St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-27
BROKER INMAN,S YACHT STRUCK
BY A STEAMER IN NEW
YORK BAY.
THREE PEOPLE OVERHEARD.
YOUNG LADY JUMPS AND A MAN
IMMEDIATELY PLUNGEs
AFTER HER.
THEY MAY HAVE BEEN SAVED.
The Boat Drifts Away With Sew
eraI Others on BOard-An
Exciting Rescuee

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-The sloop
yacht Adelaide, owned by Robert W.
Inman Jr., a cotton broker, while
cruising off Nortons point tonight,
was run into by the iron steamer
Perseus. There were aboard Mr.. In
man, who is very well known yachts
man and club man, with residences
in this city and Cold Spring Harbor;
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L. Evans, of West
Forty-ninth street; a Miss Morton,
whom Mrs. Evans was chaperoning,
and Herbert Dorno, the mate, whose
home is in Springfield, Mass. There
was 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 per-
sons are known to have gone over
board. Mrs. Evans and Mate Dorno
were hauled aboard the Perseus. The
Adelaide righted and eyewitnesses
state as she moved off in the dark
the forms of three men could be dis
tinguiShed on her. Lifeboats were
lowered from the Perseus to rescue
those who had gone overheard.
They returned and reported that an
inbound schooner had picked up a
woman and two men from the water.
If this is so probably no lives were
lost, but the fact remains that up
to midnight the relatives and friends
of those known to have gone over
board had 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 ac-
cident, going into Teboo's Basin,
Brooklyn, by Capt. Ferguson, of the
tug Alfred j. Murray. Capt. Fergu-
son said that she was evidently dis
abled, and he was much surprised
When, instead of making landing,
she turned and started for the mar
rows.
SAW THE DANGER TOO LATE.
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
and the Adelaide went along in lively
style. A starboard tack was made
toward Rock Ridge. The Adelaide
was off shore about 7:3O, coming in
from Norton's Point. The yacht had
the right of way. There was no need
of collision between her and the
steamer. Capt. Hulz, of the Perseus,
saw the danger, but too late to avoid
the collision. He had the engoines re-
versed, and the steamer was under
but little headway when her sharp
nose struck the Adelaide just forward
on the midships. The force of the col
lision 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 entirely.
With Shrek she jumped into the
water. Mr.. Evans, seemingly think
ing it was his wife who jumped,
plunged in after Miss Norton. His
wife said that 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
boom and one of his ribs was broken.
| He was on his feet in moment and
prevented Mrs. Evans from jumping
| into the water 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 big hawser. AS
! he did so the Adelaide drifted away
and he was left hanging from the
! hawser with the unconscious Mrs.
| Evans in one arm. Some of the deck
| hands on the PerseuS reached over
and pulled Dorno and Mrs. Evans
aboard The steamer was fading from
| sight and from the water came shouts
| for help. Capt. Hulz ordered two
| boats lowered from the Perseus, but it
required ten minutes to get the small
boats into the water.
WE'RE THEY RESCUED?
There was panic aboard the steam
| er, caused largely by Mrs. Evans
| screams for her husband. Some fool
ish 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
1t was to report that an unknown
schooner about to dock in this city
had picked up the three persons
known to have gone overheard from
the Adelaide-Mr. Evans, Miss Nor
| ton and tha nfoiy