The Perilous Midnight Row Across the Sound

Jack Syverson, of Kingston, was taken to Providence Hospital yesterday morning after having been out on the Sound all night, lost in the fog, while suffering from a dislocation of the right knee joint. Syverson was employed in M. Taylor’s logging camp at Kingston, and on Friday evening was working on a staging a few feet above the ground. It was dark, and when he got down he stumbled, fell and threw his right knee out of joint. With no way to reach Seattle for surgical aid except by rowboat, three of Syverson’s friends wrapped him in blankets and started to row to the city. They left Kingston about 9 o’clock in the evening and soon became lost in the dense fog which had settled over the Sound. They could not tell where they were or what course to take, but kept on rowing in hopes of reaching their destination. Along in the morning, they struck Salmon Bay and landed, only to find their mistake and resume their journey. They next found themselves at the Boulevard and, by following the shore, reached Seattle about 5 o’clock. Syverson had been in pain all the time, as his knee was still out of joint and was much swollen. Upon reaching the hospital, Dr. Rufus H. Smith was called and set the limb. The patient was seen last evening and said he was feeling well, notwithstanding the rough trip in the chilly fog.