| Show Captain hooker Manila May ot of the Associated Pret A T Becker Hecker tile the urs launch Seattle plying In MAnila Manilta Dar Bay hl baa been presented with fC a urn In commemoration ot of hi his res rell rescue cue ot of several eral and men inca of corn com company pany G 0 ot of the volunteer Infantry On December 1 10 last a salt gale was blow lug on Manila and A lighter In tow ot of thle Seattle was caught In iz tile the between Oran Orani and Manila On b atO the lighter were WeN Colonel Craig Craven Quartermaster lain lAust and 41 soldiers ot of company O 0 flie fhe lIghter was WAI loaded deep doel with regi regimental mental property and stores made madea a heavy henvy tow for tor the Seattle Soon SO In the tho ot of the lighter opened with WUI the thet t She began to fill Il and the theMen iii Men en board were soon lioon waist deep In water The They threw the cargo over bound hut but the lighter began loI to sink A heavy sea Ilea WAS runnIng When Captain Becker ecker brought the Settle Seattle near to tIll the lighter In Order to save those on hoard boarI the te tow line connecting the two boats got entangled In the 1 p and she became helpless the ben began to sInk rapidly and to five th the 11 lives of those on board Cap Captan tan tam Becker dove doe oVer the side of his boat and with a knife began a the tho snarled tow line This Was a work under the overhang In tern stern ot II e to tossing and rolling ste steam m ln Three times the captain tack tackled tackled led the Job The last time the they him bite on board boord exhausted and un Cn scions but he had cleared the tho sore The Seattle came alongside the lighter and over fifty Il wire saved |
