The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-25

Pollock Nip Iiehtship waiting for
Heavy Fog to Lift-vnnderbiit aud His
| CHESTS Asleep In Their Berths Whom the
| Crash Cnmc-Tho Yachts Forward Hulk
heads stove In aud she Went Down.
BosToS. July 24.-The steamer II. f. Dimock
Of the Metropolitan Steamship Company ar
rived hero from Now York ut about o'clock
this evening. having on board W. X. Wander
| bit, his guests and the crew OF the yacht
| Alva. which the steamer ran down this morn
| ing.
The Alva. under the command OF Capt Henry
| Morrison. left Bar Harbor at o'clock on Sat
urday evening. bound for Newport. having on
board the owner and his guests. Frederick W.
Vanderbilt, George De Forest. Louis Webb.
Winfield Scott Hoyt. and Frank Riggs. all Of
whom are summerinc at Newport
Early this morning thick fog sot in. and 1t
became so dense that Capt Morrison deemed
| 1t imprudent to run further. rs the yacht was
then in the track Of coastinR vessels. After
making Pollock Rip LiChtship anchor was
| dropped. whistles and horns were blown at
frequent intervals. and every possible precau-
| ton taken to warn other vessels OF the where
abouts OF the Alva.
| Mr. Vanderbilt and his guests werc all sleep
| ing in their berths when. at few minutes
past 8 A. NJ. they wore aroused by heavy
| CTaSIs hccOWpunleu W CnC tearing Oh inc
plates OF their vessel. William X. Van
| derbilt was first on deck. closely fol-
lowed by Mr.. Riggs. Looming up through
| the fog they could see the dark hull Of n large
steamer backing away from tho yacht The
steamer was the II. +. Dimock. whose stem
had penetrated the side Of the Alva. staving
in the forward bulkheads. The crew OF the
| yacht hailed the steamer and informed tho
| Captain that the yacht must sink.
Mr. Vanderbilt throw his rajama over his
robe du chambre, when he rushed on
! deck. and. taking in the situation at
| glance. he ran forward. so it is said.
and climbed I'D the bow OF tho Dimock to the
deck. His guests took to the boats. which
were manned with very little delay. and in
twenty minutes the Alva sank. carrying with
her fortune. but fortunately there was no
| loss Of life.
All this took place in dense fog so dense.
| In fact. that no object could be seen m ore than
! thirty feet away. II the Dimock had struck
the yacht amidships there is n staong proba-
bility that that tho Alva's boilers would have
explodad and a frightful loss OF life would
| have been the result AS it was. tho yacht is
by no means total loss. wreck
ing company will begin work on her
tomorrow. and after she has been Goatcd she
will be towed to Boston. where new plates will
be laid over the gap. OF course the costly fur
n!shinGs will be total loss. but much OF the
yachts contents will be saved.
Tho Alva started out on her cruise seven
weeks ago. and the lrst ding she did was to
run down a row boat in New Yerk harbor and
cause the death OF u man and woman. 1t was
not tho fault of tho yachts officers. however.
Most of tho time since then has been passed
at Newport. Last Wednesday Mr.. Wander
bilt invited his brother. Mr.. Fred W. Wander
| bi koft ba rnD Mr.
Mr.. Winfield Scott Hoyt. Mr.. Peli. and Mr. Riggs
to DO his guests on short trip to Bar Harbor
They left Newport early In the aftern oon and
reached Bar Harbor on Friday at about 2.
NJ Mr. Vanderbilt and his guests visited Mrs.
Vanderbilt that afternoon. and on Saturday
after receiving "A few callers. he gave orders to
start for Newport.
The Ava left Bar Harbor at o'clock and
steam ed through the night without incident
At q o'clock this morning while passing
through tho narrow channel opposite
countered and tho Aiva anchored
n the channel. This was at 7
about q o'clock this morning. Between that
hour and 9 30 two steamers passed the yrcht.
and their whistles were answered by the
Yachts bell. Then another steamer was
heard approaching from the west
II wa, heard close at hand. and was evil
IDENTIFY cropping along at slow speed Her
whistle flew several warning blasts. and
Can't. Morrison says that his fog bell replied
each time. Tho Dimock's Captain asserts
that he didn't hear any bell.
The Alvas crew assert. on the other hand.
that the nimock circled completely around the
yncht before striking her. This matter Of
signals Is n disputed point for on it rests the
question of damages.
But there Is no dtsputing the fact that the