St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-01
VICTIMS OF THE STORM.
Seven Persons Drowned by the Cap
sizing of Pleasure Boat.
The Bodies of All But One Recovered
--Heartrending Scenes.
Cooked Up i'm a Cabin.

OVOhe0 An n GaDhns
New YORK, July BIN the terrible
gale which swept over the bay on Friday
night the schooner Sarah Craig, which was
bringing party of sixteen ladies and gen
tlemen from Atlantic City to this port, was
capsiZed off Sandy Hook. Seven of the
sixteen persisted. The party were Phila.
delphia people, and consisted of Joseph w.
Jordan, head of the real estate department
of the Girard Life and Trust company:
Morris Buckley, Pennsylvania railroad
telegraph operator, son of NJ. Buckley OF
the firm of Southworth, Buckley & Co. O!
that city; Chester Clark, Pennsylvania
railroad telegraph operator; Alfred Potter,
paying teller of the Commonwealth
Cank j. b. Stevens and wife and his
two daughters, Miss Mary Stevens and
Mrs. III. A. AskinS, Mr. Frank Hall, Miss
Bessie and Emma Merritt, Miss Maud
Rethew and Miss Jessie Mcclure On the
vessel were also two cOlored male cooks,
Capt. Ed Rutland. Mate C, Ferguson Stewart
L. Bowman, with the Seamen Sam Jones
and W.Paris. The schooner was hired by
the party for pleasure trip to New York by
sea, stopping Oh the way at Cape May and
Atlantic City. Mrs. Askin expected tc
meet her husband in this city to-day. The
party left the Spruce street wharf, Phila-
delphia, on Tuesday morning in the
schooner. At Atlantic City Miss Jessie
Mcclure left the schooner On account of sea
sickness. The vessel was just outside OF
Sandy Hook on Friday evening when the
storm broke. The captain took in his fore
sail at once and furled it, Mr.. Clark was
suffering from sea sickness and had gone
down to the cabin. The la dies went below
WHEN THE STORM BEGAN
and were much frightened. The captain
endeavored to beat up into the bay. The
schooner was working along slowly with
mainsall and jib set. About $50 p. M,
when about 600 yards below Sandy Hook
buoy outside and the same distance from
the beach, terrible sQuaH struck the yes
sci and she was forced completely over on
her beam ends, throwing those on deck
into the water. The schooner filled very
rapidly, but was kept af1oat by her sails
and air-imprisoned cabins. The passengers
and crew in the water reached the boat
and chung desperately to the plank. The
occupants of the cabin were still alive.
The imprisoned ladies' in heartrendine
tones, screamed and begged for help. Theil
friends were helpless and could do nothing
to save them. One of the young ladies
reached up to the window. which was un-
der water, and one of the men
CAUGHT HER HAND,
but it slipped, leaving one of her rings in
his hand. She fell back and was not seen
again. The others were in a part where
the air kept the water down. Their ago
niZing cries continued for while, then all
was still. Some persisted by suffocation,
for their faces, when found, were
black as from choking. Others held on to
the sides Of the cabin as long as they could,
and then let go to drown. A pilot in a
skiff came out and saved the other passen-
gers and the crew. Three tugs came out
to the wreck but nothing could be done to
save the unfortunates in the cabin. One
of the tugs tried to tow in the wreck to the
government wharf at Sandy Hook. The
force of the storm
CAUSED A HIGH SEA
and the tide was too strong to do much,
but they persevered in the teeth of the
storm. All night long they worked until 5
a. m. when they reached the wharf The
work of raising then began. While it was
proceeding the body of Mrs. Stevens hoated
out of the cabin and was secured. After
the wrecked schooner was partially raised,
Capt. Gully began diving for the bodies.
He was three hours in the water and re-
covered all the bodies but that of Miss
Retlew. Tha. could not be found. 1t is
supposed that it has fioated under
one of the berths under water. Capt. Gully
was thoroughly exhausted. About noon
to-day the search was discontinued. The
bodies were lying on the deck of the tug
covered with canvas. Coroner Van Woert
of Long Branch then took charge of the
bodies, and with an undertaken went to
Long Branch. An inquest was to be held
tonight. The grief of the saved passen-
gers was terrible. Mr.. Stevens was almost
heart-bfoken at the loss of his wife and two
daughters at once. None of the party
could speak of their terrible calamity with
out breaking down. The remains of the
drowned ladies and Mr.. Clark will be sent
to Philadelphia tomorrow. The wrecked
schooner lies on her beam ends, near the
government wharf at Sandy Hook. There
is 40 damage done her beyond the soaking
of the cabin furniture and the broken rig
ging and sails. The following is
LIST OF THE DEAD.
Mrs. CORA E. ASKIN, aged "a.
Mrs. T. STEVENS, aged 80.
Miss MATTE STEVENS, aged 81.
EMMA MERRITT. aged FL.
CHESTER CLARK, aged Fl.
Miss MAUD E. RETLEW, aged II.
REBECCA MERRITT, aged %.