The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-12

northwest with marvellous quickness.
Nobody was looking for it. All at once
1t was here and the next minute it was
swooping over the city, leveling trees
and spreading death and destruction
among the many pleasure boats which
were out upon Lake Michigan. Owing
to the beautiful weather during the
morning these were more numerous than
usual.
Many narrow escapes were experienced
but so far as known the loss of life is
limited TO four, all of them lost by the
capsizing of the sailing yacht Chesa-
peake, which was overturned about two
miles from shore. The party on the boat
consisted of nine people and Of these
-four were drowned. The dead are:
ETHEL CHASE, sixteeA years old, of
Boston.
HARRY MARROW.
WILLIAM CORNICE
THEAIISTOCLES TIMBALIS.
Those who were rescued are:
GEORGE GRAY.
EDITH CHAMPION.
WILLIAM AVERY.
FRED AVERY.
WILLIAM ELLIOT.
The Chesapeake was well-built yacht
and was owned by the Avery brothers.
The party had been. during the after
noon, enjoying the pleasant sailing. The
sudden fury of the storm gave them no
chance and they were in the water be-
fore the men Of the party, several of
whom were skillful sailors. could do
anything to prevent it.
Gray, Fred Avery and Elliott chung to
the side of the boat and managed to
keep their heads out of the water VIII
Avery was hurled nearly fifteen feet
from the boat and went down head fore
most. Near him was Edith CHAMPION,
and, as Avery rose, he seized her and
swan to the boat. Capt. McRa of the
steam tug Robert Torrent, which was
in the harbor. saw the Chesapeake cap
size and went to it's assistance He
reached it in time to rescue the Avery
brothers. Gray. Elliott and Miss Cramp-
ton. The bodies Of the others were not
recovered. Miss Chase was employed
by the Western Union telegraph COM
pany Of this city, and her parents re-
side in Boston.
William Avery's story.
yacht, said:
Eve 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 1 felt that we
would make il in safety. But all in an
instant the boat went over. She turned
over three times and then fioated away,
masts downward. Miss Chase was
caught in the rigging. and 1 tried TO
save her, but she was carried under the
boat and swept away before i could
reach her. I did not see her after she
had gone down. Miss Champion was
near me and 1 swan with her to the
boat. On my way 1 saw Gray and also
assisted him there. We were in the
water two hours before aid reached us.
and many times L thought 1 would be
compelled to either drop Miss Champion
or sink myself
The rescue of the Chesapeake party
was the second achievement of the tug
Torrent during the storm. Only a few
minutes before it started on that errand
1t 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 downin less than a second, but
they We're all rescued after being one
third drowned and one-third frightened
10 death. Other tugs in the harbor were
busy for time in picking up row boats.
and no less than six people were saved
I'm the harbor alone, but no lives were
lost. Charles Saunders Of st. Louis
started out for a 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 large
party on board lost her masts off Evans
ton. but her passengers were taken of
by the Evanston life saving crew.
At the worlds fair grounds little dam
age was done to the buildings. but the
passengers who were aloft in the captive
balloon had close call and the balloon
itself after being brought to earth was
blown into pieces and the pieces were
carried out OF the grounds. All day the
balloon had been busy making ascen-
sions- Each time the huge body started
slyward the basket was filled. There
was no wind to interfere and It rose