The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-18
.l'ALAHI7GUS YACHTING
The Twenty Rater Ise1de
Run Down BY the
Kaisers Meteor.
BARON VoS zEBNlrz Kst1Bs
He Owned the Smaller Boat
Struck on the Head By
a Block.
BARON VoS zEBNuz KtElB6
Bu CabIs 3 the United Press.

LONDON, Aug. Is. 1856 The Royal AL
bert Yacht Club Regatta was Continued
at Southsea today until it ended III a
shocking calamity. II was sailed over
the same forty-six mile course sailed yes-
terday. The prizes for. the large raters
were $50 and a25. There was whole
sail breeze from the southwest, but the
rain fell heavily. The starters in the big i
race were the Ailsa. Britannia, santanita
and Meteor. The boats started at ten
O'Clock.
The yachts in the race for small raters
started at eleven O'Clock over the same
course as that sailed BY the big yachts
but only once round-twenty-th three miles.
The starters were The Saint. Niagara,
Samphire, Audrey. Penitent and Isolde
The prize was Els to the winner
While both races were in progress the
Meteor came into collision with the
twenty-rater Isolde, dismastfng her and
throwing her crew into the sea. All or
the boats stopped Immediately and be-
gan the rescue OF the Isolds's crew, which
was accomplished The races were then
abandoned. The accident happened Just
at the beginning of the second round OF
the big race.
Barren Won zedwitz. the owner of the
Isolde, who was on board his yacht. was
struck in the head and face by some
of the fragments Of the masfs and other
parts Of the boats which the collision
| sent flying in every direction and Was
fatally injured. He was conveyed 10
Ryde.
The big yachts had finished the first
round Of the course and were just start
ing upon the second round when sud-
denly the boats Of both classes seemed
| to have become janned together. The
Isolde, which was sandwiched between
two yachts of the larger class received
a severe blow from the Meteor. causing
her mast TO snap in two and fan over
board.
The shock was a heavy one. causing the
Isolde to careen and as she did so ali on
Her owner, Raron Won ZRdwitz was
struck on the head BY block Or piece
of the broken mast. AS soon as possible
he was conveyed to Ryde. He died
shortly after
A strong breeze was blowing sat the
time of the accident. kicking up bad
sea and it was raining very hard The
Isolde was badly damaged and was towea
TO Portsmouth The bowsprit Of tns
Meseor swept her deck and carried away
all of her gear. Several Of the members
| of the Isolde's crew were picked up IN
an exhausted eonditioY but all hands
were saved,
The flag on the Ryde Clubhouse is fly
| ing at half mast
Baron Won zedtwftz was unconscious
when he was taken out Of the water. iand
in this condition he was hurrie1ly con-
| yeyed on board steam yacht to the CLUB
house of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club
/ at Ryde where ne received every poss.ols
medical attention. 1t IS understood that
ne did not regain consciousness and that
I he died very soon after reaching the club
house.
All of the yachts and clubhouses at
| spithead are flying flags at half-mast Ia
consequence Of the Baron's DEATH
The crew of the Isolde experienced
some very narrow escapes. but fortunately
all of them were rescued A sailor be-
longing to the British gunboat Ant, which
was lying at anchor near the scene Of
the collision. rescued one of the Isoide's
men in a drowning condition He could
not have survived thirty seconds longer.
The accident cast 2 gloom over every
1itaS anu tAe kdScs hs4S dDaAuoHe0 tuE
the day
The Isolde was examined after be ng
towed to Portsmouth. and it was found
that besides being d.srnas5ed and having
all of her gear swept from her deck she
had large hole stove in her bow.
The Isolde was a swenty-rater yacht.
constructed by the Herreshoffs at Bris-
tol. R. l.. in 1885 for Prince Leopold. Of
Germany, who sold the boat to Baron Won
Zedtwitz
The. Meteor sustained no INJURY what
ever by the collision.
As a yachtsnan. Baron Won zedwitz
was a good sportsman and he was vel
liked in all of the English sporting cen
tres HIS wife. the Baroness ven Zed-
wltz. was a daughter of the late Mr..
Charles Roosevelt of New York Tomor-
rows yacht races and the fireworks with
which it was intended o signalixe the
ending Of the Royal Albert Yacht Club
regatta at Southsea, have been post
| poned until after the funeral