The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-22
EIGHT MEN DROWNED
YACHT STRUCK BY A sQUALL WHILE
RACING AND SUNK.
Samuel Hunton, a Wen-Known Oars
man, Among the Lost-Disastrous
Boiler Explosion i'm Illinois.

ST. JOHN, ". B., Aug. 2l.-To-day's
yacht race for the Corporation cup result
ell IN putting mourning into at least eigat
families. The five yachts started out with
a good stiff breeze. Nothing of Importance
happened until the yachts rounded the
last buoy and were homeward bound, when
all were becalmed. To the westward plain
indications of a storm couid be seen. In a
short time the storm came with rain and
a high wind, followed a few minutes later
b. a hailstorm. The yachts had their sells
all set when the squall struck them. In a
short time the yachts were all out of sight.
with the storm raging f~uriously. The Ma
pie Leaf was some little distance of from
the others, and was first seen to receive
the benefit Of the squall. The crew made
an effort to take in sail, but before they
could accomplish this work the topmast
was carried away The Primrose was we'll
in shore when struck, and she lasted but a
few minutes. She was thrown on her
beam ends, and in an instant she plunged
bow first to the bottom
AS the storm subsidized the people on the
tug boat Lille discovered one yacht was
missing, and Immediately got up steam
for a search for the missing boat. After
going about a quarter Of a mile four men
in close proximity were found swimming
about in the still heavy running sea. They
were picked up after having been in the
water over half an hour. Following are
the names of the drowned: Samuel Hutton,
Fred Priest, George Heathfie!d, A. Akeriy,
George Bartlett, James III. Hurley. William
Russell, II. Hoyt-
Hutton was one of the ~best-known oars
men in tie world. He was a member OF
the celebrated Paris crew which won fame
on both sides of the Atlantic a quarter of
4 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, holds to this
day the worlds record in a match OF six
miles. The four rescued men cannot tell
anything about the accident. They were
seemingly bewfldeded, while the crew OF
the Maple Leaf, which was but one hun
dred yards from the Primrose, were 50
thoroughly panic-Stricken that they did not
know exactly what happened. The other
four yachts sustained more or less damage.
Disastrous Explosion ON "A Farm.
BYRON, ILL.,, Aug. IA traction engine
belonging to Andrew Ross exploded on a
farm five miles south of here. Herman
Berksmith was blown to atoms. Ross, who
was running the engine, had both legs and
an arm crushed and was injured internally
so that he died a few hours later. Five boys,
from nine TO fourteen years odd, were
standing near the engine, and were so bad
ly torn and scalded that it is thought four
of them cannot recover. Two other men re-
ceived slight wounds. The engine was blown
TO fragments, and parts of Ii were scat
tered over a radius of five hundred feet.
Two horses standing near had the harness
torn from them, and one horse was killed.
No cause for the explosion is known.
The boys injured were John BresSe,
Eman Bresse. Hiram. John and William
Leokis. sons of the men who worked on
fha farm where the RXDlOSlOn occurred.