropping in ths
dark he finally. with his feet. located
the table under the skylight Mount
ing II. he attempted 70 force the sky
llghf-bis last hope. IL stuck, eyeI
more securely than the door.
The water rose rapidly about the i'm
prisoned man: TO his knees, TO his hips
10 his shoulders. ami finally be waf
compelled 10 stand on tiptoe to utilize
tlse small space that still remained IN
the skylight. Two inches more Of
water and II would be all over.
Suddenly be heard blows struck on
the top OF the skyllght. and be rightly
surmlsed that his shipmates were try
ing 10 force the top In the hope that
he was SIN alive. II stoutly resisted
their assault. however. and they finally
abandoned the effort. thinking that the
water inside was so high as to pre-
clude the possibility OF any one sin iiv.
ing.
Worn out by his efforts and unnerv'
ed BIZ the sounds OF the retreating foot
steps OF his companions Wiley slipped
from the table and went under. With
a great effort. however. he succeeded
IN holding to a ledge and pulling biz
head above water In the skyllght again
But the hold was precarlous and din
cult one, and be knew that be could
not last long. Just as be was about e
give up hope he noticed that the wates
was slowly receding Al 1rst be die
not believe his senses, but as be watch
cd the shifting mark OF the water on
the side OF the skyllght his first i'm
preston was confirmed. After time,
which to the exhausted man seemed al
most an eternity. be was able TO aban-
don his uneasy perch and try the door
again. 1t yielded to his efforts. and AZ
Il swung open the rush OF water car
rled him on his feet and landed him in
safety on the deck He lay there ex-
hausted until the crew OF the Dynamo
saw him and came TO his rescue.