, 1881-07-01
:. Che Future OF Stocks Considered
Uncertain by Shrewl
Observers.
Produce Operators Very Anxious
= to Close Out Their.
Deals.
TWo Thousand Eight Hundred mud
stxty.two, Failures Since
jan. l, 1881.
a Pair Of Young Fienas Torture q Lit
~. :. tie si1-Year~0ld Boy.
4 YACHTING DISASTER.

=. A. YACHTING DISASTER.
FIVE ottr Of sEvEN rEItsONs DROWNED.
New YuKH, June 3o.-A yachting party OF
Eeven lett here Inst Monday for pleasure
excursion up tho so,tnd. On Tuesday EVEN
ing, off Bridgeport, Conn.,, a Bq,,all struck
the vessel, capsizing her, md tvc"f the party
were drowned. Tho nnlncs Ut the lost nro as
follows: II. Sf. johnson, aged 20, entry clerk
iii E. II. Benjamin's silk importing house,
Green street; William Sealey, aged II. crrand
boy iu same establishment; Herman E. Eddy,
aged 20, bookkeeper In u shipping Office,
Bowling Green; NYillln.n Edmonsoli, aged l8,
ship broker; Miss Fannie Campbell, residing
Oh West Tenth street. Those who escaped
: were: Michnel T0mpkins, sailing muster,
Brooklyn, ard ". r. Palmer, 4 salesman In
Benjalnln'a establishment Mr.. Palmer gives
the following
ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER.
Before It began to blow !itss preliminary
shower Of rain fell. After tlle rain 4al
fallen whllo thu wind suddenly sprnng
npon tho starboartl quarter, md then lit q
fash 1t shifted frnn nurth to west and GANG
down OH US witt, full force, Hitting tho yacht
clean ,oltt Of the water, anu beating The se.l
/ into ml[k-white foam. Ind been telling
= Miss Campbell that In case of ncctdent TO
keep by my slde, but not to choke me. am
q good swimmer. Tlo first burst Of the
sQuall came like tho roaring Of cannon, and
It was impossible for one to hear his own
voice.. The sight of tho sen was simply mp.
: palltng. It seemed to change from water
Tito froth mud foam, anl It was blown Into
sheets and cataraets OF spray, md rolled up
'agninst tho yacht like breakers OIL q leo
shore.
;. A MIGHTY GUST OF WIND
swept over tho trembling yncht down into
the trough Of thu sen, md for nl0u,elit all
seemed Inst Wave after wave rolled over
us, and Miss Campbell, who l1ad hold Of my
arm when tile boat WIS dashed upon her
healn ends, lust her grip, and over slo went
into the boiling water. Sl1u was near.stght-
ed, and. having lost her glass when tue wind
first struck tho Yacht she seemed bewlldered,
alpl I Suppose she could not seq any OF us
who might linvo been near l!er: We eMere I'LL
thrown together iii leap ut first. TheM we
separ4tcd, md tn q few minutes the yncht
settled dowlt. but did not sink ut once. A
mid. aestnx Miss Campbell floating near, l,io,
1c1nglIther arnhnd the whist ant: shoulders
and lifted her bodily clear out Of the water
t,s,n,ns to naoT4 where s'le cluns Tor moment
r.,.s, THE noAr SUNK our or s1o11T.
{. and W. were MI a!luat With q second gnle
!, blowing up with heavy thunder aid light
ming. 'fAu yawl WIS allaat, but WIS hottusal
sna sTam for be- h asa GatnpbSll ~
sog sapo,t seas s as~a. @ Sess
attaened to tug yacht by long ilnc. When i
Campbell Iet "a. her hod. taoaESt / could
keep her afluaI. hut at this orltical tno,ncnt =
specks dashett into ny. faco Until | conld n6s a
see foot before mo. Il beard Edmonson call-
s. s asbs S"t & tso ssa oss sa ' w #s e 1sss
looking, Johnson and Etltnonsnn went down
wonaa W .e esS @ bar cr se Saaw ss cs"poo
y. =. supPOlerEu 1lY HER CLOTHING.
] could not EGG hcr. but could hour hor moan
AMI cry ont: Oh Lnrd. help ING! and then het
sS ws h. ' rn e The Gars
lind har.. F!nnl!y something was dnsnea against
me; 1t was the Ica.box. / Glutahad hold Ut It,
oon ay of seaey &c
n9y az Paie snd ,n Khssly Y saw ,s GaskenG
sh. havs T beon I prayor 70 s Is he Hssp dIssppeare I
saw Miss cambetl on wave abont tWuGty ynsd1
ay for sar aEay Sai 5e ee s
hsa S ana Ssr sr sa sstS
\ RhAstly. ..
I - IT APPALLED, ME.
"ehe was dead aud as cold as tho Ice that va.
falling, With the rain. lsy, this limo j wae %
Ret to the lee.box. where Aaw the salllng. iphs.
ssnix sSr coming towards ne: llo asked what wa'
waa as waen xe o. ~ n.ao a On hH + y w. M
no;t ne. !mposs'oe 10 kcep from Eo!ng under. Tie
ti9n % any that the psees seGmed an !arge III
pigeon egRh. While we WeFo on the box VT
hsaEa cry. and then saw Eddy. He ,was ttont.
inx o1l batch. and hu cricd. "lsnt this nwfull'
He begged na to heip hun to uct on bis cothes
~ b1e'ea, nut ny SMn Clothing bad Fottan lou,e a
were da.8teng around my hcala 20 that
~ IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE To NEAcH lI1M.
boon after this lnat ronsolouaness, but Temp.
kins ae!a me to tho box. nnd wh1n catn0 U ny
sensea i was OIL the schooner Benator. Cant
HONEY. HONEY. @ fs1m Maine, They bad picked Us W q,
me IN g. osrtcl NJ halt an h0nr, they said, before
oam1 ,1. 70 Nts: The Captain run KreAt risk it
eenu!n9 u Ouat TOR US. The orUw did not seH us
h9t Tsfs aIs.9 9Ssd 70 u BY tho eIes q Toinpklns
should say that Just bafore loat ouusoluusnesi
, ,we aay = tuE halr r. Or three.q quarters Of i milk
PAD ttonao to Sa S9r eries md they
T. Eddy could hayo kept aloat titteois miuuiei
longer, h. too. would haye bcen save1. Tht
nemufy OF. those terrible scenes makes me w,1E
+ that. ! bud Gune down With my frIUufis. Instead
nf being spared to carry tho nuw1 10 their fam,