The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-22
THE DISASTER IN THE BAY.
rHE DROWNING or MR.. GiRNEH AND
WIFE AND THEIR FRIENDS


Garnsr. Even wall street Astonished-
The Gnrners' staten Island Home.
After the capslzins OF the yacht Mo-
hawk, on stapleton. Staten Island, and the loss
Of Eve lives In the disaster, on Thursday after
noon the overturned vessel was dragged by tho
propelers Burke and Rescue to the mouth Of
the XIII Won Kull. ON the way her maintop-
mast foretopmasi, and main boom were broken
AWAY by contact with the towing steamers. She
struck bottom at point OF Aliens Point, New
Jersey, about a quarter Of a mile from New
Brighton, staten Island. The water there at
low tide, is about twenty feet deep and the
Mob wl, as she lay on her side, was partly out
Of fwater. A diver, hastily summoned from the
Coast wrecking Compeny's establishment, at
vtapiet on. went into the cabin, but In the total
darkness thorough search for the hyo bodies
that we're supposed to he there was Impossible.
He found the corpse OF Mrs. Garner, and tried
10 extricate 1t from something that held 1t fast
but he was unable, and after fastening rope TO
Ibe body. he gave up the work for the night.
Tbs week was, nevertheless, surrounded all
nirht by many mvc In boats. The rain fell
heavily, and the darkness vs. Only niuhy
broken by flashes Of lightning.
80 ybreak yesterday the weather vas clear,
and the work OF getting the bodies was prompt
" begun. VIM. Carroll. Coast wrecking Com.
pany diver, wearing tho cumbersome dress Of
bis calling, was lowered into the cabin through
. broken skylight gathering OF watermen,
friends Of the dead persons, AID others, were n
boats close to the sunken Yacht, waiting iinpa-
nently. The diver nrst encountered tho body Of
Mrs Garner, which had baflsd tho effort to re-
cover 1t on toe night before. The dirtiness OF
the water In that part Of the bay precluded clear
sight, but he could soc enough to learn what 1t
vas that held the body fast. The yacht had
been baastcd with pig lead slowed underneath
amovabe flooring. rhe capszing had loosened
the flooring freed the lead, and thrown the
heavy metal upon Mrs. Garner. Whether this
had happened instantly after the overturn Of the
crafi, aud she had been held by the ballast while
her husband WIS in vain trSins TO rescue her,
can only be conjecturel but 1t certainly was
piled upon her skirts when the diver found her
body.
MRS GARNER AND THE CABIN BoY.
II was about GS o'clock when the body OF
Mrs q rner was freed from the weight Of lead,
raised through the skylight, carefully put 10
rowboat, aud towed to the New Brighton wharf
by the Mohawk's steam launch. Thence It was
taken In a wagon to the beautiful Garner man.
sion about a mile distant. Thus e2rly smuti
tude was on the wharf, and a bewidered police
sergeant and number Of officers were wander
ING hither ana thiiher. The removal OF the
bocy. despite the rude surroundings, was as i'm.
pressiye as an elaborated funeral. The crew Of
the Mohawk carried the dripping burden to the
vehicle. and mourning friends directed the task
and aiterward they returned 70 the wreck,
where the diver had resumed his labor In the
cabin The next body that he found was that Of
Peter sullivan, the cabin boy. Ii was In the
doorway OF the cabin. His hands clutched the
sides Of the passage, as though be had got that
far In an effort to escape, and was steadying
himself when the lurch came and the water
rushed IN upon bin. His body was lifted to the
taken to his parents home in New Briehton.
he had been for several years In Vioe-Commo-
The yachts position was such that the divers
work was necess iiily slow. 1t was therefore 10
out. The slow process of Fighting the yacht
bad then been for several hours In steady
and Meteor were anchored at the north side OF
the wreck Ropes were attached to the Mo
on the masts Of the nearest schooner. Other
ropes ran from mast 10 mast Of the two schoon
log drew the Mohawk to nearly an uprisht posi
tioD. THIS was effected at about ii o'clock. At
that time the craft surrounding the wreck in
the steamer ID. H. Martin, and from twenty to
.h,rty rowoe,ts; Ihs % d, T. Martin belongs 70
late MI. Garner was the principal owner. About
hundred persons were In these boats, anx-
lousiy watching the water surface under whtch
the diver was operating. he Mohawk, when
thus nearly righted, and with 'two-tnirds
ber d, cks being submerged twelve feet deep
New Brighton oarsnen did a profitable business
In transit To and from the point.
