Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-22
EIGHT TYACHTSMENL LOST
The Boat Was Struck by a Sud- den Squall During a Race.
ONLY FOUR OF THE CREW SAVED.
When the Blast Struck the Primrose, She Plunged Under the Waves and Went Down-samueI Hutton, Once a Famous oarsman, Among the Lost.


 oarsman. Among the Lost.
 ST. JOHN, N. B., Aug. 2a.-The yacht race for the Corporation cup, sailed of here, came to a sad ending whom the Prim- rose. one of tho racers, was struck by a squall and sunk, and eight of her crew of l2 men were drowned
 The yachts were on the home run The wind. which had been very light all day. showed no signs of freshening as the boats proceeded with all sails set.
 Suddenly a black squaIl rushed across the calm surface of the water, churnins 1t into soothing pillows. The Primrose was the last of the fleet.
 As the squall struck her she rushed for ward for an instant and then plunged be- heath the water, disappearing from sight almost immediately. Her crow was Jeff struggling in the hissing water.
 Plunged Out of sight.
 Captain Hutton had ordered all sails taken in, but the squall came up before the crew could obey his orders. Hutton stood at the tiller and told the crew to look out for themselves, and the next minute all were in the water, and the Primrose had disappeared from sight
 In the high rolling seas were the men struggling for their lives in the face of rain and hail and a high wind. None were eyewitnesses to the scenes but the four survivors, and they have but an in distinct recollection of the whole affair.
 As the storm subsided the people on the Lillie discovered that one yacht was miss ing and immediately got up steam for a search for the missing yacht. After going about a quarter of Q mile four men in close proximity were found swimming about in the still heavy running sea. Life buoys were thrown out, and each of tho men begged the occupants of tho tug not to mind them, as they could swim, but to proceed along in search of the others. | This the Lillio did, but only some hats and caps could be seen floating about, and tho tug returned and picked up the four men, who were still swimming about after having boon in the water over half an hour.
 The tug then, finding the other yachts were in safe quarters steamed up to the ! city with the rescued men.
 The following arc the names of the drowned: Samuel Hutton, aged 90, leaves a widow; Fred Priest son of Captain Priest, aged 20 single; George Hesthfield. aged 2a; A. Akerly. aged 26, single, only support of a widowed mother; George Bartlett, aged 27, leaves n widow and two | children; James Hurley, aged 52, leaves q widow and seven children; William Rus sell, aged 70. single; II. Hoy, aged I9. l single.
 The rescued are: Holden, Miles, Heau- ser and Mckcevcr.
 A Famous Oarsman One of the Lost. Hutton was one of the best known oars | men in the world He was a member of the celebrated Paris crew which won fame l on both sides of tho Atlantic a quarter of a century ago The drowning of Hutton makes the first break in this crew, which, although they have not sat in a boat since the Philadelphia centennial regatta, hold to this dsy the worlds record in n match six mile race.
 On the Seine the Connecticut and tho Kennebec Hutton helped to make the crew famous. Probably tho Paris crew of St John will he best remembored in tho United States by the old sporting men n: having administered severe defeat tC the once famous Ward brothers.
 The four rescued men cannot tell any thing about tho sad accident. They werS all seemingly bewildcred, while the crew of the Maple Leaf, which was but 100 yards of the Primrose, were so thorough ly panic stricken that they don't know exactly what happened. The other foul yachts sustained more or less damage,