The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-22
FIVE MEN DROWNED
Sad Accidents at the Seaside Re-
sorts.
YACHTS oAPsIzED BY HIGH WAVES

Ghree Fishermen Lose Their Lives
Attempting to Cross the Bar at
Atlantic City-A Yacht Captain
Drowned in Great Egg Harbor
Bay-A Boy Drowned at Long
Branch.
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 22.-Yachting
accidents that have had fatal termina-
tion have been quite frequent of late at
the seaside resorts. On Saturday four
lives are known to have been lost owing
to the capsizing of a yacht and fishing
boat.
Charles Seaman, Benjamin Parker
and Freeman Mannery, of this city,
started outside in small yacht on
fishing excursion. The sea was running
very high, and in attempting to cross
the bar their craft capsized and all were
drowned. The body of Seaman was
afterward picked up three miles out by
Captain II. Bowen, of the schooner An
ME Godfrey, of New York. The body
OF Furman Mannery was found out at
sea by the naptha launch, plying be-
tween Brigantine and Atlantic City. 1t
WAS brought in and taken to his late
residence at 213 North Michigan ave-
nue.. The body of Parker is the only
one not recovered.
Yachts in Distress.
In coming into the Inlet Captain
Bowen found three yachting parties in
distress and rescued the passengers. the
captains deciding to remain, and take
care of their boats. They were the
Boyer, commanded by Captain Charles
. i
Samuel Monroe, and the Kenderton,
commanded by Captain Benjamin Love-
land.
Three other yachts were capsized off
Longport, and one of these is still lying
bottom upward on the bar. An un-
known two masted schooner picked up
the passengers and crews of two Of
them and took them to Somers point,
across Great Egg Harbor bay The
steamer Florence, which abandoned its
regular trip to tho fishing banks owing
to the threatening seas, made an effort
TO reach the stranded yacht about dusk,
but put back to Somer's point without
accomplishing rescue.
Captain Hackett Lost.
Captain Enoch Hackett, of Bakers
vile, lost his life by the capsizing of his
sloop yacht Sallie and Eliza. He started
out Great Harbor Bay with Stephen
Hackney. The boat was upset in
sQGall that came up about 3 o'clock.
Captain Hackett never arose to the sur
face, but Hackney succeeded In clinging
to the boat and cutting some of the
rigging away lashed himself to the craft.
He remained in that perileus position
for three hours, the waves continually
breaking over him. He was rescued
finally by Captain Willetts. of the Ocean
City life saving station, who launched
the life-boat aud organized volunteer
crew. The boat drifted ashore COM
plete wreck. Captain Hackett leaves q
wife and four children.
A yawl boat was picked up on tho
beach. 1t bore no name, but evidently
belonged to coastwise vessel. Two
iron dayits We're attached to the boat.
Sad Drowning at Long Branch.
LoNG BRANCH, N. j., Aug 22.-One Of
the saGdest drowning accidents that has
occurred here was witnessed by hundreds
of eottagers and hotel guests here shortly
after noon yesterday. The victim was
Frank McKenna, the 19-year-eld son of
eX-Commissiouer Thomas MeKenna, Of
this luce. Frank had gone in bathing,
aud when only Atty feet out from tho
beach got caught in a sea puRs" and
was unable to mako any headway. He
called for help and his brother Thomas
and the bathing master responded. Be-
fora they could reach him, however, he
had sank, and Thomas had to dive twice
before finding his brother. All efforts
to resuseits;e him were fTuitless. The
young nan was q graduate Of Lehigh
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