Show MOST HEROIC RESCUE 4 sailor saved by fils companions on a battleship new york ocl 2 A rescue which the officers of se battleship alabama declare one 0 he most heroic that has taken place bothe navy for many years was effect by three seamen of that battleship oi mass Satu Tda tho man who was rescued Is andrew anderson a seaman and the men who saved ym are edward wagner william brannon and B V an darson the alabama Is tahe flagship ol 01 the beconi division oagle first squadron of the north beet which arrived hero yesterday when the order was given to the alabama to weigh anchor and proceed to new the chains fouled the stock and somebody had to be lowered to untangle them the job fell to andar son anderson was getting along all right when tha controller of the drum around which the anchor chain was to be wound wa released A minute later the anchor had sunk in twelve fathoms of water and anderson went down with it the sailor to tree himself of the ropo that was bis waist once free anderson tried to riso to tb surface instead of doing so he struck of the alabama three times the sailor tried to rise and then he lost consciousness captain W H reefer had signalled signal led for full speed astern and aa soon as the alabama had cleared the spot where anderson had gone down the form of the sailor appeared on the water wagner was aber first of the sailors to aee him into the sea and swam to espot es pot he caught the unconscious man i around the neck and ath one hand held his head above water awaiting the assistance si of brannan and E C anderson who had also plunged into the water sc |