New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-06
THE vALKYRIE SUNK.
COLLISION on THE CLYDE.
o,n DrJNRAvEN's YACHT CUT DOWN
BY THE sATANITA.
o owyER md CREW RESCUED.

,orxr CAUSED BY VESSELS CROwDING
,o,.r THE CONTESTANTS AT THE START
TUE Mu-pHOOK REGATTA-THE VAL
vvR1E INJURED BEYOND REPAIR
,xD THE sATANITA CONSIDER
ABLY DAMAGED-sToRIEs
OF DESIGNER WATSON
AND Mr. CLARKE.
,,..gow. July 5-The Valkyre' Lord Dun
Is famous cutter. now lies at the bottom ol
rave" rs. 7, The regatta Of the Mudhook Yacht
- today she was struck and almost cut III
ciuO tho satanita. The Valkyrie Immediately
IAN 10 nn and in fve minutes she s"nN i'
pes@" fathoms of water Captain Cranfeld
IO w.. tba: the Valkyrie is damaged beyond re-
say paf,re she went down she reared on her
as and as she sank her deck burst with " ie'
hsaD ,n,. thunder. The Satanitas bows were
s.aIv stove and it is not believed tha' S"e WIN
s,o oA1. - fake part in a race for month 10
come. .,,o collision a
.,,,her Of vessels near by hurried 10 '"e 'sS''''
auos of The crew of the NaiNyile' No.U
-.ysn and one Of the crow were r'SC"'u ~ 81"
.,o.m Yacht Hebe. and the steam E"V", 'a
auora attached lines to the SINKING H"'"' ~ r'
.o,ed the rest of her crew. IL was lou''" '''"
or,y one man was injured a sea'""" ,'''''
proun one # whose legs was ofoNe""
,,.s one Of the crew Of the NalkHIe wiz"
contested for the Americas Cup Inc ere"
.vervtbinC excep; what they Wore lne'e
dfty-six men on board.
CAUSE OF THE COLLISION
yachtsmen and spectators agree th"' ''e
u.,on was solely due to a small boat se'''"e -.
49, wav Of the satanita. and that thefe ""s
erogether too great crowd Of s'y8'''e' 80
N.hor craft on the water. Captain CIahHe'u' %
~. volkvr,a insists that the Satanita Was %"
,,s wrong tack He says that Tie loss 10 ,'''-'
~, ora the crew amounts to about i'oo' hoiu
,S.'.-o,or narrowly escaped being struck oy me
co,ari,a,s howsprit al the time OF the 'oi''Si'"
1,,s hrothcr-n-law. Nj Lanndge' VINO was
.hoa~1 the Valkyrie. was rescued by the N"'>
s,ora The latter lost ten feel Of her rails anu
her launch was smashed TO pieces.
-. tho sta~t was made In the principal race
,.to .oo.,,a NJ the Mudho0k Yacht Cluo' 'na'
tar the Muir Memorial cup. the Britannia was
~. ars. - cross The starting line, the \'b''a"S
torow,nr a minute later The Na'N!''e an
eo.o,i+o we're meanwhile endcaNorng ID se' '"'o
-. nd in the course Of their manoeuNres
a,,en,nted TO put about IN do'hs ~ ~
so,ani,o,s how struck the Valkyrie on the po'
.,an ahaft the rigging. cutting through - '''
slde do@'' '''
cabin. ,,o, ,either
Owing 10 the suddehhesS VI ''' -. ,s abls
1ord Dunraven nor any one Of ms irleHus -
1-''1 =. ooo,,rred The sunken yacht now lies
10 tell no" ~ 49, r., 80 r. her mainsan is
on hsning oI1n bnov is v anchored at the spot to
mark her posluOh
" ATG0\'S
coorgs 7. Watson the designer Of the VAL
kyrie. was on board the ya'n' ""'n s'' a"c,-
+, -. tho Sa+ani-a Speaking Of the accl-
struck d! ''o ''-'
dent, he said this evening
80 ..a,6irg beside Lord Dunraven. VINO wa Wa
was stdIl.iiiS5 A, a,lnfre the Nalkyrie Wa
~ ~steelns 'c - on NJ. starboarI tack In orItr 40
ieSCh.hhs h Vv"' H. M S.tan.ia which had come, w
take me Ell ng ;ck Mas too soon and WAS Obliged 70
On me pP6t ptre an n,in about for the start In ~
hod on Deloie p p~'7 ,at which was IN her way me
nng 70 cear @ d S, rs striking the Nalkyre amid
satahta ia an ,,irg INTO her about. So feet. -.
~ Two vachts were locked together for a ~ r
n ne TN TS ee.srita-s bowsorit ana topmast "fIe
Sa1red away almost Immediately on the yaGhtS or5
sraiing The Valkvrie then began 70 sIIh, st,
s,d fadv Algernon Gordon-LenoN wefe fbe
ting at the stern Of the Nalkyrie at -. ui uinra Dun
accident Iney %eIg o6 ana 'resesureI them mum
ber Of small boats put If from tnt oIhei "a rno,,
me h2roor ana M ,oIT Tnysrf before the Vakyrie dis
appeared from view which she did IN ABOUT ''''''
minutes after the eo!isl'h'
Nr Watson's version of the rescue oi hoId
:. - - ,,.,s talon on board the Hebe. SO
quickly did the accident happe" ~ on,,,aii,,
seems 70 De p7'i70''' 0'''
Tord Du,raven himself has positively declined
70 discuss the ahalr. H2ih ne @rN '''
ieel ne loss oi 'he NalNS''
AS SEEN FROM THE SAlANiiN'
A. D. Clarke. the owner OF the Satanita, VINO
,ras s.oa~,,., nor r-han the collision occurred.
..,s.
'"'u ,...-. ,ho
The collision took place t'Iee sroo,,vring for