The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-08
SIX MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OBJ
JAMES CORRIGAN, OF CLEVE-
LAND, DROWNED
HOULD not LEAVE The ClBIl
SAILORS IMPLORED THEM TO COME
ONTO THE DECK FOR SAFE
TY'S SAKE
PARALYzED IN THEIR FRIGHT
Seemed Incapable of Making an E.f.
fort to Save Themselves, and
Went Down With the
Craft.

CLEVELAND, o., July THE schoon-
er-yacht Idler was lost in a terrific
storm sixteen miles off this port this aft
ernoon with six persons, all members OF
the family of James Corrigan, a wealthy
vessel owner of this city, aboard.
THE DEAD
MRS MRS. JAMES CoRRIGAN. wife of the
Mis- CHARLES REILLY. aged twen-
1.-Two years, daughter OF Mr. and Mrs
James COrrigan.
MISS JANE CORRIGAN. aged twenty
Corrigan.l -4i . '@iii'S
MISS IDA MAY CoRRIGAN. aged at-
years. ''3Su ''iii zen
BABY REILLY, granddaughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Corrigan -''
Mrs. John Corrigan was the only pas
senger on board who was saved
Z. ID. Holmes the captain; Samuel Big
gam the mate; four sailors. two cooks
and the ship carpenter were also saved
The yacht left Port Huron yesterday
with the family of Mr. Corrigan on
board and started for Cleveland Mr..
Corrigan was I'll and left by train. The
yacht was In tow until she reached Rar
1oiht' when the captain left her tow
ana turned the yacht for Cleveland. At
CLOCK the storm came up. and inside
OF hVe minutes the yacht sank All the
women, excepting Mrs. John Corriean
and Miss Eta Corrigan were in the
cabin when the gale came up. They be-
came panic stricken and refused to leave
the place. The mate implored them TO
come to the deck, but they refused. Mrs.
John Corrigan cIung to a cork sofa when
the gale came and was saved
MATES STORY.
Mate Biggam said: "It was about 2:15
when the gale struck the ill-fated yacht
lie was relating his version of the af-
FAIR to g sympathetic crowd in the office
Oh the Lake Carriers association.
THE yacht laid down on one OF her
beam ends" he continued. "and the
water rushed through the dead lights
and companionways, and in three min
utes she sank
Mrs. James Corrigan, Miss Ida Corri-
gan, Miss Jane Corrigan. Mrs. Charles
Reilly and the infant daughter of Mrs
Reilly were all in the saloon below when
the storm came on. Capt. Holmes gave
me orders to take In sail I transmitted
the orders to the crew, and they obeyed
quickly. The captain and / tried to get
the women to come on deck We told
them the yacht was sinking, but they
refused to come on deck / waded into
I the saloon when the water was up to nv
neck, but Mrs. James Corrigan refused
to come out. She may have been rem
dered incapable of action by fear and a
knowledge of impending DOOM An ef-
fort was made to take the infant of Mrs.
Reilly out, but Mrs. Reilly would not let
the child go''
ABANDONED TO FATE.
The mate said it was realized that moth
Ing could be done TO save those I'm the
cabin, and attention was turned 10 saw
Ing those on deck The latter, outside OF
the mate, captain and crew, were Mrs
John Corrigan and her daughter Miss
Eta COrrigan
THE captain, myself and some Of the
crew tried to get Mrs. Corrigan and her
daughter up on the cross trees in the
rigging, but the heavy sea washed us all
overheard
g For Gods sake, Mrs Corr,gan, you
and your daughter keep a tight hold on
the rigging we cried 10 them Even
as we yelled the sea swept us and them
overheard. Fortunately Mrs. Corrigan
had succeeded in taking hold Of a cork
lounge. She clung to It and was saved
According to the testimony OF several
sailors the top main sail and the jib
sail were all set when the storm came up
This is denied by Biggam. the mate who
declares they were In good condition TO
face the storm
Capt. James Corrigan declared tonight
that good seamanship could have avefted
the tragedy He IS almost frenzied with
grief.
The Idler was a staunch schooner yacht,
which Capt Corrigan recently purchased
from John Cudahy. Of Chicago.
The survivors of the wreck were picked
up by tugs a few minutes after the acci-
dent and brought into this port