THE REST or THE DROWNED.
The bodies of Miss Adele Hunter and Mr.. Gar
Ger were taken out at ABOUT IL o'clock, having
been found snoat IN the cabin. Possibly they.
700, had been held by the b Hast, and then
loosed when the yacnt was rghted. They were
structed for the purpose from the wharf TO The
home Of the Garner.. The nfth snd siill unre:
E6ie go. one one Of III the Mohawks plessurs party.
Mr.: horne was a member Of the firm Of Fros,
ners mills aud 6foiher " Of Nfs' arnsr AZ .. The
who lost their lives were Mr. and Mrs Garner,
Hunter. I. ln0Tle. Peter
the cabin boy. The diver. in hi search for Mr..
fhorne's body, explored every TART OF The yacht
IN vain, and at o'clock the fact seemed to be
established that he had been swept overheard
and drowned.
Although Intense interest in the proceeding,
a. tue wreck was ended, the number Of sight
.eers ana not lessen until nightfll. Two
ana prep iatlOns Tor raising her to-day were
made. She Is to he llfted 70 the surface, aud
beyond her removal out VI the way Of nayiga-
uot ls -pparent, as, Of course the survivors ~
tne Narner family take NO thought about her
Nos B-iabton was all day crowded to an s1-
hut Gouot ess unprecedente1 In her history,
AZ everywhere tLe disaster was the upDermOst
tub ,gne attributed the capslzng to the
s'5el iaot ,ha, toe yacht WIN all sail set,
,nat 'ueory was met with Sailing Mester Row
iAna,' assertion that the snclor had been
shite. the lead ballast, SO helping 10 Turn tho
,esSe over. Mr, Rowland, who was arrested by
ue '"oner on lhurs1ay night, was still In a
gen u re police station, and sentiment ran
llgh against him. IL was openly charged that
De had been criulinally careless.
THE CREW or THE MOHAWK.
The seventeen s,ilOrs II the Mohawk spent
the DAY Ia rowing between the shore and the
wreck, or in loungiug on the decks OF the wreck
lng srhI Iners. Nine ore Swedes three Norwe-
CLAN, Two Germans, and TWO Americans. They
Itii under the ban Of condemnation, aud were
oItet t,rsOualb subJ Jscted to impote criticism;
pIt the. did not open their lips. Several sat In
el-giniIy upholstered chairs and sofas that had
been taken from the MohawKs cabin. Theirre-
meWbfd &c OT the disaster Was varied and dis
lolntly cxfressed. The two cooks had got ou
Vt toe Kitchen without oitnculty. George b.
OsbJrne, the mate said that the crew were as
PDnd men as he h q ever shipped with, ana
been eng god by the sailing master, and that
ihtee 4 them-Charley 5lith. harly Felt, and
IhGm.a ltompsoh-tied hard To rescue Mr.
Aad RS. Gamer, aud did save Mr.. Crosby by
pressing skYllgnt and reaching TO them.
1h"mLsOu caught Mr.. Garuer's hand, but he
Was nod ng u his Wife, and would not lot her
g. 10 ave himself.
lhem IN the cabin" said one OF the Nor
Eeglahs. WAS n ~ mi % IN trap. But we on
a. "hi no trouble saving ourselves Some OF
tht derA r out Il w4ter ten minutes after the
larh' turned over anu we only had 10 hang TO
'he iI-ging"
no certain inform ton a. 70 tho fate Of Mr.
lN'ruG cpuld DO got from the crew, Though
h'Me oi them ln1l-tluctii remembered seeing
n.icu standing on the deck lust be-