THE FISHER "LIFEBOAT."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 9

THE FISHER "LIFEBOAT."

; '\ ::+ v: ■ Inj The ! Dominion -of August , 31fihbre '.ap- :;',;: ..'P>aml,-;.iihder.tho.;heading^of.i. f'A-..■".Queor; ..':..;-." Craft, ■'■ an' account.of !.a undertaken :;,r peoplo;in';the ; Fisher J, ; ;l-.!; : .lifeboat; ■'-<:< ..The,.'.aceount.'was a .reproduotion :■;. ■■/, , ■ of : ; wf tain, statomenta supplied '.by three .cf •■■■■.•'-■-.-"'thovpassongors,gvhp-describ(&d ; ,tho cruise as ;■: .' ; : -'hayuig/been a m.ost successfnl'onojth'at in ;:•;■ v^ : the;;!lntorior.vpf" tho .queer -craft.'there ,was ri-;;;?;;; plenty...:pf fresi ■• nobody! was vwuwck, V-.' ; -: B ™i™ 0 - , 'holo'Cxpe.rierico 'rather •ploaauvable,* '■.-...:'. t'hej-.only.:al(U'niing■:incident: being a mishap ; .';'■-: photographer, -who fell '.;V :.:,6y(irljpar.di-:^;.^:{;'>:; , : -;K: : ; ' ; ; ;.■-,- .'"' ■■■■'.: \v. V!'• '\\::il W'TfOuld Appear ; ;tliat irhera ••.-■ is■ ; ' another' .-;h:sidoJ,;t6;tho!;story.,;df v tho ''' v■ ■■■' 'WWii'.''! , saWj di .seemed ti ho ;an. : .alarming .i;;;-:':-finoiil<)nt!:.fr6m ..start; to finish,"-states "One , f-:\ \ :-'Wllo iSaw; , ':..-. ''I;wasirbnnd nt, tho .boat, har- :!. '>;;': Monday'.; ovoning;. and : a knot of - men' ; "pointed ;6.iit.to , ,,mo;.what.they: took'foran "up-' , •'■'■ boat, .with:;three ifton on it. Ono. ■yij-S j.-of'jwip', pnlookprs further '.stated that-he had ::/?■ ;i.sce"tehbr!'sailii]gi'-and .that.the sailhad sud-.?;',■'.'.den.ly;;(lisappoarod.,::.Ho-had not.gono : to her ; ; ;'-.:;;-'assistance, ; asvher , ..'occupants,: seemed.';to- ; bo ■;i/: •:,. quiw. •■ safely-perohed .on .:■.;.'■■ .being.'carried.liii; the .'direction .of : ;,;,the;l)dat Jmrhour..by a. noftfoprl.y' : !wind:•'-.■ / ■'■ :; v :^JVfieh;.tho' ;boat;-got,!a', littlo ! . clojor, : Wp- ■!:/;.:;: .hcatclrfrnntic!orios:, for [.help,-, as n ear 'as .we .;;'V:-,'Coiildvdiatingui&li:.them,■'■■nnd.-the/inan whb.lia'd. ;:y jfirst,Yseeh.'-what Jhe :ihoUght; 'a !'capsize • ii small. ,';•;'■!:}'. lowin'g'bbat.'v'As.soon-as 'ho got near enough .; ; : '■>V:he : .jsaw.; that .thd'craft : \was!^^Fisher's '-lifeboat. ,<;'a'.'•.:■":'ana,'-'on-,6eing niked for;a!t6w;by: the inventor ■/;vii;j:,-t\»:p^cbmpajiions—ho■. -rephwl - that ■.• as:; they ~ '::i,V^V''.TfeTe;'iiii'': a ;]ifeboa't7 : ^y', - WDro, . , p erfMHy:.Hifoi •'■"-;■'.-: ; 'nndjiwpuld havo,.tp:.strugglo for -themselves. ;?.v V^ 'Wh'e'Toupon.the.-man -left came !,■'■;; :|! ash'brpj.'-.Tho!• boat ; evoptually ■■ drifted into !. : ;:.:- ; ! ; the:V.