St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10

Tar as known the loss OF lie is limited
to four, all of them lost by the capsizing
of the sailing yacht Chesapeake, which
was overturned about two miles from
shore. The party on the boat consisted
of nine people, and Of these four were
drowned
The Bead.
ETHEL CHASE, of Boston, Mass.
THEMISTOCLES TIMBALIS.
HARRY NARROW.
WILLIAM Is. CORNICE.
Those VINO were rescued are George
Gray, Edith Champion. William Avery,
Fred Avery, VIM. Elliott. The Chesa-
peake was we'll built yacht, owned by
the Avery brothers, William and Fred.
The party had been out during the
afternoon and had been enjoying the
pleasant sailing. The sudden fury of
the storm, however, gave them no
chance and they were in the water
before the men of the party, several of
whom were experienced and SkilfuI
sailors. could do anything to prevent it.
Gray, Fred Avery and Elliott clung to
the side of the boat and managed to
keep their heads out of water. VIII
Avery was hurled nearly fifteen feet
from the boat and went down head fore
most. Near him WINS Edith Champion,
and as Avery rose he seized her and
Swan TO the Boat.
There, with his three companions, he
made a gallant fight for life. Capt. Me
Rae, of the steam tug Robert Torrent.
which was in the harbor, saw the
Chesapeake capsize and went to its
assistance at once. He reached it in
time to rescue the Avery brothers,
Gray, Elliott and Miss Champion. The
bodies of the others were not re-
covered. Miss Chase was employed by
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, of this city, and her parents re-
side in Boston. William Avery Jr., the
captain of the yacht, said: 1--WE were
between seven and eight miles out when
the storm began to gather, and as we
headed for shore we were carried along
at lightning speed. 1t was a wild
ride, but felt that we would make it in
safety. But all in an instant the boat
went over. She turned over three
times and then floated away
masts downward. Miss Chase was
caught in the rigging, and
tried to save her, but
she was carried under the boat and
swept away before | could reach her
/ did not see her after she had gone
down. Miss Champion was near ME.
, and / SWAN with her to the boat On
my way saw Gray, and also assisted
him there. We were in the water for
Rx-a1. rTvu-o HgOr,x.s
before aid reached US, and many times
l thought would be compelled to either
drop Miss Champion or sink myself
The rescue of the Chesapeake party
vas the second achievement of the tug
Torrent during the storm. Only a few
minutes before it started on that
errand it had picked up four
young men who had tried
to cross the harbor from the
government pier where they had been
fishing. The wind turned their row.
boat upside down in less than second,
but they were all rescued after being
one-third drowned and One-third fright
ened to death. Other tugs in the harbor
were busy for time in picking up row.
boats, and no less than six peo-
pie were saved in the harbor
alone, but no lives were lost.
Charles Saunders, of st. Louis,
started out for boat ride and hung to
the bottom of his boat for forty minutes
before he was rescued, more dead than
alive. The yacht Flora, with a large
party oh board, lost her masts off
Evanston, twelve miles north of here.
but her passengers were taken off by
the Evanston life-saving crew.
AT the worlds fair grounds little dam
age was done to the buildings, but the
passengers who were aaoat
In the Captive Balloon
had a close call, and the balloon itself,
after being brought to earth, was blown
into pieces, ana the pieces were carried
out of the grounds. All day the balloon
had been busy making ascenslous.
Each time the huge body started sky
wards the basket was filled. There was
no wind to interfere and it rose
straight up aach time. When the limit
OF height had been reached on the last
ascension, AerOnaut Allier noticed
away over the smoke of the
city, black moving body. 1t
was coming toward him. Picking up
his field glasses he saw great angry
bank OF clodds preceded by low scud-
ding vapor. Instantly he seized the
signal flag. Leaning far over the edge
of the basket he signaled the lookout to
draw in rapidly. Down came the bal
Icon and none too soon. The storm,