New-York tribune., 1899-10-13
YACHT SMASHES CUTTER.
THE WHITE LADYE AND THE MANNING
IN COLLISION.
ROTH BOATs BADLY DANAGED-THE ACCT
DENT NOT TO BE LAID TO THE
FAULT or ETHER

DENT NOT TO BE LAID TO THE
FAULT OF EITHER.
The nrst serious accident that has occurred
since the yacht contests began happeheu VS.
dav when the English steam yacht White
La6ve foued the revenue cutter Manning 'he
flagship Of the patrol feet. With her bowsprh
tho White Iadve swept the Government vessei
from the fore rigging TO abaft the hurricane
deck. carrying away the port rails Of the bridge
smashing the dingy and the daVits. tearing =
oulck-fring gun and its support. relic taken
from the Vizcaya from the hurricane deck. hur-
ing II into the gangvay Of the maindeck below
and doing considerable damage 10 the snip ;
gear generally The White Ladye which at one
time belonged 10 Squire" Abingdon Baird. by
whom It was presented to Mrs. Langtry, was
also greatly damaged. Her bowsprit was car
ried completely away. and several OF the fore
stays were snapped in two.
The Manning and the White Ladye are old
antagonists on the first race day the Enghsh
YACHT came near being run down by carelessly
crossing the bows Of the cutter while endeavor-
ing to intrude beyond the patrol line in defiance
OF the regulations lai1 down for keeping the
course clear Had it not been for the prompt
ness Of Captain William II. Roberts In reversing
the engines of the Manning the yacht would
have been rammed amldships and probably
sent 10 the bottom. Captain Evans reported her
captain 10 the authorities
VICTIMS OF CIRCUMsTANCEs.
Yesterdays m!shap. however was the fault or
neither vessel Both were. 20 some extent. the
victims Of circumstances. After II had been sig
nailed from the Regatta Committees boat that
the race was of for the fifth successive time
the excursion craft. and patrol feet which for
over an hour had been conGregated around the
Sandy Hook Lightship waiting IN the hope that
by some miraculous chance breeze might
rise. began general scurry for home. II was
IN the confusion Of putting about that the col
lision took place The Manning travelling
slowly. describing half circle In rounding
for home when the White Ladye was seen TO be
keeping a straight course directly across the
cutters bows An accident appeared inevitable.
but on both vessels instant efforts were made
10 avert IT, Both engines were stopped. and the
Manning was set full speed astern The White
Ladye was slower in her endeavor TO back away
but this was accounted for by the fact that I'M
rnediately behind her was the big Sound steamer
, Plymouth The White Ladye. as it seemed from
the deck of the Manning. was between two
fires and the Manning was similarly IN a pre-
dicament She might perhaps have cleared the
steam Yacht by turning sharply TO the star
board but she was blocked in that direction by
the revenue tug Winsow. which was close 10
her on the starhoard quarter
Consequently the Manning unable TO lose
momentum in the short time that elapsed after
reversing the engines struck the bo"sprit II
the White Ladye at right angles Grazing first
the port Maxim rapid fire gun. situated Just
forward Of the wheel house. the howsprit next
hit with full force the bridge upon which Cap
tain Roberts and his officers were standing.
The impact was such that the whole of the
strong iron railing Of the bridge was either
brushed entirely away or bent UP Ike so much
t,yine The port lamp case was wrenched off
and dropped into the sea. The dingy. the first
IN the line Of lifeboats was next HIT Its davits
We're hcisted and its forward tackle burst drop
| ping the boat perpendiculary into the water.
/ Continuing its devasting cousse the White
| Ladye's bowsprit broke one Of the steel stays o.
| tho stack. stove IN a ventator ana rlppeI
| from its steel fastenings in the deck the rlpod
| upou which swung the revolving rapid fire gun
| taken from the Nizcaya. The gun tself was
! hurled with tremendous force 10 the deck below
! but fortunately no one was passing through INC
/ gapgwav at the time All this happened within
a snace of few seconds but before further
| damage could be done the yachts boWsprli
snapped off near 10 the bow Ike dried twig
/ As ii dropped into the water II Drought down
| with Il some Of the forestays
CONNECTION ON BOTH VESSELS.
on both vessels the greatest commotior
momentarry prevailed To the loud cracking:
Of tinbers were added the shouted warnings Of
the crews and screams of several women ~
one was hurt by the flying gear and spinters
but Captain Robley D. Evans and others wh'
were standing on the Manniug's hurricane decl