| Show death of a here I 1 STANDARD A aj F chronicle service I 1 NEW youir july 19 lieutenant john N rhodes of the revenue marine service who died at algiers Al giera la on wednesday wai was tho the officer who displayed much daring and bravery at the wreck ot of the tile steamship city of columbus on the davits bridge and the low dangerous reef at the western extremity of Mart marthas hals vineyard the vessel was from boston for savannah savannh and ran on the thereof reef on january 1 of nearly passengers a only il twenty three were saved rhodes was one of the officers on the revenue cutter dexter and as there was a high sea running the vessel could not get got alongside of the wreck but rhodes w went ent to the wreck in one of the small boats at and id lashing a line around tJ plunged into the sea and swam to the wreck to rescue two half frozen frozen passengers who were in the rigging he had ad almost reached the stranded vessel when he was terribly bruised by borne some of the wreckage and bis his companions drew him baal back to the boat recovering bis his strength and ignoring the pleadings of others that he should not again endanger bis his own life he plunged in the second time rescued the two people from the rigging and U got 1 them int into ohis his boat after that be he had a long of sickness and hla lite death was no doubt hurried by these experiences |
