St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-26
WHITE CAPS GALORE.
Showers and Rough Water
Interfere With Duluth's
Regatta.
Half a Dozen Crews Swamped
in the Center Of the
Bay.
Two Days Races to Be
Bunched, and the Carnival
Closed To-Day.
Results of Trotting and Run
ming Races ALI Over the
Country.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, July pa drench-
ing rain married the events set for the
first day of the regatta of the Minnesota
and Winnipeg Rowing association.
With intermittent showers during the
entire morning, high sea and growing
wind, the special tug race was started
at 10 o'clock by the Record and Adams,
of Duluth, and Bounty, of Ashland.
The course was twelve miles with a
turn. The Record won easily in 40 min
utes, closely followed by the Adams,
5000, the Bounty steaming far behind.
The rowing races were called at 3
o'clock, the number of spectators being
poned junior fours, of the Duluth-Su-
perior association, twice roWed with
fouls, and the junior tours, of the Min
nesota and Winnipeg association, set
for to-day, both of them straig htaway
one and a half mile races. were to
be rowed together. the winners to
take the prizes of both associations.
The bay was dangerously rough and the
swell growing under heavy gale blow
ing from the northeast, when the fol-
lowing crews left for the starting bnoy,
one and a half miles out in the bay:
Lurlines, MinneSotaS, St. PaulS. Du-
luths and Winnipegs. The press boat, a
small steam launch and the tug Sutton,
bearing the judges and referee, fol-
lowed the crews after the latter had
been out about fifteen minutes. On the
way out the sea rose over the gunwale
of both tug and launch, and serious
apprehension seized those aboard that
the crews would meet with disaster be-
fore help could reach them. AS the sky
darkened, and the elements threatened
madly. all craft made for the shore.
When the press boat reached the start
ing buoy the crews were sitting in their
drifting, tossing shells, unable to
row to shore for fear of swamp
ing. The MinneSotas and Win
npegs pushed as close to the
shore as possible, and the Lurlines
sank, fortunately, on reef in four feet
of water. The crew. composed of
Charles Alf Williams, John Chisholm,
A. Burlington and d. q. Fitzgerald
managed to hold their boat, as they stood
up to their mouths i'll cold water, the
waves rolling over them every instant.
The Duluths had hurried for the north
shore of the bay, which they reached,
But Their Boat Syyamped
few feet from shore. The st. Pauls
were riding the waves in forty-fve feet
of water half mile from shore when
their shell sank. All was excitement
in the press boat as the crew went
overheard. Pillengill and Tonering
straddled the boat, to which the others
chung. The captain of the press
boat looked on and refused to bulge
his launch, while the reporters ON
board, C. G. Brown, l.. c. Hunt, E. A.
Ashley, FL. w. Wack and E. A. Blow,
threw off their coats and left the launch.
pushing toward the drowning crew in
rowboat already half full of water.
The rowboat was also nearly swamped,
but as 1t reached the crew the tug SUIT
ton came along, threw out line and
life preservers and the entire party was
rescued. While this was going on the
LurlineS tried to get to shore and were
swamped again. this time in twenty
feet of water. The tug rescued crew
and craft. All the boats are more OF
less damaged, but no lives were lost.
The press boat got to shore with the oc-
cupantS drenehed. The Lurlines broke
three of their oars and all the crews had
a narrow escape from drowning. The
wind and threatening weather he cesSi-
tated the poStponement of the races uli-
til Saturday morning at $3.50. The
yachts which were sunk have been To-
Gated, but the bodies have not yet been
recovered.