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Show CommQdore Perry's Flagship to Be Raised From Bottom of Misery Bay COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD HAZ-ARD PERRY'S flagship, the Niagara, is to be raised from the bottom of Misery Bay, Presguc Isle Peninsula. The old war vessel ves-sel to which Perry fled when his original flagship, the Lawrence, was forced 'to strike her colors is to take a leading part in the centennial celebration 0 the battle of Lake Erie next summer. Her hull is in. good condition, according to experts who have examined her, and a cofferdam' Is to be built about her so that tho remains of the1 vessel will be damaged as little as possible in raising. The hulk will be towed ashore and brought into a dry dock used for repairing fishiDg tugs, there to be, rebuilt and made ready for the rart it is to tako iu the celebration. When Barclay had surrendered to the gallant Perry the American fleet returned to Sric Harbor, and the vessels, both Perry's and the captured English gunboats gun-boats were anchored temporarily in MiserV Bay, a small inlet leading bock iinto the woods that cover Presque Isle Peninsula. The Lawrence was so badly riddled that no attempt was made to pre-i pre-i servo it- Its splintered timbers were concerted con-certed into walking sticks and knick-I knick-I knacks to be disposed of as souvenirs. The Niagara, however, was useful tor a number of years, and finally, not knowing a better way of disposing of the ancient war ship, tho residents of Eric scuttled it in Misery Bay, where it has rcmniued siuce, covered by fifteen feet of water. The Perry Centennial Commission engaged en-gaged the services of an expert dlier In tho employ of the Thatcher Contiocting Coropanj, of Toledo, Ohio, and had the hulk carefully examined. He reported thai it is well pVeserred and could be raised easily. Public spirited caucus of Erin are endeavoring en-deavoring to have the old vessel placed in Ccntral'Park, where it is proposed to erect a auitublo building in which to protect It from the elements One plan xx to erect a huge aquarium in which the vesJCl can be placed, with fish of every species found Iu ihe lakes enclosed with it. LM10 Glory -c-E the battle of Lake Eric .vi'll aevcr grow old. How the Niagara eauiu to bo Perry 'h flagship is graphically ' told by, John Clark Kidpsttli, the his-toriaa:' "The Lawrence, Perry's flagship, began to suffer dreadfully under the concentrated firo of the enemy. First one gun and then another was dismounted. The masts were broken. The rigging of the veciel was rent away. The sails were torn to shreds. Soon 6hc yielded no longer to the wind, but lay helpless on the water. "On the deck death held carnival. The American sailors lay dead and dying on every hand. During the two hours that Perry faced his antaoList his men were reduced to a handf uL Entering the action the Lawrence had a crew of officers and men numbering a hundred aud three Of these, by two o'clock in the afternoon, eighty-three were either dead or wounded. Still Porry held out. Others fell around him, until only tho commander and thirteen thir-teen others were left uninjured, "Meanwhile all the ships had become engaged but the Niagara only it long range aud ineffectively. Elliott, the captain cap-tain of that vessel, perceiving that resistance re-sistance from the Lawrence had ceo&td, now sailed ahead, believing that Perry had fallen and thu: the command had devolved on himself. It was at this juncture junc-ture that Perry resolved upon that famous fa-mous exploit which has made hu name immortal. He pulled dowu hU bltlw flag, but left the Stars and Stripes still floating. Then, with his brother Alexander Alex-ander and tour of his rcm.iit.ins seamen he lowered liimselX into the boat. Hc flung his pennant and battle tiag over his arm and around his person, stepped into the bo.il, stood upright and ordeied the men to pull for the Niagara. "That vessel was more rhau .1 half mile distant. It required Ihe oarsmen fully fifteen miuutes to make the passacc. The boat had to pass iu full exposure to the enemy's, guns. The British at once perceived what was doing. As the smoko cleared from arouud the hull of lliP Lawrence Law-rence they saw the daring act of the commander, com-mander, trausfeiriug .his Hag fiom one ship to another His owu vessel wasi shattered lo death, bul there wa.s thej Niagara, bale aud strougi Should he succeed iu making her dec!: the battle would be to tight over-again,' Victory or defeat was luruing'outhc'isslte, "The Biitish guns opeucd on the little,1 bont. Discharge after diichargo followed. . Some of the shot struck tUcfriurcuckleji and the "splinters flew, but'the men were I unhurt Perry continued to stand up as a target until the faithful seamen refused Lvl to pull unless he would sink down to a lHB position of greater safety. The shot from JB the enemy's guns knocked the water into 1 pB spray around them, but the boat reached HFI the Niagara iu safety aud Perry w&4 KH taken up. A moment more and his battle n flag was flying above the unhurt ship." IjH Thrilling is the story of how, his foot ! ItB upon the deck of the Niagara, his battle j HB flag again fling at the fore, Perry swooped ifl like a hurricane down upon the enemy's jH line, cut tho British fleet in two, right In I the middle, three vessels on the right, I'H three upon the left, broadside after broad- I f side on cither hand, death and destruction ll in his resistless wake. Thirty minutes jB and ail is over; the brave English com- H mandcr, Barclay, horse do combr.t; his H second in command, Finuis, killed. Hu- 'jH man nature -could hoid-out'no longer. 'Il Down comes the British flaff. We had ' met the enemy and they were oars, "tw I ships, two brigs, one schooner and on 1 JA stoop," sA)d Perry in hla report tolarri- son, wiitten on the back of an old letter, ' lj his hat for a desk j IB The victor did not Is the ctoiioa of his ' tri'.'ciph forget the situation around hi;.i. n He caused hiciscif to be traufcrrvd from Dl the slil) unhurt Niagarc to thu Wood jH deck cf the Lawrence Theic, aud net jH ii: some other place, would hc reecho H the surrender of the enemy. The British fll officers as they came up to present their rl awvrda bed to pick iLdr way Ihrouga El dcd and dying, slipping iu pools of blood las they came. Perry bade his .antagonist EbI ictain Ihcir swords, his the chivalry of iH loiic to whom the fortunes of w::r had il given the power but not the light to H humiliate a fallen foe H In the silence of the following inghl the dead suinrs, British and Americc. were 'consigned lo their List test in the clear waters of LaLfj Erie. The next dxy H Perry bi ought back lo Put-in-Br.y hi owu and the eipturcd fleet. 'Sailing iuto r the harbor, the dead officers of both ', commands were buried on the shcro. The H losses had been very grear. On tho Amer- H iea:i side twiMiiy-evcn were killed aud H uiucly-3ix. wounded this out of .1 force H uf but Utile mora tiu.11 four hundred effect- H JPe mc"J. The loss oi ihe British waj forty- one lulled and ninety-four vonndeJ, tho jf Fr.Uant Captain Barcl.13, who had already H lost an arm, having the LSiaforSua to loao :he other. jH upiB HHHBiiHBHiavn . rJB |