Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-06

hilarity of the occasion, but by night the lm-
preston had worn of, and in great degree
Joy was once more unconfned, so carelessly
elastic is the spirit of the average youth OF
both sexes in this day and generation. Great
preparations had been made for the festivities
of the evening, in the way of music, fire.
works, etc. Thousands from st. Paul, Min
neapolis, Saltwater and other places were
present intending to have royal time. The
Great Western band was in attendance, but
to the credit of the band and of
Mr.. Leip, who had angaged them, be it
said, not note of music was heard, and no
dancing took place. This created some dis
satisfaction among the thoughtless and
selfish, but the greater number appreciated
the motives which actuated the members of
the band and Mr.. Leip. The fireworks were
not to be postponed, and they were exhibited
from boat anchored out in the lake, and
their lurid brilliancy lighted up the smooth
surface of the lake far out to where few
hours before seven human beings went down
to watery grave. 1t seemed mockery,
but in this hurrying age, there is no time
for serious thought.
A special telegram to the GLOBE early in
the afternoon first gave information in
this city of the sad news, and the bulletin
created no little excitement, as almost every
family in the city had friends or relations at
the lake, and the excitement was not allayed
until the names of the unfortunate victims
were known. Until long after night the
GLOBE bulletins were scanned by large
throngs and hundreds copied the names of
the victims that they might the better as
sure others who the unfortunate victims
were. Scarcely anything else was thought
or talked of in the city during the evening.
STATEMENT OF SURVIVORS.
A GLOBE reporter, who was at another
portion of the lake when the accident oc-
CURED, Immediately devoted himself to ascer-
tanning the details of the terrible calamity.
At first it was very difficult to obtain any re-
liable or connected account of the accident.
There were several thousand persons present,
and each and all had different story to tell
Learning that the parties had engaged the
boat at the South Shore house, the GLOBE
representative proceeded there, and after
diligent inquiry found two of the party who
were in the boat at the time.
The first one encountered was Mr.. Michael
Curran, whose statement is substantially as it
Is given above. He said the boat was in
charge of the Messrs. Cline, who had fire.
quently been out sailing, and knew how to
manage boat. There was out light breeze
for the first hour and q half, and they were
having splendid time until they reached the
point in the lake above described, when a
squall of wind struck the sail and the boat
capsized in an instant. The mast of the
vessel lay upon the water, and after consid-
erable effort he managed to get his
sister up TO the mast, where size sustained
herself, and then he aided Mrs. Cline to do
the same. The weight was too much
and the mast began to settle in the water
and again the ladies were in danger of
drowning. at this juncture MIR. Smith came
to his aid, and between the two they man
aged to get the ladies to the hull, where they
clung until rescued by Luley and his COM
panion in the row boat. At one time his
sister was sinking, and he only saved her
by catching at the hair of her head. He was
80 much excited that he did not notice the
actions of the others,
Mx Cr,;tL, x,oo ouaoupIo.oJ ~,
story did not differ from that of Curran.
Mr.. VIM. Cline was too much excited and
grief stricken to say anything jntesligible,
and the same was the case with his brother.
All of them stated positively, that not one of
them had tasted drop, and that therefore
the accident was not attributed to that cause.
Neither was it due to carelessness in hand
ling the boat, as they had tackled several
times, and sailed pretty much all over the
lake. They all unite in say ing that the cap
size was caused by a sudden gust of wind
striking the sail which was totally unexpect-
ed and no human skill could guard against it.
INTERVIEW WITH OWNER OF THE BOAT.
The next man interviewed was Mr.. Perry
Orcutt, of whom the boat was obtained.
MIR. Orcutt said the boat was perfectly safe
in the hands of even an ordinary sailor He
said they always objected to letting sail boat
to anyone unless one of their own men went
along to manage it, but in this case theparties
refused to have the services of anyone, as they
claimed they could manage it themselves
and they seemed SO confident that he let
them have it. He said the boat was we'll
ballasted and he had frequently been out in
her alone in gales of wind. He attributed
the accident to the inexperience Of the men
handling her, ani her being overloaded.
| The trouble was that when the gust of wind
struck the sail, the parties did not have
| it well in hand and it received the full force
of the wind careening the boat, and with' it's
heavy load it went over. He had encoun-
| tered the boat on the the lake while the
parties were sailing about, and had cautioned
them to be careful, and gave them some
advice how to handle the sail. He could
eapsize any boat on the lake in an ordinary
wind if he wanted to.
This is the substance of all that could be
CLEANED from those on the boat and those
who saw it from the shore. In the great
| crowd preeent IL Was iu,nosaihla To obtain or,