New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-19
THE METEOR IN COLLISION.
ox Won zEpw1Tz SWEPT FROM THE
ISOLDE AND KILLED.
rrrw or THE SMALLER YACHT THROWN
,y-o THE wATER-MANY MARROW ESCAPES
THE YACHTING FETEs At SOUTH
SEA SUSPENDED.

SEA SUSPENDED.
So ,rg 1S-The races OF the Royal Al
N' nara,ta Of Southsea were interrupted to-
GER :, accident which caused the death OF
o'' von Zedwitz the owner Of the twenty
psO ,.o,5a and endangered the lives of the cap
iS'e .,d crew, Of that vessel, all of whom were
Va - overheard Tho large r2tcrs started AT
h,oy this morning to sail over the forty
..rrss sailed over yesterday and the small
h" .o,.ed nj 10 o'clock 20 sail over the same
To- bpt only once round-twenty-t miles
c~,-os ho,nc f5O and f25 for the big boats and
-, - the winner o. the race for small raters.
-. s,srte,s In tho big race were the. Aiisa' the
,.,r,a the Meteor and the Satanita' ana III
-. soar-rater race the Saint. the Niagara the
n....,,re The Audrey the Penitent ana the
Isolde. .a %
Tho b,r Yachts had finished the FIRST round OF
49, oo,,~se and were just starting upon the
.oora ropnd. when suddenly the boats OF po'h
.,.ssos seemed 70 have become tammed 'osether'
,.o Isolde. which sandwiched between TWO
- .he larger class received a severe hloW
-, ,be Meteor. causing her mast to snap N TWO
~, ~, o,.ornoard. The shock was a heavy one,
..,.,ur .he Isolde careen, and as she did so all
-. hoord of her were spilled into the sea
w., Tho Meteor struck the small yacht there
.. . great crash and blocks, fragments OF the
,roren mast and other parts of the Isolde were
+ ewing in every direction. As soon as 'he
u,s,on took place the other yachts stopped anu
80, o,t boats 70 rescue the men struggling IN the
uater. Baron Won Zedwitz. the owner OF 'he
Isolde who was on board Of his yacht' was
struck on the head by block or a piece OF the
broken mast and knocked overheard lie was
unconscious when taken out of the water and
conveyed on board steam yacht 10 the cruz
house at Ryde. He received every possible
medical attention at Ryde, but he did not regain
consciousness and died soon after reaching the
clubhouse.
strong wind was blowing at the time OF the
.oc,dani kicking up a bad sea. and it was
ra,ning very hard The Isolde was badly dam
s.a6 and was towed to Portsmouth The bow
snr,t of the Meteor swept her deck and carried
quay all of her gear Several members or the
Iso,de's crew were picked up in an exhausted
condition.
The crew experienced some very narrow es-
,anes bu, fortunately all Of them were rescued.
A sailor belonging to the British gunboat Ant
which was lying at anchor near the scene OF
the collision rescued one of the 1sodes men
IN drowning condition. lie coulo io' nave S''
yved thirty seconds longer
Tho accident cast a gloom over everything,
and tn races were abandoned for the DAY.
Cantain Comes the skipper OF the Meteor as
orihes the collision of the Meteor WIN the
1solda 10 the fact that the Britannia dld not
make wav for the Meteor to pass the Isolde;
All of the clubhouses n Spithead and Ryde
are flying flags at half-masS III consequence VI
the death Of the Baron . ,..-
The Baron WAS personal frieno OF Emperor
VTian and il is remarked upon as strange that
he should have been killed in collision with HIS
Majssty's yacht -, a~,--
To-morrow's yach. races and the fireworks
With which II was intended to sienalize the end
- 1rah
Southsea have been postponed unu ai'er '"e
funeral
As p yachtsman Baron Won Zedwitz was gooo
sportsman and he was well liked In all OF 'he r'Is-
I,sh sporting centres. His wife the Baroness Won
Zedwitz was a daughter of the late Charles koose-
Welt of New-York, and cousin of Theodore Roose-
Welt.
Miss Roosevelt met the Baron while travelling IN
Europe about eight years ago. and they were mar
ried soon after in NewYork City. They had since
resided in Europe
The Baron was about thirty-eight years old. Be
sides being enthusiastic yachisman he was con-
sidered a power OF no mean weight in the younger
generation of the Free Conservative party OF Ger
many He was q PrVy Councillor. and had been
q member of the Reichstag for eighteen years. He
was considered an authority on hnance. ana was
perial Cabinet to MI the post Of Minister of
Finance. But the Kaiser appointed DR.. MIGUEL TO
that Office. The Baron leaves widow and two
children.
The Isolde was a twenty -rater yacht constructed
Nv the Herreshoffs at Bristol r. L. in 1895. for
Prince Leopold Of Germany, who sold the boat to
Baron ZedwtZ
The Meteor which is owned by the German En-
peror is steel cutter of 226 tons. and built
IN the Hendersons' yards the Clyde in the early
part Of this year.