Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-02
SUNK OFF SANDY HOOK,

Particulars of the Sinlkin. of the
YACHT sarah Craig by which seven
liiVss Were lost
New York, July 3l-ln the terrible
gale wh.ch swept over the bay on Friday
night the schooner Sarah Craig, winch
Wac bringing u party OF sixteen ladies
aut! gentlemen t1om Atlantic City to
this pot, was oaps.zed off Sandy Hook
and seven Ul the sixteen persisted. The
ratty were Philadelphia people and con-
slated of Joe W.. Gorcon, head of the real
estate department Of the Girard Life
and Trust company Morrison BUCKLEY,
u Pennsyi Yania railroad teleg raph opera.
tor, son OF Marcus Buckley, of the firm
OF Southworth, Buckley q Co, Of that
city Chester Clark, a Pennsylvania tele.
graph operator Alfred Pate, paving
teller OF the Commonwealth bank; j, Ii.
Stevens AID vile and his NO daughters,
MISS Mary Stevens aud Mrs. Askln;
Frank Hail, Miss Bessie and Emma
Merrill, Miss Maud Pattew and Jessie
Mcclure. On the vessel were also W
colored cooks, Uupt. II. a. Ruthland,
Mate Y. Ferguson, Steward L.. Bowman
and Seamen Sam Jones and VIM. Paris.
The schooner was hiied by q party for
a + leasure trip to New York by sea,
stopping on the way at Cape May and
Atlantic City. Mrs. Askln expected to
meet her husband in this city to. day.
The party lett the Spruce street depot
WHAT, Philadelphia, on Tuesday NOM
ing In the schooner. AT Atlantic City
Al zoo Iaucta NinfNl,ra ioft tIN.. onln.
on account OF sea sickness,
The vessel was Just outside OF Sandy
Hook Friday evening when the storm
broke. The captain took III his foresail at
once and furled it. Mr.. Clark was Suffer
to the cabin. The ladies went below
when the storm began and were much
frightened. The captain endeavored to
bent into the bay. The schooner was
working along slowly with the mainsail
and jib set. About $50 p. M, when
abont 900 yards below Sandy Hook buoy
outside, and the same distance from
the beach, q terrible squall struck
the devoted vessel, and she was
forced completely over on her
beam ends, throwing those on the deIk
into the water. The passengers and
fcrew reached the boat and chung desper-
ately to planks. Ths occupants of the
csbln were still alive and the imprisoned
ladies IN heartrending tones screamed
and %piteously begged for help. Their
ang uished friends were helpless and
could do nothing to save them. One of
the young ladies reached a window
which was under water, and one OF the
men caught her hand, bat it slipped.
leaving n of her ringsin his hand, and
she fell back and was not seen again.
The Others were in a part where the air
Kept the water down Their agonlzing
cries continued for a while, Their all was
still. Some faces, when found, were
black as from choking Others held 90
TO the sides of the cabin as long as they
could and then let go to drown. A pilot
IN o skill came to try and save the
others of the passengers and crew.
Three tugs came out to the wreck, bur
nothing could be. done to save the un-
fo%rtnnates in the cabin. One of the
tugs tried to tow the wreck to the gov.
ernmeni wnar. ~ Sandy Hook, but the
force of the stream caused by the high
sea and tide was too strong to do much,
but they persevered in the teeth of the
storm all night long. They worked till
8 p. M. when Trey reached the wharf
and the work of raising then began.
While it was proceeding the body of
Mrs. Stevens hoated out of the cabin
and wal secured. After the wrecked
schooner was partially raised Capt Gully
began diving for the bodies. He was
three hours in the water and recovered all
of the bodies but that of Miss Rettew.
That could not be found, and it is sup
posed that it has floated under the end
of the berths under water. The bodies
were lying on the deck of the tug cover
ed with canvas. Coroner Van Wort,
of Long Branch, took charge of the
bodies, and with an undertaken went to
Long Branch. An inquest was to be
held tonight. At moor the search was
discontinued. The remains of the
drowned bodies and MI. CLARK will be
sent to Philadelphia tomorrow.