The New York herald., 1876-07-22
Description of the Thrilling Scenes
in the Cabin.
RECOVERY OF THE BODIES.
Statements Of Colonel Crosby, the Captain,
Mate, Quartermasters and Others.
ACTION OF THE VARIOUS YACHT CLUBS.

ended so disastrously, we'll everybody who wit
ncssed the accident from the shore, there very
naturally great deal that was erroneous IN the
various accounts of the disaster as published in the
papers yesterday. Each eye witness" had different
story to tell and, indeed, many OF the stories given
founded upon hearsay only. In order to obtain
the most reliable information possible concerning the
disaster and its immediate cause, HERALD reporter
yesterday visited the wreck where the work of search
Ing for the bodies had been going almost necessarily
from the time the yacht hauled into the
discovered and tho mansion Of the unfortunate Mr..
Earner to which they taken, and where the
sivors, j. S. Crosby, Gardner Rowland aud Louis b.
Montant, repaired after the Commodore's body was
sound and who, despite the suffering they had under
zone the evening previous had renamed up all night
the wreck giving every assistance in their power to
Inose Immediately engaged in searching for the bodies
The vessel, it will be borne mind, was after the
lccident, towed up to the mouth oil the Kin Won Ku
VI Aliens Point where immediate steps taken
BY William Carroll the diver exricate the bodies
in the caon. Although he worked increasingly all
night until the storm and darkness made 1t unsafe
to continue work, he found It impossible to get the
sabn doors open. About midnight, by placing
schooner and sloop alongside Of her and fastening
ropes to the masts of the yacht which lay on the
water, making Of the ksts of the other craft
levers, she rRhted sufficiently about six O'Clock
yesterday morning enable tho diver to get into tho
cabin by way Of the skylght At half-past seven he
succeeded reaching Mrs. Garncrs body, which ho
found wedgcd against the fireplace by a sofa, and
the lead ballast under the flooring, which had apparently
rolled with the carpet whom the yacht carcened
over. covering her almost completely. Attcr
great deal of bard work Blr. Carroll managed
to extreae the body and attach rope to it, when it.
was hauled to the surface and taken ashore in the
steamer u. r. Martin. Renewed efforts made
after this to still further right tho yacht and with
success for by nine O'Clock the diver able to
get into the cabin without much difficulty. In search
ing about among tho floating furniture tor the bodies
he his astonishment somebody standing at the
doorway right in front OF him in the water. Itturned
out to be
BOY, PETER SULLIVAN.
He was standing bolt upright by the cabin door, his
stretched either side OF him and his hands
cutchiag the sides of the doorway, though he
IN tho act of cropping his way out when
death overlook him. The vessel by time be-
came thoroughly rghted that when the diver again
went down after recovering the cabin boys body he
found that the debris Of the cabin furniture which had
weighed down and had hidden from view the bodies Of
Mr.. Garner and Miss Hunter, had scattered. II
then easy matter to get rope fast to the body of
Miss Hunter, being the first he cspied, and to
The body OF Mr.. Garner recovered half hour
aiterward. The only body that yet missing afler
the Commodore's had been reached that OF Frost
Thorne, brother of Mrs Garner. The diver after
resting awhile again went to work to discover
The missing body If possible, but up to
late hour he had not come across It,
although he made dgent search for 1t in every part Of
The vessel that accessible 1t is the belief OF those
Who we're on board the yacht when she was struck by
the squall and who were saved that Mr.. Thorne was
not the cabin at the time. Mr.. Crosby is OF tho
opin on that he deck the lee side when tho
accident occurred and that is quite possible, there
fore that he pitched overload by tho lurchng OF
the yacht aud kept down in the water by the
mainsail coming over hir tho masts fell the
water.
The bodies that were recovered were, when hauled
to the surface at once placed in pine box furnished
by an undertaken, covered with sheet and taken
ashore in the gig of the Mohawk. The boat rowed
10 the steamboat landing and every one Of her sad
trips she followed by OF the small boats
that had surrounded the yacht morning. boat
slowly rowing In the wake OF the gig, which gave
The scene the appearance Of funeral the water
great crowd of villagers had gathered the wharf
early In tho morning, and though the major
ity OF them women they remained on
the landing all the forenoon the burning sun eagerly
awaiting the arrival OF the boats with the bodies II
was not until the Commodore's body brought
ashore that they dispersed, and then amid
and lamentations Poor Mr. Garner had evidently
made many warm friends amorg the Staten Islanders
and the mourning where he was best known-among
his neighbors-over his melancholy deeth is as sincere
as It universal island The fact that he really
lost his life In a noble effort his VILE to whom
he deeply attached, is evidenced by the state
n-rz. stx~ Eo~
has very naturally made everybody who knew HIM
teel all the admiration for the man, while
they gricve his sudden death.
Shortly after the bodies OF Mr. Garner Mrs. Garner
and Miss Hunter bad been taken to the Garner
sion Coroner James Dempsey empaneed the follow
ing Jury y:-Willam Krebs, William X. Smith, John c.
Bailey, Robert b. Minturn, Berry Richards, Jr
James G. Proudoot Thomas Melville J. Kingsley Mar
tin and Cornelius A. Hart After the jury had viewed
the bodies the Coroner decided TO have the inquest
psopcr held the village hall New Brighton at half.
eas eight o'clock this morning. and at the request of
Asr brother certificate granted for the of
The of Miss Hunter to her late residence in this
city The formaI,y gone through with before the
removal of the body from Garner taking
The testimony OF LOUIS B. Montant the strength OF
ghosc evidence n verdict brought in that .Adcle
Hunter to her death by drowning on the yacht
Mohawk the Goth day OF July 1876" The witnesses
who have been summoned to appear at the inquest to-
day are the Of the Mohawk; Peter Comstock, of
the yacht Phantom William Carol, the diver; Captain
Smith OF the Dreadnaught, and James stiwcll, of
Clifton.
Tnc funeral OF Mr.. and Mrs Garner will take place
rom their late residence at New Brighton at r. NJ
,n Monday next special steamer for the accommo-
aation OF the friends and relatives Of the family will
leave the loot of Whitehall street twelve O'Clock on
that day.
COLONEL g. cRosBy's STATEMENT
Colonel Crosby, whom the HERALD reporter met at
tho Garner mansion, eavo tho following thrilling de-
scripton OF the death struggle on the III lated YACHT;
ssThc party who went out ON the yacht on Thursday
consisted of Commodore and Mrs Garner Miss Adele
Hunter Miss Edrth May, Mr.. Gardner Rowland, Mr
Louis Montant, Mr.. Frost Thornc brother OF Mrs