Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-07-12
WRECK OF A YACHT
Six Persons Persisted in a
Lake Erie Disaster.
BOAT WENT DOWN IN A STORM
Mad Se""'a"ship Il said to Have tees
the Cause Of tho Accident One
Passenger Was saved

Cleveland, o., July lO.-The srhoon
~ yacht Idler was lost in territi,
storm Is miles off this port this after
noon. with six persons, all members o
the family OF James Corrigan, wealth,
vessel.owner OF this city.
Mrs. John Corrigan was the onl,
passenger aboard who was saved. G..
III. Holmes, the captain; Samuel Big.
gam, the mate; four sailors. two cooks
and the ships carpenter were also
saved. The yacht left Port Huron ves-
tcrday with the family of Mr. Cor,iyan
aboard and started to Cleveland. MIR.
to,rigan was i'll, and left by the train.
AT O'Clock the storm came up, and
INSIDE OF five minutes the yacht sank
All the women, except Mrs. John Cor
rig.n and Mics Eta Corriyan, were in
the cabin when the gale came up
They became panic stricken, and re-
fused to leave the place. The men i'm
plored them to come to the deck. but
they refused. Mrs. John Corrigan
chung to cork sofa when the gale
came, and was saved. When rescued.
Blggam said:
1t was about 2:05 when the squall
struck us. The yacht laid down on her
beam ends, and the water rushed
through the headlights and companion.
ways. and in three minutes she sank.
Mrs. James Corrigan, Miss Ida CORR.
gan. Miss Jane Colrigan, Mrs. Charles
Reilly and the infant daughter of Mrs.
Reilly We're all in the saloon below
when the storm came on us. CAPTAIN
Holmes gave me orders to take in sail,
and transmitted the order to the men.
They obeyed quickly. The captain,
myself and the crew made efforts to
save the women, but without success.
We told them the yacht was sinking,
but they could not or would not come
"n deck. / wadcd into the saloon
when the water was up to my neck,
but Mrs. James Corrigan would not
come out. She may have been rendered
incapable OF action by fear and knowl.
edge of the impending doom. An
effort was made to take the infant
daughter OF Mrs. Reilly out, but Mrs.
Reilly would not let the child 90.
1T was realized that nothing could
'0 VOHo W save tuOSt Ill tuc cHDlu, anu
attention was turned to saving those on
deck. The latter, outside OF the cap
tain, mate and crew, were Mrs. John
Corrigan and her daughter, Miss Eta
Colrigan. The captain and the crew
tried to get Mrs. Corrigan and her
daughter up on the cross-trees in the
rigging, but the heavy sea washed
them Ill ova~i 49, A. -
' "For Gods sake, Mrs. Corrigan, you
and YOUR daughter keep tight hoio Oh
the rigging" we called to the"'
..Even rs we yelled the sea swept them
and MS overheard. Fortunately, Mrs.
,,orrisan had succeeded in taking hold
81 cork lounge. She chung to it and
was saved"
According to the testimony OF several
Sailors. the topsail, mainsail and j"
we're all set when the storm came up
This is denied by Biggam, who declares
that they we're in good condition to
face the storm. Captain James Corrl'
gan declared tonight that good sea-
manship could have averted the
tragedy. He is almost frenzied win
rrief. The ldler was staunch schooh'
or Yacht, which Captain Corrig"n re.
Gently purchased from John Cudahy' OF
Chicago. The survivors OF the wreck
were picked up by tugs a few minutes
after the accident and brought into
this port.