(^rner.^ ;:r!:^:!v?-hart.and!the/irlner.".boat ! harbouf wall,"and \' : £'/\ a'i'crwd/bfa|S'Wcnt:.rolihd.!to inspect,her: Wofjfpro'mptV.by'.'Mr.-.Fisherjvvery,. wet; and X" : .'.','•: dislievcllcdvjwbo. inquired .breathlessly- for: ai :; '',!;t'boaij.''.whio!i.'ho:gbt., from'. the■■• caretaker;. ;:?:.'..'.When• wo .reached, tho "life-or-death" boat, l,; , ; ,whibtibvor.;,yoij:prefe_r (: .'although thejlatter^is 'i': ■. ,thd|oorrcct ..titlo, -. wo : found a wet, helpless- , ,•:,'. - lookiiig. individual standing on : the -wharf ,- ', ■;..'■;': - loldirig a;short , piece of rbpb.. , ' Cries to'be lot : . , ;■,":.;pu|i?6cco'mpanied.vby-.,.-continuous,;!tapping, ; ■ ; : ;sv': :•■: hole'! .was',.oTOhejd:aldngside, the "boat harbour :';.;-. ::!,; : wall:*(:He Aid hot<know'.'What,.ho .was:■.tryin2. ; -ahd!;as;!thβ ■b^t, : ;whiqh r ,-.■!. !we'(.nbw..asccrtained:had'!w!omen\a!nd 'children

;; : ,v;.i v »nd.:.iße'n. in.ho p r, ; ;seomed to.:be, : sinking.at pno. >>;■ \ endjfhs!;if; ; filling;Vwe' thougnt;)t timei'v.tb'jtikbthe affair off tho hands'of this help'- ! :!!r, iless, 'jndividnal. i;' To. 1 cut ;a;. long." eiory -, short, :•■;;ri;'.wo-diagged.tKo;craft;along.to'.tho/boat ha'r- : ■ : -":\ ; ,l>ourj,!,entraiicoiiwhere!iWa. wero.met'.by. .tho. ..-;;?! oa-refftker'■'•;in •;his,! boat,. ■ and v. ho.'towed'.; her: '?t''.A; : !';?Ki' : ;i.l'.i:; : .i:? : :i,~; : '/\ : ... K. ■{■■''};] ■■ .'■ Aitorlvni'uch'-'. tapping '/arid scraping,.. the : ;.;:■!; dporrppan'ed, -and. a sorry procession emerged, ■'■■'■■:' uttering such'ejaculations i-as:* ;.'?Nover . no. ; ;.v.-.;'m6>e' ; r::-Not'Sfor: : half-a : crownva' ! niinuto';' ' , X:'v;'Not;{or,:a:' ; ffiOuand'-'^md,'''.cic.'- : '. , '. ; : ; wrots , worb: sdmbwhat exhausted, : -;'aß ;t'ho air ■■''I'y Kadvjbeon'.too.;fpul to!;kcbp";a!;rßatch!'aHght',. :"". :thnssccoUntihg!for.tbo fumblinp ; at.l'ho mon-v.V:lib!o/!as;!it-:had'tofbe-bpenodiin/thb;'dark/, -.J r :- TKbjbbat'. , had; also/ ah^^ -uncomfortable amount "''%' . of j water,!ih;!'hbr.";'Wh«n asked ; hoir>ho::c)ißio'

;^iUto' ; bo':intthp' , bc^^ '■> '-.:■■' ■ wMf'just - /asliod' - in;? "■!': '- : think -i; they;; publie ,•■ i '. : v' BhbUld i !>!,b6.'-.Cwirji«|:fagauMit' : >,tßkirig :,'pirt ,; ;/■ in:■.itiyi'itioro:trialsvpf;.thVs'man-kap. , : I: VV ; ;.\'do^*st^ : khowr-aboutiihievl»e)4i'g'';B l ;, »udi»e»fnl, v, : V■ vif i'al/'bf"tho. boat,' >but I-?'do- think;.it is a '.:•',:.'■".. vejrl'Buccessfuiitriijl .of; : th6;,endurance of. tio "■'';. V;.'l : i\^':a,:!m^i& l !^l : jiuxnei^''.