Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-28
Drowned in the Sound.
The Thrilling Experience of Two Xouns
 New Eorkers-Abantionin Csps1zea

The Thrilling Experience of Two Eoang
 New Horkers-Abandoning a Caps1zed
 Boat in a Heavy Sea.
 One of NJ. Whites sailboats was engaged
 9 party of nineteen, who left this city
 Saturday night and started in the direction of
 Merwin's Point, where they expected to do
 some fishing yesterday. After reaching their
 destination in safety, the New Haven party,
 early yesterday morning, sailed out to a dis
 tance off Charles Island Here they intended
 to fish all day, but the weather was so
 squally and the waves ran so high that they
 gave up all hope of Q good days sport, and
 were returning to shore when they passed q
 schooner, name unknown, going in 8 south
 erly direction. The people on board the
 schooner informed the New Haveners that a
 boat was upset some distance in their stern
 and that man was clinging to the bottom of
 the boat. The New Haven party began to
 cruise about the spot indicated, and about an
 hour afterward they discovered the man and
 the boat. The young man was rescued from his perilous position and taken on board the boat of the New Haven people. Then they endeavored to get possession of the capsized boat, and succeeded in fighting it and tieing it to the stern of Whites boat They at once, ! after accomplishing so much, began to sail l for this city. The boat in the stern, how ever became too much of 8 burden for the party on account of the strong sea running at the time, and it was cut loose from the stern and sent adrift. The New Haveners reached this city early in the day, and the young stranger was taken to the police office by P. Moore and George
 Staley, two of the fishing party.
 ] The young man made a statement to the ] Chief, saying that his was Frederick l w. Reimann, living at 3S2 East Fourth street, New York city. He said that he and another young man named George Cornell, fifteen years old, residing in Allen street, l New York, had been to Hartford recently l and were trying to make their return to New l York by water. When they left Hartford in a cat rigged boat they met with no 1 incident of any account until they got
 as far tEis city. Then they were proceed l ing on their course and were sailing out l through the Sound when the sea became so l terrible rough for their small sized boat that l they determined to put back to New Haven ! and wait for favorable and smoother sailing ! weather. In trying to make this city the ! boat in which they were capslzed off the new 1 lighthouse and the two lads made an effort to ! SWIM hSuOTe. IluSe waves ueSuou Guem l about like two small sticks. It was very | threatening for both of them. When they l saw that it was impossibility to make shore, because of the tremendous waves that were rolling, they made up their minds that l it was better to try and regain the abandoned capsized boat. Reimann succeeded in reach l ing it, but his companions strength l failed and he was taken with cramps and was unable to get to the boat. Reimann saw l him sink. He could not, owing to his ex l hausted condition, go to the assistance of young Cornell, and he saw him perish with 1 horror before h1s eyes Once on the boat ! Reimann did his best to place it right side 1 up. He could not do so, and the boat began | to drift in the direction of Merwin's Point, l where he was found later by the New Haven ! fishing party.
 l The Starlight went out to the assistance of | the party when it sighted from Whites 1 dock, Chief Webster told young Reimann that the best thing for him to do was to tele 1 graph to the friends of Cornell in New York | notifying them of the fatal ending of Cor ! nell's trip to Hartford Reimann, it is ] thought, went to New York yesterday after
 noon, for he could not be found anywhere ! that he would likely be in this city if he re- | mained here.