The evening times., 1899-07-17
DEATH ENDS A FESTIVAL.
4 Woman Drowned by the Upsetting
of q Boat.

New York, July 17.-All little Italy.
and Italians from Greater New York
generally celebrated the feast Of Our
Lady of Mount Carmel last evening. and
at the end of it the festival was turned
into mourning by the drowning of Mrs.
Carmine Sullo, the wife of a wealthy
Chinatown merchant.
But for heroic work, her child, her hus-
band, and friend must have gone 10
death with her Thousands of frenzied
Italians saw Mrs. Sullo sink for the last
time. Then two young men of the sort
which haunt the piers rescued the sur
vivors. and one OF them, diving Geep,
brought up Mrs. Sullos body.
Little Italy made religious holiday from
early morning yesterday There was
early mass in the Church of Our Lady
OF Mount Carmel-whoses day it was
in East 115th Street, and when the GER
vice was done devotees placed upon the
altar fortune in silver and gold. coins.
vessels. and rings.
1t was estimated that $1,000 Italians
took part in the celebration which fol-
lowed. There was parade in the after
HUUH, III WHICH o,tUU IIeu,
fantastically, were In line. The moved
through 18th, 114th and 115th Streets.
and First and Second Avenues. A cru
cifx was borne before them. Strings OF
flags crossed the streets from house to
house.
With the evening came a sort of Vene-
tian carnival The houses were ilumi-
mated beyond precedent There were
lanterns outside. and there was an in
exhaustible supply of frecrackers. Man
dolins were singing on the balconies and
on the steps. and all the neighborhood
made holiday and entertained host of
friends from other sections of the city.
Among the visitors were Carmine Sulio.
twentyeight years old, wealthy mer-
chant of 60 Mott Street; his wife. Celeste
twenty seven years old. and her daughter.
Jennie, a year and half old. After din
ner they decided to go rowing. With them
went Frederick d'Angelis, or 227 Sullivan
Street. He has cork leg.
They hired a boat at the foot of East
ll2th Street There is a recreation pier
ty two thousand Italians. The party put
off amid the cheers of the crowd, many
of whom knew them.
There was a strong current setting to-
ward He'll Gate. Neither Sullo nor dan
gels, who were at the oars, was good
waterman, and as the tide sucked the boat
toward the swift water down stream both
became nervous.
Mrs. Sulio was greatly frightened. She
held her baby in her arms. Just as the
men tried TO turn the boats bow toward
112th Street she attempted to change her
seat, and plunged overheard. carrying the
baby with her.
D'Angelis plunged after her and Sulio
followed him. The tide had carried the
woman some distance from the boat, but
D'Angelis. cork leg and all overlook her
and seized the baby. With the child he
swan back TO the overturned boat, leav-
ing the drowning woman 10 her husband.
With one hand he clung to the boat. and
with the other he kept the baby's heal
above water.
Sullo is a poor swimmer He could not
support his wife, and swan back to the
boat. where he and D'Angelis shouted for
help. chorus Of grief went up from the
recreation pier, where 2,G00 men and wo-
men saw what had happened.
Assistance was on the way, but il was
tardy. John Murray. nineteen years old.
of No. 1446 Park Avenue, and Michael
Flynn, twenty years old Of No. 1851 Third
Avenue, put off in rowboat. They saw
Mrs. Sullo sink for the last time when
they were 100 yards from her Murray
sprang overheard. and, diving. brought her
up. She was unconscious when they drag
ged her into the boat, but Sullo. d Angels,
and the baby were drowning, and the res
cuers pulled to them and carried them 10
the pier, where the crowd shouted and
walled in grief and excitement.
Dr. Muller. OF the Harlem Hospital. who
came with an ambulance, found Murray
and Flynn working over Mrs. SulIo. and
told them she was dead. The child was
taken to the Harlem Hospital. SullO,
craZed, walked wildly up and down the
pier until policeman led him away. His
wife's body lay on the pier waiting the
coming of a coToners physician.
The baby had swallowed much water and
was in critical condition. The festival
was at an end.