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Show LIFE SAVER TELLSSTORY Tried For Hours to Save Rosecran's Crew Begged Tug to Help Astoria. Ore., Jan. 9. Peler Kniis. the Injured life-saver, told a thrilling story of the attempt to rescue the crew of the Rosecrans After tryins for hours to penetrate the wali of mountain-high combers that senarat- ed them from the wrecked vessel, the Port Canby crew turned back exhausted exhaust-ed "It was then about noon." said Kru-ls. Kru-ls. "Not a man of us could eat. Tho ihought of those poor fellows bangluK on to i bat ripping waa too much for us. At last wo could stand It no long er. We went in a bunch to Captain Rlner and Insisted on trying agnln He was anxious as we to start Impossible to Ride Combers. "On the second attempt. It was even more Impossible to surmount th-combers th-combers and the seven life-savers begged In vain of the captain of the tug Tatoosh to tow them through. Captain Riner actually got down on his knees aud wept as he begged Captain Cap-tain Reed to take our line," said Kru- is. "but Captain Reed said It was certain cer-tain deatb and he would not sacrifice i his men." Went Ahead Alone, j "Then Captain Rlner's men went ahead alone. When we reached the line of surf about a mile from the Rosecrans. ' said Kmls "I went Into tho airtight compartment to attend i be engine with full speed we c barged barg-ed 'be line, but wore beaten back. Three times we tried this and on the third atiempt a big sea picked us up and turned us end over end Hang: the door of the compartment flew open and out I went, my lungs full of engine ros and my leg out of commission com-mission from a jam ,-iR.inst the engine en-gine when the boat lunged. Caught In Swirl. "I was caught in ibe swirl of a big comber and sucked down among the rocks and was about all in when I was puller! Into the boat Three others oth-ers went over when I did, but were picked up "Our boat bad landed with such force that she eras split almost from stem to stern and began to till rapidly rapid-ly It was then that the Point Ad amR crew came tn our assistance and , towed us two miles to the tug Fear less, which took us to the Point Ad a ma station. "We had just got aboard the iv.ir less when our boat broke her haw er and went to the bottom " |