The times., 1899-07-18
DEATH ENDS A FESTIVAL.
A Woman Drowned by the Upsettini;
of n Boat.

of II 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 1t the festival was turned
into mourning by the drowning of Mrs.
Carmine Sullo. the wife of wealthy
Chinatown merchant.
But for heroic work, her child, her hus-
band. and a friend must have gone to
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
ylyors. and one of them, diving deep.
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-whose day it was
in East 1l5th Street and when the SER
vice was done devotees placed upon the
altar a 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
noon, in which 5000 men, uniformed
Enthusiastically, were in line. They moved
through 18th. Hath and 1l5th 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 illumi-
mated beyond precedent. There were
| lanterns outside, and there was an in
exhaustible supply of freerackers. Man
dolins We're singing on the balconies and
on the steps, and all the neighborhood
made holiday and entertained a host of
| friends from other sections of the city.
Among the visitors were Carmine Sullo.
| twenty-eight years old. a wealthy mer=
chant, of 65 Mott Street; his wife. Celeste,
| twenty-sayen years old. and her daughter,
Jennie, a year and a half old After din
| ner they decided to go rowing. With them
| went Frederick d'Angelis, of 227 Sullivan
Street, He has a cork leg.
They hired a boat at the foot of East
| 112th Street There is a recreation pier
at this point, and it was thrOnged by near
| ty two thousand Italians The party put
off amid the cheers OF the crowd, many
| of whom knew them.
There Was Il strong current setting to-
ward Hell Gate. Neither Sullo nor dan
| CELLS, who were at the oars, was u good
| waterman. and as the tide sucked the boat
toward the swift water down stream both
| became nervous.
Mrs. Sullo was greatly frightened. she
/ held her baby in her arms Just as the
men tried to turn the boats bow toward
| 1i2th Street she attempted to change her
seat. and plunged overheard, carrying the
| baby with her.
/ aFt hnr CttItn
| 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, leay-
! 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. A chorus of grief went up from the
! recreation pier. where 1000 men and We
men saw what had happened,
Assistance was on the way. but it was
! tardy. John Murray, nineteen years old,
! of No. l4I6 Park Avenue. and Michael
Flynn, twenty years old, of No 1851 Third
| Avenue. put oil In a rowboat. They saw
| Mrs Sullo sink for the last time when
! they were l00 yards from her. Murray
! sprang overheard and. diving, brought her
up. She vas unconscious when they drag
/ ged her into the boat, but Sullo, D'Angelis.
and the baby were drowning and the res
/ cuers pulled to them and carried them to
/ 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. Sullo. and
1 told them she was dead The child was
/ taken to the Harlem Hospital. sulIo.
( crazed walked wildly up and down the
pier until policeman led him away His
/ wilcs body lay on the pier waiting the
4 coming of a coroner's physician.
/ The baby had swallowed much water and
I was in a critical condition. The festival
/ WAS 1t an end.