The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-11
SIXTEEN YACHTS WRECKED
sToRM WORKS marco IN THE FLEET
Nv ECHO BAR.
G. Oliver Iseiin's Country House Nearly
washed Awsy by the Hteh Ttde-His
Less $4,000 sat. Jahn~on's bravery.

WAensn away nv fhe High Niue-tti
Loss etO,ooR-Cspt. JehnSon's Bravery
Whenever a storm or hurricane visits oui
coasts IL seems 10 pick out New Rochelle harboi
TO get in its best licks and yesterdays gale was
no exception TO the rule. In addition to smash
ing into kindling wood sixteen yachts on ths
rocky shores Of Hudson Park, II did thousands
of dollars worth of damage to dozen or more
Of the residences which line the shores of Long
Island Sound at this point.
e. Oliver Iseln's country house, All View, on
Premium Point, which was being prepared for
the reception Of Mr.. lson and his bride. who
arrived on the Teutonc yesterday, was badly
damaged. The waves not only dashed over the
high sea wall. but at 3 A. NJ, when the gale
was at its height. threatened to wash away the
house itself The beautiful lawn was Quilted. the
cellar flooded, and at one time during the early
morning hours boat could have been used on
tile parlor floor. Thousands of dollars worth Of
brlc-A-brac, tapestry. rugs and carpets were
ruined, and II will be some days before the
cellar can be pumped clear Of water.
Some idea of the force Of the wind may he
gained when II Is added that nearly 10. 900 loads
of sand were blown from the beach into the
mill pond, an eighth Of II mile away, while the
three-foot wall and breakwater Mt this point
were completely demolished. Good Judges say
that $40, 900 will not cover Mr. Iscin's loss.
A number of harms were blown down at Sears
dale. the New Rochelle Lumber Company's roof
was torn of. and hundreds of stately trees are
uprooted all along the old Boston Post road.
The entire roof was lifted bodily OF Arthur
Hunters cottage at Potter Beach and at one
time it was thought the house would go too, as
the waves not only leaped over the three foot
wall. but dashed up on the piazza itself
flooding the cellar and causing Mr.. Hunters
family to flee for safetr. Yesterday afternoon
fire engine was kept busy pumping the cellar
out, and Mr.. Hunter thinks he is lucky II he gets
of with loss OF $4,000
In spite of their experience In last August's
gales, few of the yachtsmen who make Echo
Bay their anchorage ground took any extra
precautions Tuesday night and the result was
that out of twenty three of the boats there six
teen of them dragged their anchors and went
ashore.
Near the Mosquito Fleets club house. which
nestles In II craggy little nook on the westerly
shore of Echo Bay. T. T. Rchards's sloop Goblin
was found yesterday with her port and star
board sides stove in while on top of fifteen foot
perpendicular wall alongside is William +.
Crott's fast cabin cat francesca with her keel
torn off and her after body cut of as though
with knife. Fifty feet further along, in an
other little cove. where the bathing houses are
In summer. Charles Noxen's schooner Ellen
was found. with her topmasts waving in the
trees and her stern high in the air. Her
hull is completely gone, and the waves run
clean through her and break Oh the shore. At
her stern, and partly underneath her. is all that
remains OF +. T. Brdsell's fast little 3O-foot cut
ter Marjory. her keel gone and sides stove in.
twenty feet further to the westward. piled one
on top of the other are Charles A. Harriman's
yawl he. with her lead keel torn off and the
sharpe sloop Imp, owned by G. A. Miller. while
broken DiegpS n nd
some wire rigging are all that remains OF an I'M
known cabin cat.
Alongside OF these Ia the open cat Triad,
which, thanks 10 this being the only sandy point
OF the shore. is not very much damaged. Fur
ther along piece OF Centreboard trunk and
broken mast were all that could be found OF
smith and DIR. Prerrn's once saucy sloop Vi
nita. while out in Echo Bay off Harrison Island
q mast with little pennant hutterng in the
breeze marked the resting place of L. II. Kings
lands cabin cat GLADYS, which was sunk at her
moorngs,, Further along on Potter's Beach, a
half a mile from her original anchorage. lay
Henry poscher,s fast 4O;foote- Banshec. with
beautiful cabin total wreck.
The i'anshee. which was valued at $4,000. was
insured for $4,000, and will undoubtedly be re-
paired, as her hull is all right. part of DIR.
y. L. Lewiss sloop Amazon was washed ashore
here. and 10 is thought that she was either sunk
rocks, as was A. VI. Hunters cat Amy.
The actors colony here which includes
loss Of their Dorothy while nothing is left Of
I he floats and staging belonging TO the New
Rochelle Yacht Club.
The Mosquito heet's float and dock were badly
as was the rowing clubs floating
gangway.
and Larchmont Comparatively little damage
was done ashore beyond the uprootng of few
trees and the partial destruction Of the Larch-
mont Yacht Clubs breakwater and lawn.
Offshore. however. in the harbor, things are
different. Here We're anchored any number of
schooner Viator. stephen W. Roachs steamer
Elneline; Augustus ". Motifs schooner Magic,
bard's RajaI Oswald s"ndcrson f'' PIXIE. and
the II -footers HOodoo and Blonde and brunette.
When the gale sprang up At " o'clock extra
were let out. but in spite of every prccautiOn the
Niator, which was anchored just outside of the
harbor, began to drag her anchors. and would
certainly have gone ashore but for the prompt
action of Capt. johnson Of the Emeline. He
had steam up in case Of accident, and despite
he fact hat the sea was running high and dash
house he weighed anchor and started to
he 'Emeline would live in the gale and
very man in the place was up now and running
n case s she Should strkr Umbrella Rock. dsn.
,erous reef of the entrance OF the harbor. The
Emeline, however; proved herself equal to the
'he rode the seas well and managed to get u
inc TO the Etator lust In the nick OF time. MIR
bravery by giving him 5000.
The Nistor had no sooner been towed Ia place
4 safety than the Magic began TO drag her an
'escue. and again Capt. Johnson succeeded in
saving both yacht and crew. While this was
going on the 2l-fOOter Blonde and Brunette,
owned by Herbert Seeley, which was
'nld Ia Harry Harper of Harper Brothers on
Monday. was driven ashore and dashed 10 pieces
against cX-tOnlmOdOre l.Owry's sea wall. A few
seconds later j. Howard Adams's HOodoo. an
'ther ~ -foOter, shared the same fate, while at
'bnut the same time Al Marshall's 81 900
laphthR launch Florence, one of the best nOwn
loats on the Sound, dragged from her moOring |
md was smashed into kindling wood. Her en- |
;ine is all that remains Of her.
George |. Seney's open cat Orienta was sunk |
u her noorings, while W. :. Alleys rowboat |
vas landed high and dry On MIR. Lowry's lawn, |
Ifter jumping twelve feet above the sea level. |
ierard VI. BarrettO, one of I.archmOnt's Regatta |
Committee, came near losing his keel sloop |
NOra. but she managed Ia strike a soft spot and |
will only lose her bowsprit and tOpmast
Around AT Horseshoe Harbor Preston Ken |
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