. Christian herald and signs of our times. A Disastrous Day. Three marine disasters in one day inthe port of New York will make February29, the odd day of this leap-year, memor-able in shipping circles. There was adense fog on the lower bay from earlymorning until after sunset. It was sothick that the pilot of the steamer NewYork of the American Line, coming infrom England, lost sight of the buoyswhich mark the channel, and the vesselran ashore on West Bank between SandyHook and the Narrows. Her passengerswere taken off in tugs, and no damagewas sustained by the vessel which was. GRAVE AT KRUG
. Christian herald and signs of our times. A Disastrous Day. Three marine disasters in one day inthe port of New York will make February29, the odd day of this leap-year, memor-able in shipping circles. There was adense fog on the lower bay from earlymorning until after sunset. It was sothick that the pilot of the steamer NewYork of the American Line, coming infrom England, lost sight of the buoyswhich mark the channel, and the vesselran ashore on West Bank between SandyHook and the Narrows. Her passengerswere taken off in tugs, and no damagewas sustained by the vessel which was. GRAVE AT KRUGERSDORP, IN TRANSVAAL, WHERE DR JAMESONS MEN ARE BURIED. had a good balloon and who has oftenmade short trips in his air-ship. Onemorning lately, the sky being clear andthe wind favorable, he entered the skiffand cast off. When he rose to a height ofabout a thousand feet, the direction of thewind changed. The balloon was carriedover the gulf, in a westerly direction. Theman was alarmed, but was powerless to doanything. Night fell and the balloon con-tinued its course, but about midnight itbegan to descend and soon struck thewater. The gas, however, was not en-tirely exhausted and the balloon retainedsufficient buoyancy to ride the began a terrible journey. The manclung to the ropes as the only chance oflife and he wasdragged through the wavesby a series of jerks that caused him ex-cruciating pain. Fearing that he mightfaint, he lashed himself to the skiff andsoon afterward lost consciousness. Heknew no more until he opened his eyesthirty hours later on board th
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