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bodies of his shipmates. Mr. Jones, landlord of the hotel on the 

 island, was unremitting in his attentions, and secured for him a free 

 passage home. The inhabitants of the island, mostly poor fishermen, 

 made him up a purse of $18, and, while in the depot at Portland, $11 

 was raised in his behalf. The Mayor of the city sought him out, and 

 was also very kind. 



This was the third time that Mr. Jordan had been the sole survivor 

 of disaster. Out of a company of eighty, confined in Libby prison 

 during the war, he was the only one who lived to return home ; and 

 out of a ship's crew of thirty men, wreclced on Cape Cod, he was the 

 only one saved. 



It may be well to state in this connection that, after these remark- 

 able escapes, his death was finally caused by accident. AVhile en- 

 gaged as a draw-tender on the Boston & Maine Railroad, he fell from 

 the bridge (during the early part of April, 1873), a distance of fifteen 

 feet, to the platform below, and was so seriously rnjured that death 

 ensued on Monday, April 21st. 



