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Show A GREAT LIFE SAVER. j Sir Edward Moiris, prime minister I or Newfoundland, tells in the Wide World Magazine a lemarkable storv of heroism on the part of j Newfoundland New-foundland fisherman The name of th.s man was George Harvey, aud ho resided in a low. lorky island, a few miles oast of Cape Ra In those days tho emigrant ships to Canada wore ciowded with pas-sengeis. pas-sengeis. in the mitumn of 1S32 the brig Dispatch, bound to Quebec, with 103 "souls, In a gale of wind, struck a rock about three miles from Harvey's Har-vey's home. He heard tho signals of distress, and immediatolj launched his boat, with his boy of 17. his girl of 17 and his dog. and tried to get out to the wreck On the deck of tho doomed ship were crowded tho crew nnd passengers, in imminent danger of their lives. A terrible sea raged between be-tween his boat and the wrecked ship, but across that awful waste of wator the gallant fisherman and h!s bravo children urged their frail skiff To get close to tho stranded ship was to court instant destruction, and the task of saving those on board seemed well-nigh well-nigh hopeloss. but Harvey's noblo foundlaud dog, deep dlvei, bold swim-mor, swim-mor, with marvelous intelligence, seemed to understand what was required re-quired of him. and at a slgnel from his master, sprang out of the boat and swam toward tho ship. Tho Boas overwhelmed over-whelmed him and drove him back, but he persevered, and finally enmo near enough Tho sailors threw him a rope, which he gripped with his sharp teeth, and at last ho got back to his master and was drawn Into tho boat almost dead from exhaustion Communication Com-munication wis now established between be-tween the ship nnd Harvey's skiff, and with the moBt laborious efforts every soul wis Bavcd. King William IV was so pleased with Harvoy's gal I lant deed thnt he sent him a present of 0100. had a large gold medal specially special-ly engraved with a description of his exploit, and sent him an autograph letter let-ter through tho governor. |