The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-05
NINE DROWNED IN THE BAY.
4 CROWDED SMALL BOAT CAPSIzED
OFF SOUTH BE4CH.

| from Hoffman ana Swiuburno Islands
Her Rudder Got Un.hipped aud She Cap
sized-Nine OF Her Passengers Drowned
Near shore-strusgles OF tn. Survivors.
strong northeast wind was whipping tho
waters OF the lower bay into heavy seas and n
| driving rain storm was beating down when
| twenty one workmen. employed on Hoffman
! and Swinburne islands. finished their work
| yesterday afternoon and set out to eail the
distance between the islands and South Beach.
Their boat was a ships yawl. capable OF
holding with safety perhaps half tho number
that crowded into her. For half the dis
lance to Staten Island the boat scud-
ded before the wind. Then the pintle of
the rudder slipped from tho gudgeon
and the craft. steered by unskilful hands
became unmanageable in the high wind.
Her sail was lowered and the men
tried to row to shore. using nn oar as
rudder. But the boat drfted about
until she turned hroadside to sea and
wind. In n second she filled. and. rolling over.
spilled the twenty-one men in the water Nine
OF them were drowned before the boats which
put out from shore could reach the spot. The
other twelve werc taken ashore safely.
The workmen were some OF those who have
been employed since July IL on Swinburne
and Hoffman islands repairing the hospitals
injecting apparatus. They have been in tho
habit of returning. TO Staten Island every Sat-
urday afternoon and going from there to their
homes.
The men are employed by the contractors.
Blake 4 Williams of 1877 Wooster street. Hus-
ton e Corbit OF 400 West Fifty second street.
Colin Mclean of Broadway and Canal street.
ana John ieagan plumber. OF lO3 franklin
street
They have usually made the trip in the boat
which WRECKED them yesterday, As many ~
but never in such sea and wind
George Butter. the son OF Keeper Butler of
Swinburne lsland.ownS the boat and sails her.
Yesterday at ! 4. o clock H." started from Swim
hurnc Island with tour OF the workmenn en-
who took the tillcr and stecred the yawl to
Hoffman Island.
There was SO much wind then that Butler
took reef in tho spritsnl The yawl is only
twenty on" feet long ami her beam measure is
four and u nall feet Wnen she reached h4iT-
man Island siNteen workmen were whiting for
thsir pay. and to or t" their homes ~" ~
turned toward tie long pier "iT Coleman's
Happy Home IIotol ut r"u,h leach. The men
SO cloTded the small boat that some OF them
The distance between Hoffman Island and
The ynwl mad gone half way whom Grove. who
was at the till en- noticed hat the boat did not
obey to" rudirr, It was lmn,,ssih,e to trins
mans pier. and the watcr began dashing over
her sides.
When tho men examined the rudicr and
found that tho lower pintle had slipped ont Of
the gudgeon they lowered the sail. and. TAX
ing tho six oars in the boat started to row
ashore,
The wind drove the boat along sideways un-
til she was 200 feet west OF the pier " here her
seemed the only hope of getting ashore. and
the men at the oars null ed and ,tugGed
But the tide was on the sbb tho seas coming i:
around l the pont Dsiow south B"ach nv New;
yesterday made them higher than ever. SO
the hoat driven by the wind. continued to
nWnG # to b ,ae on Ws4 M5 m'.fy gort he
The boat was then about 200 feet from the
shore. and the water was ton feet deem. The
but brought her into the trough Of the sen
with her broHds i to sea ana wind 49,
since the accident t. the ruder. but it was
nothing to the way 1t roured il. over the side
when the first Sc" struck ihs yaNl; Leonard
Williams. was standing in the bow before the
We'll she's going down anyhow" he
shouted. 50 III swim ashore
Most Of the be- men G md taken on their shoes
enrel swimmer jumped into the water Just
as he was and struck ont for the shore. ie
The next moe%t the " ynw % See
over. an" the, twenty mon remaining We're
STRUGGLING in he seq
on Swinnurn, Island by Blake x Williams.
started t. swim for shore. He reached land.
Superintendent Butter had seen the acct
dent from Hoffman Island and started to the
time Albert Bo.tchr. Conn Kohmnnn JOHN |
kohmann. and Thomas Reyes sct oGt in an all !
boats from Colemnn,- pier They too had been !
which brought her into the trough Of the sea.
sly Of the men Ind s"IIed he gnnne Of The
tho next wave came and turned her over
second time, All but John Crosby scrambled
tho soNs urme3 W her eore
the boats from the shore reached the
erot heHEy sea h was lust sena.nG the yaw
five olF the boat and carried them ashore;
% the other, men ak had been ioundering
iii tho rcscuing boats Iirked them up. The
one Of tho hoffman Island workmcn.
lie succeeded III gtttIn@, almost to shore.
When few feet from land he became uncon-
scioHs ana vas tossed on tho beach by the
It is believed that most OF the
mon drowned sank as soon as the yawl CAP
sized.
The rescued men were made comfortable In
IInppy, Homo Hotel DR.. +. j.
% f@Ts Ali Of them
cred aftsr short time. and we're able to 60 to
their homes last night None OF the bodies
Eleven q the men in the bet we're en-
Beach late in the afternoon with complete
Dutilt Of new clothing for the men, and their
nav for tho week Most OF the coats OF the men
had gone overheard before they jumped into
the water.
The list OF tho drowned Is:
Grossly. JouN Beach street. New York.
Dam rH,KIiS, BROOKLYN.
IIrRY. THON,S, New York.
EFSNY EUwAKp. new YORK.
M,LLOY. JAMS. Sew York
MrIuiEF RESJLHIS. New York
SouN,S AIBfRt. TOmpkiuBviIie. |
kvIrI CHARLis. Washington street Brooklyn.
WAssfR. LlOS,Hp Amityviie, l. l.
Those rescued were:
BtNG IIFNRY. 2tG East 1874 street
InARnMAN. ions, 22J East Twcnty.third street
H. ILFR. iiFoiGE SwinbuTne Island.
In w. GgpHGE, 6OI Bush wick avenue Br0oklya
CUvSrIlr ANpEtN, lIS Amsterdam avenue
pNt, tHARIFs HuH Fast IweHty.siXth street.
H. 1?soN in,IrH III Hubs IN street.
IunNG. AaHEKT. II 20 WASHINGTON street.
NcNAM,H,. tuArlEs. Ago West twenty ninth street
IrA.,N, io,l pH. 100 Thirl avenue.
FurLppN j, u, 10mpkinsvile.
SnR .NNI,k. CnARLEs, h45 West Fhy'thrd street.
Whio the men were in the water the steamer
q freight boat which runs to Key
,ort passed. near them. She stopped for
moment. but. according to tho story OF the
men put out no boats for their assistance.
Itter moment she continued on her way.