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Captain George W. Pye of Small Point Has Had Eventful Life Went to Sea at Age of Twelve and Has Had Many Narrow Escapes. Has Also Served in the Army and Once Saved a Crew from Wrecked Schooner to the sailor man are likely to come numerous and thrilling ad ventures, but to a sailorman and sol dier they are doubly likely to come This has proved true in the case of Captain George W Preoof small Point who is one of the best hollown residents of Phippsburs and whose adventures would fill a big boot and make an interesting story CSET tats a TEP Pea0 del at Toetia Tepes a seh of Charles W and Katie Walters Pye He was born, NT SGY lee laocrndy, etheth Serh cemed The started his career as a follower of the sea by shipping as the cook on a fishing Vessel She Was one of the bankers and he sailed in her some time and then shipped in first one them another wish when tre wats abot Th fies broweht up oma toe at Saal Poot amd there de liked so well te decided to call jt tome and las lone SF ee Wie Dee ORT out» UYU Live. oes vbimed: thate adh the firme. far fron $f. ih Mats the Pouce where he de eded to “thang his Wat amb pow the wat dee Potted at his pretty Vitfle Qwelling moost out the tine During his career on the ocean wave he Was four times shapwrerded and each time escaped, althowgh on wtodlcast two of these occasions it was 2ood Tieh which saved Jim He res CAST Ga Wien in a vessel in oe Brow of Chypbear The Vessel ipo Which he was one of the crew was stried at night by another vessel and was rapidly sinking when the 13 men on board took to the one small boat which the craft afforded. Latehill they were afloat in this little boat but a short time before they were discovered by an English brig and picked up. In the big September gale of about s6 years ago he had another narrow escape. His vessel was riding at anchor when the heavy wind and seas broke her cable and she struck a rock and began going down. The men had a boat which they launched, but it could not live in such a sea and in on very few minutes the men were struggling in the water. They were tossed about and beaten about by the waves and finally thrown up on the rocks shore and as fate was kind, not a life was lost but the men were fearfully bruised and well nigh exhausted when they got out of the reach of the sea The next time Captain Pre became a ship-wrecked mariner) was down off Hatteras. It was in the middle of anevery dark night when the Vessel he was on was cut in two by another Craft. Not a man saved a thing ex cept the clothing he happened to have on at the time and the vessel was beneath the waves within 16 min uts of the time she was struck The other craft stood by and picked up the men and all were saved His fourth and last shipwreck was in a brig down off Great Eye Tar bor near the mouth of the Delaware river . There was a safe blowing and the vessels anchor wouldn't hold and she was swept upon the beach. When the sea went down, all the men had to do was to drop over the side On the sandy Deal Vn at tempt Was made to save the vessel and get her into the sea as in, taut it Wits THO tse and her hopes lie there covered up obf the drifting, sands. In the arms Captain Pye had con siderable experience bit he saves that While he never knew what fear was (Continued on Page Wwive.)
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Bath Independent
Bath, Maine, US
Sat, Oct 19, 1912
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