St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-01

sail boat. We then tut the boat back
On the island, and Dana, Luther, Dun
lap, young Johns and myself got into
the sail boat to go to Washington har-
Dor. Dana had been taking pictures
with his kodak, and was going to take
1t with him to make picture of the
hotel in the harbor where he and his
wife stopped last year. Dana said to
Luther: L think Nellie speaking of
his wife) will like picture of the ho-
tel
Johns wanted to put the sails up at
once and tighten them, but L was afraid
of sail boat, and prevailed on him to
leave then loose. We had been out in
the same boat the day before about ten
or twelve miles to Rock of Ages to see
the fishermen raise their fishing nets.
When the boat started the wind from
the southeast and Washington harbor
was 10 the northeast, so that we would
have fair wind. The boat was
padded out of the little bay, and after
we passed out and around the point of
Johns island at the mouth of Grace
harbor, the sails were fastened and we
started with the breeze. AS we passed
the point of one of the small islands
sudden puff of wind caught the boat.
before any one could even move OR
speak. The boat turned on its edge. |
was the only one sitting OH the lee side,
which was the one that took the water.
Johns was at the tiller in the
stern. Next to him on his right
!
Dunlap, all OH the side that stood out of
the water. The boat was twenty-four
| feet long and eight feet wide. 1t was
ballasted with stone. and had fish boat
in the center besides the oars, When
| the boat turned on its side / went into
| the water first and sprang to the other
side of the boat, between Luther and
Dana. They were then all on the upper
side of the boat, the sails lying on the
water and the boat fast sinking. The
| boat sinking and the sails being on the
water caused it to right up. then had
| hold of the side of the boat with one
hand and had hold of Dana with the
| other, and he had hold of me with one
hand and the other hand OH the side of
| the boat. We held that position until
the boat sank too deep for us. We then
let go and grabbed the sails near the
bow. / then said to Dana: You are
choking me, Charley He had hold of
me by the shirt collar, and felt like
was strangling. The boat filled and
sank straight down, carrying Dana and
me with it. as we had hold of it. let &c
and swan to the surface, probably a
distance of ten feet. Dana had got to
the surface before me. We both made
for the top of the mainsail. which was
sticking out of the water. As we
grabbed it the sail toppled over and
sank out of sight. and we went under
the water again. Willie Johns showed
Willie Johns SAID that he showed ;
board to Dana. At that time Dana wa:
apparently standing straight in tht
water, with his head and breast above
the surface. Dana said: at is too late,
as he threw his hand back and sank thu
last time.
al held to the oar, and in two or thre,
minutes l saw three boats coming from
the shore. lii the first were Mike Ben
son and Andrew Severson, two fisher
men. In the second boat were the tw,
daughters of Capt. Johns. In the thirt
were Capt. Johns and Peterson, fish
erman. The three boats got to us abou
the same time. Willie Johns, DUNLAP
and were holding to an oar aud boards
Willie Johns said to the people in tn,
boat, we are all right; go to the othe
man. pointing to where Dana had gon,
, down / said 'rhere are two men down.
Dunlap, Willie Johns and got into ont
of the boats. and the other two went t,
, where Dana and Luther had gone down
IN one of us in the boat nor any o
those on shor saw Luther after the sal
: boat turned over as the squat sIrucl
US. We were picked up.about 100 fee
from where the sail boat went down ant
short distance from the island. Ii i
had not been for tile prompt action o
the people on the shore we must al
! have persisted in two OF three minute
t more. The sail boat sunk in thirty fiv,
feet of water. and we were driftin.
toward the deeper water, or the outsid,
lake. / was chilled by the cold waite
and was overcome from the strangling
but rallied after got on shore. Dunbar
was in about the same condition.
} Dana and L both HAD our coats off
, Luther had on his coat aud vest and ,
, pair of high rubber boots that pre-
vented his doing much to help himself
and he probably never came to tn,
srface after being first thrown into thu
water"
9 Mr.. Butler said that the sail boat wa!