The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-04-21
A Shocking Casually.
SINKING OF THE YACHT. ELLA. ANNA -
roun rEnsoNs n'DRaownEDIA SAD
ENDTo A FISHING EXCURSION.

Isaac L. Kelyea, Of tho yacht Ella
Auna, who, with one Of tho paSsen
gers of that i'll fated vessel, was pick
cd up off Suliivan's Island. u The
news IF one Of the most .hsart: reud-
ing disas tt,s that has occQrredS in
this harbor for yoars soon Espres d
like:wildfre, and ID an hour,sr>tipe
the wharves " ere Crowded withanxi.
Gus inquirers into the tho 1dstSilsy OF
the melancholy affair, - ~
THnscArrAla'ssrGEEMFNTy
Capt. Relyea, ,iwho comm snNded the
ELL. Anna, statess&5that Tho ya,ht
left her pier at half.past ,;6l o'oiuck,
having been rcharteren by a. parry of
txcureiouiets for:n9isbngSS exodr ivfl
to the Housaton,c buoy, # 'tre bar.
The party consisted Of MIR! W. W
SarVis, MIR. Adolph'tl Davis, = Mr;
James Loaby, Mr., A. e, W,o, Adama
aud Master john X. Enslow,. The
youngest son Of .Mr3J.! A. tEnslowI
Of this city. The Grew; of thbT boad
consisted o. Cnpt, Reiyea iaud, q
young lad DAmcd Gi,u,pn., Burke, u
sou of Capt. Villa u burke, "a. Wal
known pilot Of this cie5 90 The ad y
was fair and plsasGdl,! and j. aftoT
spending sevprslil loars, ut iJthe
ilousa.onic buay, the 'yochY about
O'Clock, sailed on her home award
voyage. by tGis' time. tile 'hreezt
had freshenel and reef. vas takeu'
III the sail. Abuut fittcBn minutes
past'2 clock, when about 1.-TWO !. hau :;
dreJ yards trum Bow mans .jet:y on
Sul'ivan's Island, the o"ptaih put
his helm down and attemptcai t6'pup
bis vessel in sta e, ID, othsri words, tp
wear chip! J Tho yacbt, however, re}
fused to obey her, Helm, missed her
stays, and was brought up il the,
Wind, at which moment a aaw struck
her., lIer gunw dos were forccdt
uuder BY tile flag, dud in.ar few NIB!
mants she ';uuk ip ff, cen futhYms Of,
water. The ioccuialna were,, Of,
course, left sttu Cling IN It'd sca,
aud in the oonfusIon that ensued. four,
Of them were Sitber swept out t9AeaI
or drowned. The accident was wit
messed by Pil6t b Dat No. 9, which,
was at that time standing off Cam!l
minis Point, and Capt. Corker ;! i'm.
mediatel y came to the rescue. Capt.
Rclyea aud Mr.. \. W. Adams ware
picked up and brought to the city.
In the mcaulime, one. Of the workers.
Oh the g.illage, who had also observ.
ed the accident, showed off in q yawl
toat, which was anchored to the
beach, and arrived ia time to pick
| up Mr.. Sarvis and Mr.. Lcahy. The
former was insensiole When carried
to the shore, but soon revived. lie
was too i'll however, to como to the
city. Nothing whatever was seen of
the remaining four persons who had
been occupants Of the yacht, and the
suppositon is Il at they were either
drowned or swept OUT " sea.
Mr. LEAnYS SrATENlEEST.
| Mr.. James Leahy. one Of the res
cued passengers, arrived in the city,
on the six O'Clock boat, from the
Islaud. His statement of tho disas.
ter agrees with that furnished the re.
portcre Of this paper by Capt. Rel yen t.
| Mr.. Leahy and Mr. Sarvis were pick
ed up by the yawl from the Island,
but neither OF them is able to say
hat became of the missing men.
When Mr.. Leahy left the island, Mr..
|Sarvis was in critical condition
from having been in the water 80
! long, but hUpes are entertained of his
: recovery. At late hour last night
a hundred rumors wore afloat cou.
cerning the fate of the rest of the par
) ty. It was stated that Mr.. S.rvl,
had died, that Ensluw bad beeo
: picked up"t sca and was in Z fair
way to recover, 0nd that young
Burke had managed to swim to Fort
Sumter, but none Of the ruWors
could he traced to trustworthy
:source, and there srosus to be very
little doubt that all Of the four per-
SONS named have met a watery grave.
j., y party Of gentlemcl went down to
; the scene of the disaster, last night,
to search for the bodies, but up to
midnight they had not returned.
THE missing.
! Master john X. Enslow is son Of
". j Il. Enslow, OF Charleston, aud
ID about sixtceu years old. lie ~as
not able TO swim, and it is feared
that he went down with tho boat.
Master Gilman Burke is about
seventeen years old, aud is the son OF
Capt. WIN. Burke, o welt knowr
pilot of this city, Being n goot
swimmer there is some hope that h,
may have managed to keep himself
aAoat until picked up by " passing
boat.
Mr.. Geo. e. Kent is native o
New York, who has been residing il
Il New Charleston several mouths. II,
was engaged, in the auction busines
t 10 King street, near the Academy o
! music, and boarded at tho Waverl.
, House. He was twenty.three year
= old. ...5.,.g