Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-01
Yacht Disaster.

Yacht Disaster.
NEW YORK, June S0.--A yacht party Of
seven left here Monday for pleasure excur-
sion up the Sound. On Tuesday evening, off
Bridgeport, Conn, a squall struck the vessel,
capsizing her, and five of the party were
drowned The names of the lost are as
follows:
johnson, II. NJ, aged 90 Entry clerk at
Benjamin's silk importing house, 200 and 2o2
Green street.
Sealey, VIM, aged IA. Errand boy at the
same establishment.
Eddy, Herman E., aged 20. Book-keeper in
shipping Office, No. Bowling Green.
Edmonson, VIM; ship-broker.
Campbell, Miss Fannie; residing in West
Tenth street.
Those who escaped were NJ. Tompkins, sail
ing master, Brooklyn; VIM. r. Palmer, sales
man in Benjamin's store.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
Mr.. Palmer gives the following account of
the disaster: Before 1t began to blow, little
preliminary shower of rain fell After the
rain had fallen while the wind suddenly
sprang up on the starboard quarter and then
in flash it shifted from north to west and
came down on us full force, lifting the yacht
clear out of the water and beating the sea into
milk-white foam. Ihad been telling Miss
Campbell that In case of an accident to keep
by nv side, but not to choke me. am
good swimmer. The first burst of the squall
came like sound of cannon, and it was i'm
possible for one to hear his own voice. The
sight of the sea was simply appalling. 1t
seemed to change from water into froth and
foam, and it was blown into sheets and cata-
racts of spray and rolled up against the yacht
like breakers on the shore. mighty gust of
wind swept our trembling yacht down into
the
TROUGH OE THE SEA,
and for mom ent all seemed lost. Wave after
wave fell over us, and Miss Campbell, who had
hold of my arm when the boat was dashed
upon beams end, lost her grip and over she
went into the boiling water. She was near
sighted, and having lost her glasses when the
wind first struck the yacht, she seemed TO be
bewildered, and | suppose she could not see
anyone of us who might have been near her.
We were all thrown together in heap at first;
then we separated and in few minutes the
yacht settled down, but did not sink at ce.
A superhuman strength seen ed to come to
me, and seeing Miss Campbell floating near
me, caught her around the waist and shonl-
ders and lifted her bodily clear out of the
water to boom, where she clung for mo-
ment, perhaps. Then the boat sank down out
of ST ght and we were all afoat with secoud
gale Glowing mp with heavy thunder and light
ming. The yawl was afoat but was
bottom side up, and l swan for her
with Miss Campbell on my back.
1 put my hands on the little vessel for support,
but it soon went down, as 1t was attached to
tae yacht by long line. When it sank
went under water few feet, and Miss Camp
her aAoat, but at this critical moment a ter
rife shower of hail began to fall, and the icy
specks dashed into my face until could not
see foot before me. l heard EdmOndson
call for an oar. looked around for one but
there was nothing of the kind afOat. When
was looking johnson and Edmonson went
down without even cry. Meanwhile Miss
Campbell was lying on her back, being sup
ported by her clothing. could not see her,
but could hear her msan and cry out: "Oh,
Lord, help mel" and then her voice would die
away l reached in the darkness and hailed
for the poor girl, but l could not find her.
Finally something was dashed against me. It
was the ice-box. 1 clutehed hold of it. and
just as was fairly rested on it, looked
over, and in the gloom saw
PALE AND CHASTITY.
saw his blackened lips open, but not
word he said reached me. 1t might have been
prayer as he disappeared. saw Miss Camp
bell on wave about twenty yards away. l
pushed away from the icebox and struck out
for her, bat when reached her and called her
by name her eyes were protruding from her
head and her face was discolored and very
ghastly. 1t appalled, me. She was dead, and
as cold as the ice that was falling with the
rain. By this time l was so numb l could
scarcely swim, but | managed to get to the
icebox, where saw the sailing master coming
towards me. He asked what was supporting
me, and told him and he swan forward, but
when we were both on it, it was impossible to
keep from going under. The hail was some
thing fearful. 1t is no exaggeration to say
that the pebbles seemed as large as pigeons
eggs. While we were on the boat we heard
cry and saw Eddy. He was floating on a
hatch, and he cried,
''IsN'r THIS AwFUL?'
He begged me to help get off his clothes. l
tried, but my own clothing had gotten loose
at the waist. my belt came off, and my trou-
sers were dangling around my heels, SO that it
was impossible to reach him. Soon after this
1 lost consciousness, but Tompklns held me
to the box, and when I came to my senses l
was in the schooner SENATOR" Capt. Bousey,
from Maine. They had picked us up as an
other terrific squall was coming. They rolled
me on a barrel half al hour, they said, before
came to life. The captain ran great risk in
sending boat for us. The crew did not see
us, but were guided to us by the cries of
Tompkins, who hailed the schooner and saved
my life. should say that just before l lost
consciousness we saw tug half Or three
quarters of mile away. But they did not
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cries, and they steamed away to the eastward.
We lost everything we had. If Eddy could
have kept afioat fifteen minutes longer he
would have been saved. The memory of those
terrible scenes makes me wish that l had gone
down with my friends instead of being spared
to carry the news to their families.
Miscellaneous Record.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
MANKATo, Mimi, June 30.-While in SWIM
ming this evening Patrick Mooney, a section