New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-14
THE BOAT WENT DOWN UNDER THEM
FATAL END or A PLEASURE EXCURSION.
ALL But ONE or THE PARTY DIOwNED-THE
CAUSE or THE ACCIDENT To BIZ
INVE~TIG NTED.

A distressing accident TOOK place on the Hudson
River yesterday. Al II o'clock ia the morning IL. W.
Bonnet. son of +. Bonnet, grocer al Hastings. Wa
standing In the rear Of his fathers store which looks
ont upon the river. Among tho rest Of the craft in
sight was a fisherman, boat soop gred, and painted
White At about 3 80 p. m. he again noticed the boat
with all sails set and bow pointed mp the river She
was about half mile or shore. rs he gazed he saw
d al her stern beginning 10 SINK and suddenly
she disappeared beneath the waters. Young Bonncii
sprang into a boat th a man named Nelson, and
roWcd toward the scene Of the disaster The accident
had also been seen from the stone yard and eN-
senator Frank Trainer ard a Mt Hurst were on the
spot nearly a. soon as Bennett and his companion.
Ionnett pulled 10 where something dark Law tossing
or the waves This the moticnless form Of a
young girl At this Instant man camc TO the
surface He was struggling fesbly and when a rope
wss thrown 10 him could not grasp H. Mr. Trainer
with some difficulty pulled him into the boat. After
row ng around the spot where the boat sunk for
fifteen minutes or So the pulled for the shore
The two apparently fele,s bodies were taken into the
Office Of the stone works and means taken 10
rcsuscitate the victims OF the accident In the case
Of the man these efforts successful, but all at
tempts to bring the RI back 10 life proved futile.
When at length the rescued recovered suhl-
cently 10 talk he told this story
Ills name Vaughan and he was school teacher
al TenaHy y J. The rest Of the party consisted Of
age twenty also Of Tenahy, She being the woman
picked up by Bonnet. Miss Neie Voorhees, ace
twenty two. Of Creekskiu, and John Dcmorest an
twenty six and Mr. Derrngcr. artist. both Of the
same village They had started from Nyack The craft
was exceedingly Old but apparently sound.
They had hardly begun tho hOmcward trip when the
craft began 10 behave In queer fashion. She dipped
at the bows and refused 10 answer her helm. AZ
this iuncturc discovered thar water ris ng
through the footboalds OF her bottom.
Mr. Maughan told the rest Of th" party that the
only thing that remained was TO jump overheard and
to hang to the sides Of the boat lie the example
by Ieaping into the rver with his little son. Miss
Butler following him, but the rest Of tho party
seemed panic-strcken and the next instant the boat
gave lurch and sank taking her unhappy passengers
with her Sylvester slipped from fathers grasp
and Miss Butler hoatod by the tide mp the stream
Tho survivor remembers nothing more until he found
himself IN Mr. Trainers Office.
Immediately after the accident Coroner Edward
Mitchell of Yonheis. Informed and jury wts
impan,lled. After having heard he testimony f-Nr
Naughan they brought IN verdict that Miss !iutI'r
had met hcr death by drowning, through The sinking
Of the boat.
suonsbnty of the accident. IL is general opinion
among Hastings people that thrre must have been
gross neglect In sOa- direction to account for such an
e extraorf!a nary and fatal affair