The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11
CUP DEFENDER LAUNCHED.
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down the raiiing. and the plaza resound-
"a with cheers and thanksgiving. When
half the stern oveshsagfng was clear Of
The shed half dozen Of the new BOATS
crew. who were lying on her deck. jump
"a to their feet and raised . magnificent
American Yacht Club ensign In the STIR.
Then there was another busting on the
deck and a half dozen men raised the
white star and crescent on q red burges
ab0ve the red and black bursce below.
Tho cojsrs Of J. Pierpont Morgan and Col
Oiiyer Iseiin respectively. Soon the long.
tApertng boz was clear Of the shed. and
on the extreme end star bearing tho
New York Yacht club burEee was slipped
into the socket. Inch By inch the long.
slim craft moved down. and the water
soon ias,ped ths metal ruddeT. which
gieamed ike gold under the rays Of the
lights. and tho water crept up until tina
rssdder head was complntciv submerged
and the keel was hidden from view.
Tho coluzss4 moved SlDvw down the
railway and Into he deep water Of the bay
until at lsst che drew out from thu steel
cradle and bobbed up and Down With the
gentle wstss. She was than swung In and
usoored aanga6ssths pisT.
neseables the De3enaes.
To the casual Observer the Columbia re-
sembles the Defender IN many respects
There II thu same long ossehzng both for
ward ard Aft. and the same deep under
body with tons OF lead east into . bulb
shaped keel at the very bottom.
A careful study of the huh reveals may
afpnta In. rvbt zk q Aa
the champion of lsss The Columbia has .
long. STEADY. taper.nx bow. rounding up
gradually from the keel and eadtng Ia an
extremely sharp point At the stem. fhs
stern ovsrhang IL longer and fiattsr than
Was the Defenders. and in fact. the Gu
tire huh has the appearance OF having =
much natter Moor than did the older boata
Then the underhody Is considerably short
er Al the foot than was that OF the ps-
fender ana the lead !. said TO be east SO
that II gradually rounds out from a four
inch thickness TO three feet through At its
widest part.
Aeasurcnents Of the New Yacht.
a res.eent OK Bristol who has been watch
Ing tho Columbia day after day says when
the tape Was run along from the stem 10
stern she measured iss feet lnches. Her
beam Is reported to leo "a fees =. inchas,
and from the top Of her ia-inch crown
deck to the base of the lead keel the new
boat measures close 10 q fee. itast at,ol,
what the Defender measured The keel Ia
estimated 10 be - feet long at the very
foot, and contains aboa, IS tons OF lead
Allowing fer a ff.eh1Ara OF about feet
inches. the Columbia will he very closc ID
% feet on the water the when her sasrs
sAsls. higgins and racing equipment are
aboard Her draft VIII be 80 fees 3 inches
William Yessn9, an ola friend of John II
Herrsshoff. whose home Is In naItinere
Was stricken with apopiexy while lookinf
AT the Columbia In the shes. this after
noon. ard 10 not expected To live.
hoy Accidentally Knitted.
Just ms the Columbia was about cut. ,
distressing accident occurred Tire exn.s
sion Of the can 81 fash light powder blew
leg a,ai part az the head Ell Sspcleog
San Souei aged - years broke the leg,
81 two ether boys. and SEES erely Injured sev
eral ether persons. The photographer VII.
CAUSED the accident selected the sep Of !
shed. tae reef Of which MAS closely fsaekrs
with bays. Ia psurinS eas Tue essaasxa
powder grain must have been lsfi con
Meeting the large can ~ explosive ~sss
the small quantity on the camera As IN,
phosoefa9heF touched the s0ze Re shoates
q warning. hus there was no space sn whie,
the boys could move. A terrific sspiossar
followed. the entire shed collapsed, naan,
women en the whsryos tainted from IN.
shock. and there Was great excitement
TIRE Iolsse pmllea the sntarei from ~
wreck ana Carried sesra into the HERES
heT shop san soses VAS taken fgac n.
wreck and esrysea - his hease. nsar by
where BE alcsi in 4 few minutes. without
regssninS consciousness The injured ar.
az Bristol boys. ant The ussarreaes IA,
cast giSora over the ce,amh.a's launch,
sn-