, 1876-07-22
Additional Particulars OF the
Yacht Mohawk Disaster,
Recovery Of All but Ono of the
Bodies of the Victims.
Five Persons Drowned by the Upsotting
Of O Boat On the Hudson.
Four Others Meet Sjmilar Fata In the
Ma4uoketa River, Iowa.
The Days Record OF Minor Mis-
haps
THE Nfo1rA1vll DISASTER,

THE MOHAWK D1s4ASTErl.
Special D'spafch to TIE 7rtoune.
New foHK, July 2l.-Tllo sinking Of tho
ya&iIl Mohawk I'll tho harbor OF Stapleton on
Thursday afternoon resulted In tho death Of
I'VE pcrtons-1Yillatn 7. Garner, Mrs. Gnrncr,
Miss Adele Hunter, Frost, Thprnc, and cabt,l-
boy ,lnlnel Peter Sullivan. All tic bodies l,avc
been recovered except that of Mr. Thorne.
Excitement oyer the catastrophe continues un-
abatet, and sevcre comments upon tho n,an-
agemcnt Of the vessel aro = freely
made. Capt. Rowland, mailing master
OF tho Mohawk, has bccn placcd under arrest
ether seeeca eli OF npeaaent 41 aeet H.
quest will be hcld to-day. Mr.. Garner Inns car-
ricd On his enormous business upon such a eys-
ten for some ycass past TINT probably no injury
Will result 70 commercial interests.
TIE CAPTAINS STORY.
Capt; Q. J. Rowlal!t, sailing master Of tho
Mol,awk, who Is confined In tho New brighton
Town Hall, pending examination. made tho fol-
'ong setsnf1s ay !: IL, I'm, =, I'm a.
r. Sommsds;e sna E!s pslsy % rsa %be!ow @ 70 ayo s
ID a'das as @s es ght sae ss
~ ,3s,.GE ;Ga' ssno - on sosh aa .rss p5s;
s i s ssiS Ps as5 .as ens sisSk
tc at sbis "Ss Ss,v on wa@ W % or cK a. tno
for il wa very Unusual thing. Tho vessel was
cafcen'ng ovsr. while on deck we fclt very ltttlo
4 STRANGE PHENOMENON.
gare orders u lot 60 the ttb.sIoets and let tho
torEtopsail run down. No orders stro
top.a t as hausd 3awn a nn the 'S sa,hsad
ncr w.trr ,a Fnnw t. hav ~na st rors cnr1ic
MI forsvs,I csst ~ fbc n,nn s}cct Strcct'v In.
hind NO. for Has standing at tho wheel. Tho
, main shsst ray 81 paIt way apd jatnmel in ,ho
guests wesc gil below. Thu con,'no!loro Ind been
standing In tho gansway. uc went into tho cabin.
anu x,,r,
M uov,,n; M'sM eas sAw W. Hin ,ita naA.S ,oa .s,
ri: N.Y. H tas: s''ss f. he''s: fsfS
bouts aft-thS sma boat oycr tbo oft ranwuvNto NJ
rteeiYo anybody who ,nlght cssplu 5uts Some
sailors on tic windward sldo Of tho vosscl
nag boon PREPARING t9 Lever this boat,
1Tes se sas ed mo ~, ~ w waek ana ssy w.
ssd 81 s poa wE Is t W. " ana ct nt1 It
t,ir and imR,oiatsly took the yaebt in n" tnw AMI
" YAHlous OPINIONS
exist anaonr tho hoat,ncn WIN ltro n1ony tin
shorc "a to thc cynct ca,lses whicl, led Ia the
dIsastcr and tho rcnson why yacllt Of snrh
Noar1y al agree that the 6ont ut vas ~ b. badjy d. 1uan.
mod, or shc would noyur have ransizcG. md the
suyorcst criticisms aro passcd upon her sailing.
master.
TIE SEARCH pou rt1n nrAD.
As soon "a every means had brcrl c,np1oyed
in saving tic aruw md those nnssenrurs ,yi,o
cscapei from the cnbin. search yas Inrun for
the bo4llcs. The Mohawk lay no lar ovcr TINT
her latd,wnY wag co,npletcly olstructoi bv
furniture. rtrycs 0f cabln.anor' md heavy bnfs
Of ioad. Thc work Of he IIycy il, re-.
covering tho bodies waa extremely slow
until some means could be obtaincl Tor
Fighting tic wreck. For several hours ho cor
ttiued 0lls labor, insisted by work,ucn en-
ploycd Oil coast wrcclting steamer, wllicl, was
sent 10 ratso tho yacIt. The extreme dark,ess
Of the night, aggravated by thu rain and tossing
Of tho wayes, hladv the prospect Of getting u
AT EARLIEST DAWN
Yesterday the diver renewed Ills efforts, Several
pieces Of furniture and nbout l1yr tons Ut piE
lend ycrc raised out Of tho l,atct,wuy. At thc
Same time tic work OF rigl,ting The yavht was
begun, About O'CLOCK tho diver wis SUCCESS
ful il. finding
TIIx uopr or MRS, oAnyEr,
which, was closely wrlccd in by picccs of f,,rn,-
lure and iIoorInc. IN order 10 extrieuta Il Ia
was cuinpcllct to cut awny portiuns s,f icr tioth