Show adventures OF JOHN HICKS escaped death by drowning inc ana died from exposure port townsend Wash Dec Dw 11 passengers of the steamer Fa rallon which arrived here from skagway Sk agway alaska tonight tell a etory story of the remarkable escape from drowning and subsequent death of john kicks hicks who waa was a passenger on the steamer utopia which caught fire clr while on her way from seattle to skagway Sk agway nov 17 during the excitement hicks jumped overboard and it was thought ho had drowned it appears however that hicks managed to get on the bottom of a capsized lifeboat and drifted about for twenty four hours before the boat went ashore on kake laland island cold and numb hicks wandered about on the island in search of a habitation for eight days living on whatever herbs he could find beneath the enow snow becoming completely exhausted be made his way to tho the beach where he lay down to die shortly after reaching the beach a canoe with several indiana indians came along picked up hicks and took him to the village and turned him over to rev mr moon a missionary who did everything ery thing in his power for the unfortunate dunate fellow who began to improve rev mr air moon started with him in a canoe to wrangle whore where be he could receive proper medical attendance before reaching wrangle hicks died and his hi body was buried on the beach he ile told rev mr moon aloon that his mother resided in tacoma |