OCR Text |
Show COUPLE ESCAPE DROWNING j AVIIEN HOUSEBOAT SINKS I (International News Service) I Pawtucket, R. I., April 5. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris barciy escaped drowning when tho houseboat thty wcro living In was stint In the Pawtucket Paw-tucket river. A log, propelled by the powerful torrents resulting from the ruin, rammed a large holo in one corner cor-ner of the craft. Fifteen mlnuta-latcr mlnuta-latcr the boat was resting on the river bottom with part of its roof protruding protrud-ing and the Stars and Stripes fiylng above. The couple wore aroused from t!;i?li slumbers when water rushed into the cablni They snatched a few ar.lclcd of clothing and clambered to a nearby near-by wall. |