The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-06
VALKYRIE SUNK IN A RACE.
The Satalita Runs Into Her at the
Start in the Clyde.

The Stricken Bird Of the Sea Rears
/ on Her Head Like a Human Being
in Agony and Then PIunges 20 the
Bottom Lord Dunraven at the Helm
/ and Narrowly Escapes Death-A
Crowd of Small Boats the Cause of
the Collision.
Glasgow. July when the start was
made in the principal race of the regatta
Of the Mudhook Yacht Club in the Clyde
this morning. the Britannia was the first
TO cross the starting line, the Vigilant
following a minute later The Valkyrie
and Satanita meanwhile were endeavor-
ing TO get into position, and in the course
of their maneuvers attempted 70 put
about In doing so the Satanita's bow
struck the Nalkyrie on the port side,
abaft the rigging and nearly cut her in
two. The Nalkyrie Immediately began
TO ill. and in five minutes after she was
struck sank in twenty-five fathoms of
water. The Satanitas bows were badly
stove. and it is not regarded as probable
That she viii be able to take part in the
races for a month to come. As soon as
the boats came into collision a number of
vessels near by hurried TO the assistance
Of the crew Of the Valkyrie. Lord Dun
raven and one or two of the Nalkyrie's
y
Hebe, and the steam yacht Nanduora at
tached lines to the sinking yacht and
saved the rest of her crew. 1t was found
that only one of the crew was injured
The unfortunate man was a seaman
named Brown, one of whose legs was
broken. Brown was one of the crew Of
the Valkyrie when that vessel was con-
testing tor the American cup in the
United States. The crew lost everything
they had except what they wore The
collision was due to the Satanita s being
jammed by a number of steam yachts at
the starting point, leaving her cramped
for room. The Nigilant ana Britannia
proceeded in the race.
The Britannia beat the Vigilant by
thirty-fve seconds. The official time was
Britannia, 42S 10; Vigilant. :2S As.
AMATEURS AT THE HELM
The race was for the Muir Memorial
cup. The rules governing the contests
for the cup require that the contesting
yachts be steered by amateurs. In obedi-
ence to this rule, Lord Dun
raven was at the tiller of the Val
kyrie a. d. Clark steered his own yacht.
the Satanita, Jameson. the Britannia
and Herreschoff, the Nigilant The Vigi-
liant led the Britannia on the hOmeward
Journey by three minutes and forty-tive
seconds, but the NiEilant kept in shore
where the wind lulled. The Britannia
held out in mid -channel and getting the
first of the new wind, slipped past the
Nigilant at the second turning point from
the last, winning by thirty-tive seconds.
STRIKES STEAM YACHT.
After the Satanita got clear OF the
Nalkyrie the latter ran her bow in the
steam yacht Nanduara, cutting that
boats deck as easily as though it was a
bit of cheese. Capt. Cranfield says the
Nalkyrie is damaged beyond repair. Be
fore she went down she reared on her
head, and as she sank her deck burst
with a report which sounded like thun-
der. She will be worth nothing except
for salvage of materials.
The Satanita is not making any water
but her forward plate is badly stove
Everybody agrees that if the collision
had not occurred the start would have
been the prettiest ever seen in any race
on the Clyde
CAUSE OF THE COLLISION.
Yachtsmen and spectators concur that
the collision was solely due TO small
boat getting in the way of the Satanita
and that there was altogether too great
a crowd of steamers and other craft on
the water. Capt. Granfield of the
Nalkyrie persists that the Satanita was
on the wrong tack. Lord Dunraven mar
rowly escaped being struck by the Sata-
nita's bOwsprit at the time of the COLI
sion. The Nanduara lost ten feet of her
rails, and her launch was smashed to
pieces.