^6 : htii>io''niimy W; •Miv.ilfislier, ; th© inventory -.':■ .(■linjpr'der'that-£b Alight'add his.own'version. ;'.:..; .'■ that-■sdmo,' '.-water " got' ■~;:'■'. Hhat^thd'iutoriQrJventilitipn , /■■■' vV.waajßjis'uffioient) land that;6.no;-or'two of tho : -;.- ;•:.•■ ■'"•.abo'WS) : :pufc'''bf--'thp. : '-bbatij >V -saHtf W'.to'dry: ;ttbre?^Hd vwent'<>ri- ,:,';•;■. to;: $f l v. v. 'fpr"jthd'.'Bdat^^ ! Harb'6'ui'J !> ciri^j'ink'.td^'.pasceii- , ; /gei^;^T|ie'r6:v^crp/'ihKo'!bh ;"otttsidQ:' of■: -,: : ,: ;th'tf;brJft- ; (includuig'-/liiinsilf)|'?dohtt6lling7.thd; MW>: ;3liiiai)M for ■.;'.* •; ■..■; 6n;\OTo:wa'y'.dw ;.' ; .;.:;threj : 'nich : hifo.'the firater,:'wMld:thiieiteribt V;.-k-.''.. bullVoi '■' th<?': boat' oijcd.^anidv.ihbn 1 -righted; :. ;f,,.agijinj^ho^''jn ; ; -tho. interior,conipartm : .j;'::ing'!;s^ ; upawarV;bf'.what had;occurred; ''.M .:_■: -% tho>;t(!tnporary;./disorgan'isivtion .-, "ybichi". 'io\-. , ; yV; lottcdy stcetihg/pars •, were'. 'lost/Vand '-.'the, ; ' r .v-,boat>Kad t6'..bo"steprcd;with• a 'piece of irood. ■-. ■-' ;'i. .PihW!^, , ' thiy. .roached;tho i.nejr,. fcrro ; conorstc y;j\ whbrf; ,\ ojttd, : '-llri :, Fiiiheri'Trftht;. ashore;• ■ ;,diffil' :.iraa '.towed; : -;•;;" round) \a ; thc:Boat -Harboury '.and;tho 'obcu--;-:..panM\rdc3!^V'fromi : chamber, : .:• MrJ^Fishcr ' considers ';;.; etrated; the soundness ; .bf ' ; .thb;.ra'ain .principliii : ■■■• : laKpti: : .is.'a.;nattcr 'simply ''of. increasing the: '■'!■>■ nuinbcr, at, yalvfls^:-c:sipie"iMlcage^TTaEVac-■'r,-.-.; cou»t^d : ;for' byja/fault : in-the';rivStin'gjl and ; i:: :. wer '■'. •'.•.'•■ ■®n!^Hi.ne.-uich(iie;;of;;wiWSijltisg(\th'br. ; w-;tlio' •v. ; ■;. v^?^>l'- n I e V;' n ?B«/-batwpcn [ ,;thb ipiier'.'chanii' '.-■',' V-■vdetjil9Vnr<> i i attondbd ; toVv. thev ; craft:-will ; ; :r. ; achioyb.a]l : ho c)3ims^r;it; : :-.?v^ ; <Kv fc' ■'<': ; ■;■;:.■ ■;■:..:■■: lifoboatv,.will, :; bb;-:givonvthis.::morhing.' : : The ;'/ '.cfaSt'*wjll ; .leavo'^tho-Boat harbour:at,B.<s ;.-V ;:a.toi--witS;Mr.nVr; ;,•■>■ ~Bft-er/ ;. cruisirig 'about .and , performing 'various .:«:.eVbluliionß,i.wm ; be! brought to-tho',Glasgow ;\: ! ;> Wh4rf.;abiout;.ll"p'clbck.:;; An Exhibition :of .:;,:;jtß.-DOW<srß:;will : then y be.;gireii■'•before l officern- ?;:;: "of 'tllq;Marine Deiiartment/,•'Tho boat's' pas-1 ''- ■"-';? e --.will ■ ; ; i: = v' ladies-and. gontlaraen,■"most of wh'bmLharo not I ; • 0 voyaged;:in*it:^befbrW;v:Mr, ! : H;/Fisher;will ■V:,. leavei for-I/yttelton with ; his inTontionby''tbr-fllghi(?,:|erry./Wafc^:7■;-:;Vv';'i:;'.;;;i, -\.£ :■;;"-^