Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-27
A NIGHT OF TERROR.

Experience of Three New
Haven Men On the Sound.
NEW HAVEN, July 27.-An fears for
the safety City Attorney Daley,
Clarence Beebe and Rufus Shepard |
we're set at rest this morning by the |
arrival in this city of the three supposed |
drowned men, alive and well. Yester-
day morning party of eight, consisting
of George Austin, the owner of the |
boat, his mother, Mrs James Austin,
Mrs w. w. Carver, wife of DIR Carver
of the great rifle shot, Miss May Doll of
Brooklyn, and the three above men
toned gentlemen. After a day spent
at the Thimbles the party, with the
exception of Mrs Carver and Mrs Aus
tin, started for home in the catamaran
Typhoon, while the other two came
home on the steamer. The little party
on the catamaran had splendid sail
toward home under freshening breeze
until point off Branford harbor was
reached, when Austin discovered that
one of the boats was badly leaking and
as he thought that he would be unable
to make New Haven before late at
night he decided to bring Miss Doll
ashore in the small boat which was
being towed astern. He landed her at
Branford Point, where she could take
the steamer Margaret for home and
then he informed Captain Fitzgerald of
the plight of his boat. Captain Fitz-
gerald Immediately made start for the
place where the cat boat was supposed
to be in and with the aid of his search
light began the search for the missing
boat and its occupants. Search was
kept up for nearly three hours and at
length it was abandoned as the steamer
| was running short of coal and the wind
was freshening into a gale. 1t was
| thought that the boat had foundered
and drowned her occupants or else she
had been driven high and dry upon the
shore. George Austin returned to this
city with the steamer and Miss Doll and
Immediately went with his father in
| one of their largest sailboats down the
| harbor again to search for the missing
men.
The wind had by this time risen al
most to gale and the work was at
| tended by the greatest danger. Austin
headed the boat directly into the sound
for the point of rocks known as the Cow
| and Calf where he had abandoned the
boat and at o'clock this morning he
sighted her with the three men on
board almost directly at the point
where he had left her anchored. The
three men were by this time chilled to
the bone and their clothes wringing wet
| with the spray and waves that were
continually washing over the boat. One
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started leaking was completely sub
merged and the raised platform on
which the yachtsmen sat was partly
under water. The boat was buoyed up
by the buoyancy of the other boat. The
| three men were glad to be taken off and
| were at once taken to Branford Point
where dry clothes were put on and they
were made as comfortable as possible.
City Attorney Daley when seen this
morning said it was the worst nights
experience that he ever had. He said
that he did not have any idea of drown
ing as one of the boats was enough to
keep the craft above water, the only
thing he was afraid of was that the men
would become drowsy and fall off or be
washed overheard with the waves.
knew, he said, that as soon as our pre-
dicament became known that boats
from all parts of the coast would be out
looking for us and that we would be
taken off sooner or later. We saw the
search light of the steamer looking for
us, but they never at any time came
within mile and half of us as they
searched for us on scientific principles
looking for us where we might have
been instead of where we were. With
the exception of slight cold 1 feel no
evil effects from my experience.