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PENNED UP FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN A BASEMENT

The family of Capt. Henry Sackman, living opposite to the Douglas school building on the Island, were among the many who had narrow escapes from death.

Realizing the danger of the storm, Mrs. sought safety in flight.

Gathering her children together she ran across the street into the basement of the Douglas School.

She had scarcely cleared the front gate before the second story of the brick house in which she lived blew down.

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A moment later, when the little party were safely hidden in the basement, the heavy school building collapsed.

Ton after ton of stones and bricks came tumbling down, bat the basement walls withstood the shock Mrs. Sackman and her children were saved, though thoroughly drenched with rain.

Capt. Sackman is superintendent of the Wiggins Ferry Co. on the East Side, is President of the School Board on the Island and has been a member of the City Council for twenty years.

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