The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-27
YACHT KEELED OVER
COLLISION BETWEEN HI ADELAIDE
AND AN IRON STEAMER.
Cotton Broker Inman, of New York,
to Have Been

NEW YORK. Aug. 2s.-The sloop yacht
Adelaide. owned by Robert W.. Inman, jr,
the cotton broker, while cruising off Nor
tons Point tonight, was run into by the
iron steamer Perseus. There were aboard
Mr.. Inman. who is a very ~well-known
yachtsman and club man, with residences
In this city and Cold Spring Harbor: Mr..
and Mrs. @. T.. Evans, OF Forty-ninth
street; a Miss Norton. whom Mrs. Evans
was chaperoning. and Herbert T. Dorno.
the mate. whose home is in Springfield,
Mass. There were a captain and two
others in the crew. but Mr.. Dorno does not
know their names.
The adelaide was keeled over and at least
three persons are known TO have gone over
board. Mrs. Evans and Mate Dorno were
hauled aboard the Perseus. The Adelaide
Fighter herself and eyewitnesses state
that as she moved of In the dark the forms
Of three men could be distinguished on her.
Life boats were lowered from the Perseus
to rescue those who had gone overheard.
They returned and reported that an in
bound schooner had picked up a woman
and two men from the water. II this is so,
no lives were lost. but the fact remains
that up to midnight The relatives and
friends OF those known to have gone over
board have received no tidings from them.
as would have been the case had they been
picked up and landed safely. Mr.. Inman,
Mr.. Evans and Miss Norton are among
those not accounted for.
The Adelaide was seen less than an hour
after the accident, going into Tehoos basin.
Brooklyn. by Captain Ferguson, of the
tug Alfred j Murray. Captain Ferguson
said that she was evidently disabled, and
ne was much surprised when, instead of
making a landing. she turned and started
for the narrows. The party left New York
from the foot Of West Eighty-first street
about > p. m. intending to sail to Bath
beach. There was a southwest wind n
the Adelaide went along at a lively style.
A long starboard tack was made toward
Bay ridge. The Adelaide was off shore
about 1880 p. m, coming in from Norton's
point. The yacht had the right of way.
There was no need of a collision be-
tween her and the steamer. Captain Hulse,
OF the Perseus, saw the danger. but too
late to avoid the collision. He had the
engines reversed and the steamer was un-
der but little Roadway when her spar's nose
struck the Adelaide just forward of the
midships. The force of the collision was
sufficient to stave in the bulwarks of the
Adelaide. 1t was quite dark at the time.
Miss Norton. who was standing aft on
the Adelaide, seemed to lose her head en-
tirely. With a shrek she jumped into the
water. Mr.. Evans, seemingly thinking 1t
was his wife who jumped. plunged in after
Miss Norton. His wife said he could not
swim. but that Miss Norton. after whom
he jumped, could. Mr.. Dorno, the mate,
was knocked fiat on the deck by the
booms and one of his ribs was broken.
He was on his feet in a moment, and pre-
vented Mrs. Evans from jumping after
her husband. Dorno grabbed Mrs. Evans
around the waist and carried her across
the deck of the Adelaide, which was lying
close under the guard Of the Perseus. Mate
Dorno grabbed a big hawser. AS he did
so the Adelaide drifted away and ne was
left hanging to the hawser with the uncon-
scious Mrs. Evans in his arms. Some of the
deck hands on the Perseus reached over and
pulled Dorno and Mrs. Evans aboard. The
steamer was completely stopped by this
time. The Adelaide was fading from sight
and from the water came shouts for help.
Captain Hulse ordered two boats lowered
from the Persus, but it required ten min
utes TO get the small boats into the water.
There was a panic aboard the steamer
caused largely by Mrs. Evans's screams
for her husband. Some foolish persons
yelled fire and started a lot of men and
women excitedly around the decks. The
small boats were lost to sight for fifteen
or twenty minutes. When they returned ii
was to report that an unknown schooner
about to dock in this city had picked up
the three persons known to have gone over
board from the Adelaide. Mr.. Evans, Miss
Horton and the Captain.
Capt. Hulse. of the Perseus, says that he
is confident that all on the yacht were
saved. officers are also of the opinion thai
the yacht was not badly damaged.