Show girl saved from death in remarkable manner Is drawn under when launch capsizes and finally bobs into empty pocket where astonished deckhand finds her new york the most remarkable escape from death by drowning and suffocation in mud that any human being probably has ever experienced was that of miss fannie day a young department store employed of this city who was one of a barty of eight per sons in a naphtha launch which was capsized in the lower bay early the other day three of her companions were swept to the bottom when the launch with disabled engines was run into by a mud scow miss day had gone down with the others and when noth ing was seen of he for hours after ward it was reported she had met death but when the mud scow had been towed nearly to its destination and the deck hands were adjusting the dumping apparatus at the bottom they were startled to find a hand bomely dressed young woman in one of the pockets miss day had been literally scooped out of the water by the dumping machinery which had been left open after the scow bad discharged its last load at sea the party was returning from sheepshead bay and although a stiff gale was blowing and the seas were running high all went well until the engines of the launch gave out all night long the little craft drifted help lessly in the bay the women suffered severely from the exposure when daylight came a tug with two scows in tow was seen making directly direct li for them they called loudly tor help but the tug swept by and apparently they were not seen by those on board so close did the tug run that the wind drove the second scow against the launch and caused it to upset the eight passengers were thrown into the water but the tug did not stop three of the men and miss cook managed to get hold of the upturned launch and clung to it until other craft res cued them miss day when brought to her home in st nicholas avenue could not at first tell a coherent story of her ex perien ces I 1 went down deep but finally came up ever so slowly said miss da I 1 was gasping for breath and kick ing with all my might and main finally my head hit something and I 1 could rise no more I 1 was ter bibly frightened and although it all took place in an instant it seemed a lifetime to me I 1 was halt buffo bated but had presence of mind enough to feel along with my hands over my head suddenly like a cork I 1 bobbed up in an open space for a minute I 1 did not dare to open my eyes but just floated calmly and drew in long breaths of air I 1 know now what drowning Is and the few minutes I 1 was pressed up against the bottom of the scow were the longest and most terrible in my life when I 1 did look up I 1 was surprised to find I 1 was inside a wooden square at first I 1 coulden couldn t make out what it was and then it dawned on me that I 1 was inside the scow I 1 cried for help but no one came I 1 tried to up the sides but they were slimy and slippery finally I 1 secured a resting place on some chains after having swam for an hour at least by and by an old man looked over into the well he how the devil did you get therea I 1 never saw such a scared man in my life I 1 yelled throw me a rope if you don t want me to drown he did so and I 1 wound it around my waist and arm and he pulled me up on deck thomas reynolds of the scow said ot this finding of the girl about how the dev I 1 D d you get there seven clock I 1 was passing along the deck of the scow and beard a faint cry I 1 m not much of a believer in flying dutchmen or any other sea SPOOKS and I 1 thought I 1 would look to see where it came from I 1 looked along in the several pockets and when I 1 got to the pocket blow me it I 1 see a fine looking young woman hanging on to the bridle chain ot the door to the forward pocket there she was as unconcerned as could be with three bracelets on her arm her fingers full of rings and her watch pinned to her breast her clothes were certainly ceita a sight you know we dump cellar dirt and a woman cant come up through that stuff and look decent she was perfectly conscious and I 1 said are you strong enough to take a linea right back came so I 1 passed a rope down to her and she I 1 eld on to that rope un til I 1 could pull her up on deck |