R. Sanders's preservation from shipwreck

R. Sanders, a Latter-day Saint from South Shields, has survived six shipwrecks throughout his seafaring career. In a letter to President Penrose, he recounts that his most recent shipwreck occurred on December 11, 1907, where he was exposed to eight days of hardship but was saved from a watery grave. He attributes his survival and preservation through various maritime perils to the care of the Lord.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 70, No. 17 (April 23, 1908), p. 267):

There are few men who have been as often face to face with death as Brother R. Sanders, of South Shields. He has been shipwrecked six times, and while some of his fellow-seamen have sank beneath the waves, to rise no more, the life of this faithful saint has been miraculously preserved. He has been a member of the Church for some years, and has always endeavored to live his religion, even when surrounded by the rough influences of a seafaring life. In a letter which he wrote to President Penrose a few days ago he tells of several shipwrecks which occurred during his seafaring life. He says: 'I felt very happy when I received the parcel of tracts sent to me by the brethren of the Scandinavian mission. But on the eleventh of December I got shipwrecked again, and many of the tracts and books were damaged by salt water. It seems to me that the evil one tries to prevent me from spreading the glad tidings. I did not have my clothes off for eight days, and the hardships to which I was exposed made my old bones ache; but I did not mind that when I was saved from a watery grave. I have been shipwrecked six times, and I have been in many other dangers, but the Lord has been with me in all these perils, and for His preserving care I praise Him.'