ANECDOTE OF A BOY,
who was saved during the hurricane which happened off St. Thomas' Island, West Indies, when the royal mail steamer "Rhone" was lost, and many other vessels of different nations. Nearly all the "Rhone" crew perished from the effects of this most fearful "cyclone"; such a one not having been experienced for many, many years. (Oct. 29th, 1867.)
The Boy's Story.—Value of a Life Buoy.
John Bailey, an intelligent looking lad, living at 5, Regent street, Southampton, said,—
"When the ship 'Rhone' struck I was on deck, and jumped on the port side, and then into the water. I was then about half an hour on a piece of wood; and then I saw an ordinary seaman, named Gough, fall out of a life buoy, and I swam towards it. I was knocking about a long time, with both my
