The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-05
Maurer Brothers Sank, Clasped
in Each Others Aims
Pathetic ] ciden: at the Capsizinq
OF the Yacht Gazele.
Three Lives Lost in a Sailing Dis.
aster on Rockaway.

aster on Rockaway.
Fuller details regarding the cspsizing
OF the sloop yacht Gazelle on the bar
off the Long Beahc Hotel yesterday
afternoon, by which three persons lost
their lives. were learned to-day from
the survivors.
Following Is list of the dead:
JOHN MAURER. twenty-eisht years old, q
Photographer at Seventh avenue and IT,. ,y.iourth
CHARLES MSuRER siss;.sn en- years. i1'S Old. brother
JOHN SiIS SMITH. r..d.uo. unknown: married:
leaves a vile and four children.
The saved are.
AUGUSTUS HALL. Of 200 West Th,rty-sixth
ii: s. .scHoNE. ,e~.,,.r. Is, Broadway. New
York. - =.
WILLIAM sHAYLoR. of $40 West Forty.eish,h
CHARLES RETGELMAN. of asl East One Hun
drsd and sMnM s s,s: MN New YORK
| CAPT JOSEPH PEARsALL. East Rockaway.
SAMUEL PEARsALL, brother OF Capt Peirsaii.
H. g. Schone, manufacturing
jeweller Of 1888 Broadway. was seen at
his home, $40 West Forty-fourth street.
by an Evening WORLD reporter. Mr..
Schone is only twenty years old.
There were ten of us in the sloop,"
said he. :" Was the odd one of the
party which was headed by John Maui
rer. had never met any Of the men be-
fore yesterday morning.
There were to have been fourteen in
the party, but only seven were at the
dock at East Rockawav when the Ga
| zelie was ready to start. l was asked to
| so along SO that the expense Of the sail
would be lightened.
John smith was afriend of the Maur-
ers but ] don't know where he lived.
1t was ali right going out and we had a
good days fishing. About o'clock we
reached the bar on the way into Hogs
1T was getting pretty rough. but we
| did not think OF danger until suddenly
4 squal struck the boat which preached
to; and a heavy sea striking her broad
Everybody scrambled to get hold Of
something. and all were successful. AT
first the Sc op lay on her SIDE with her
some port Of the boats hull. l had hold
Of the centre board we'll and got my
my fingers pinched for my pains.
aSnf mast srose Oh ssr the
} deck and the boats hull turned turtle.
Se mss wh H s.a se to fs hull
mate. his brother. John Mauren had
cons J, difficulty hanging on; =.
, fearful that John could not hold on
and kept as near him as possible.
.. I'VE could see the slooP Clara Belle
evidently afraid to come to our rescue
for fear Of being swamped also by the
heavy sea on the bar.
! we could, but John INQUIRER said he
couldn't hold on much longer. We had
! been in the water nearly an hour when
Sss boy ca sfeq h.ns os sssy
into he let II: go n s, hold Ats ana
: Charles let go at the same time ant
sank clasped in each others arms.
Maurer kept benoanins s"e his I fate 'e am
! asking what would become Of his poo
. wife Mrs. Maurer is about to become
e Pearsall began to nndress; A big wav'
!. came along. and i thought 1t washed
help: '"' "
y II didn't hear him say he was golnl
to do i and think he 'Sept his .,d plan ut +
striking out from the shore, None Q
us expected that he would make it. Hi
brother Samuel said to me: Joe's gon
, 1--WE watched his head bob up. anc
down in the water until he touched bot
tom. Then he dragged himself up OF
the beach, and We could see him goint
towards house. 1t was full half-mil'
r that he had 10 swim.
I'VE couldn't do anything but chez
each other up. John Smith gave UP ant
sank before Capt. Pcarsall had reached
the shore. An hour and half after tn
sloop upset We were taken into life
boat. which Capt. Pearsall had got from
II was the last one taken from tn
| sloop because l had better position OF
the mast and was the strongest of tn
party."
k vivors, was found at his home. 40 IVES
a E.rty-eighth street. in bed, covered will
. bruises and very much exhausted.
: He said that nobody was to blain
y for the accident 1t was an unexpected
all flaw Of wind which turned the boat St
: that her hroa dsde was 10 the seas.
The Address of John Smith. the thir
o one of the victims, could not be learne
q to-day He was a friend OF John Mau
y rer, but at the latters home no on
q could tell where Smith lived. He Wa
8 no relation Of Robert J. Smith, who wa
Z" saved.
, The news OF her husbands death va
q broken TO Mrs. MaureL.last nsght by he
q sister, Mrs White. The wife vas mucl
shocked. and fears are entertained 10
J, II was said to-day by persons VIII
81 were on board the Clara Belle that Cap;
e Pearsail was too weak after his lon
swim TO come of to the swamped sloo
in the lifeboat.
the breakers was takea in tow by n
. Clara Belle and lowed as near tn
Gazelle as possible. After the survivor
had been taken from the slo"p the,