New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-02
ONLY AN EMPTY BOAT FOUND.
DRIFTING ACROSS LONG ISLAND SOUND.
THE IDLEwILD's MISSING CRtw AND PASSENGERS |
GIVEN Up as LOST.


BRIDGEPORT, March (SpecidD.-In speak
ing Of the Idewld disaster tonight General Manager
f. A. Bartran of the steamboat line which the Idle
wild belongs sad AS soon as heard Of the pcrious
condition OF the nine in the fcboat teoVraphed
TO Captain Davis. Of tho Port Jefferson steamer Mono
wantuo, Immediately to make thorough search OF the
northern Long Island coast The winds were so high
saturday and sunday that he could not get out OF
mort and was also unable to start to-day.
A the officers OF the Idlewid agreed that the eboat
would be blown IN the uechbOrbOod OF Port Jefferson,
then kilograms to busn-ss acqnantances In Cold
spring HdrbOr, N0rthp,rt, Port Jefferson and Stony
Brook asking them the twenty miles of the in
tervening coast thoroughly parolrd. All the seamen
consulted Informed me tnat the occupants OF the oat-
must have perisled from exposure. and my only ore
TO discover their bodies Late this afternoon
Informed that they had been rescued
by passing and taken TO Boston.
Instant inquiry among the friends OF the missing
proved the rumor grouudless and received the
following telegram from the former freight agent Of
line to whom had teesraphed to keep lookout:
PORr JEFFERsoN, March IL have fonnd the lifehoat
near Old FleId Point, but no bodies j. NJ BRoNN
"Ths tel gram cOnclusivclT settles the matter. and
the nine who embarked in the boat undoubtedly
persisted while middle OF the Sound.
IdewIld' plainly strncilled on the life-Doat
and there can he no mistake OF the oo"s'
identity All the men In tho boat wore life
preservcrR also stamped 'Idrwild and the bodies
deserted point OF the northern coast OF Long
Island, but will soon he found by our patrols.
careful inquiry fails to discover the identity
of three passengers In the liIe-boat supposed
To he drummrrs. hut tonight woman who gave her
iesid Bridgeport hastily the office OF III"
poopc's Line. aud frdntic.dly declaring that one
OF the supposed drummcrs WIS her s"n,
s'' now "f mo- doubt Si'' but that Trncst Laid
OF Bridgeport was AMONG the passengers In the boat
The Vulcan to might brought all the freight
of the IdleNd from Wilson's Point to bridgeport
and Pnr."r aiming smith says mat tue iiei.hl Is en-
NrwYork to-nrrrow and If cr three days repairs In
dry dock will begin running agaln."
- ne NeT-HdreH hrg'@tr tonight prints sIorJ 'on W
Cartnin Parker az lh~ coa7iug schooner fLI' Wh'ch
to Nrw-York on FRIDAY morning in the thichcst
% i@I IT, i'" Is rcpor TG'H a, SAVING hat
the dim gnt Of day when on snippan Point he made
sons some ~ whom were apparently lr"Hen SUN
1t wa, then h'owing frariuliy bat the snppIr
mai sheets rent and tho schooner va.
Hr~,. II rcom red the i~s hort Of IF. cr' to save
In. own boat. Upon he raft were four p"f@"nS, tw" III
The other two seemed TO he either
prostrarcd or dead. Under the crcumsta9crs
tAr car'a.G Was compelled 10 leave ihr ~rrtcnrd
persons their fto ana he boat soon dhi.ei ou OF
sl.ht lie du not know OF the loss OF The ldcwids pas
scugers until to-day.
ANXIETY ABOUT THE MISSING MES.
Last Thursday Arthur ". Blugs left the
house Of his uncle. \. " CLARKE, in Flatpush. l. L.
to take the IdcNild HIS O~n home
is al Waterbury, where his father p. D. Bangs. lives
The Young carried gun AMI a -atrh.L
lie was not AIMING the pas-en g"r- who
were landed. ard yesterday Mr.. Glars"
WIS an auNIous inquirer ~ tn Offices Of N" line
lie dr-irci 70 Know n tn youns man, tch" md rnn
we're Oh thc steamer, ana the AGENTS ordered search
FOR the articles. II they are found
on tho steamer tho conclusion will bee that lac 30 the
LOST boat. lie "A relative OF Francis y Bangs. the
lawyer.
j. IL. Long. Of Bridgeport in Long Island cry
YESTERDAY .rlrcug for inform ,IiOu ~ h- father Henry
vent " IT,
wcrr known to be- 10 the boat j w. nui j. NJ Brow u,
OF Port Irrcrson who found tho boat sad that We
ull Of ~ alter. They found 70 In The Ice iclt the bd
Held Lighthouse. lie search t'r hc bodies IS bo!ES
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