Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-12
ONE BY ONE
They LOoscd Their Holds and
Sank Beneath the Waves,
After Saying Farewell to Those
Who Remained.

A sailboat with an Instructor and Ter
Pupils from the Boston Farm school
Capsized by a Squall--Drifted Ashore
with but Two Survivors-They Tell tn e
Story of Their Experience.
BosToN, April 10 Sunday evening an
instructor and ten boys connected with
the Boston farm school ut Thompson's
island We're capsized in sail boat, and
the instructor aud eight of the boys
drowned. The victims were:
A. f. Nordberg, instructor, aged
about forty
Frank F. Hitchcock, nineteen.
Homer #. Thatcher, seventeen.
George F. Ellis, sixteen.
Thomas Phillips, sixteen.
William w. Curran, seventeen.
Charles II. Graves, seventeen.
Harry Il. Loud, sixteen.
Adelbert II. Packard, sixteen.
How 1t Happened.
The instructor had been to the city
during the day to attend church, and
the boys, constituting regular crew of
the school, left the island at $50 to sail
to City Point to convey the Instructor
to the island. The trip is considered
perfectly safe, having been made for
years without accident. The trip was
made, and soon after p. m, the boat
started on the return.
AT point between Spectacle island
and Thompson's island the boat was
struck by II squat and capsized The
eleven occupants were thrown into the
ice cold WAFER, but succeeded in secur-
ing positions where they could cling to
the overturned craft. At one time tug
was seen in the distance, and they shouC-
ed with all their remaining strength but
could not attract any attention. The
night was cold and the shore and
wharves were abandoned
When the time for the boat to return
to the island had passed, the suporin-
tendent of the school, Charles II. Brad
ley, went TO the beach to scan the waters
toward City Point to see if the boys
were approaching. There was a fire on
neighboring island and he got in the
range of the fire light in the hope that
it would aid his vision, but he saw
nothing
The survivors story.
The survivors say that they saw his
form patroling the beach and felt that
the rescue would come. but it did not.
Finally the chill Of the water and the
exertion necessary to keep their heads
above the surface oyercame the unfor-
Inmates and OF by one they were com
PEELED to release their hold The IN
structor was the first to go. Each Of
fered prayt or Il word Of farewell to
the others n he gave up his hold or life.
Some of Them endured the unequal
contest for nearly four hours, and it was
II o'clock when the boat with the two
Survivors still cliugiug to it, but ex-
hausted, driftcd to shore. They We're
Immediately cared for and are recover
ing from the exhaustion Of their OK
perience.
Superintendent Bradley came to the
city Monday, notified the police and Of
fcers of the Boston farm school of tie
disaster, and engaged divers to search
for the divers
This is the only drowning accident
that has happened to the school since
1S49.
A. f. Nordberg, the instructor, was a
native of Sweden, who came here at the
solicitation of the managers of the school
about yoar ago from Chicago, whers
he has brother residing. lie Is not
known to have any other relatives in
this country He was unmarried,