The true northerner., 1900-07-11

yacht, who is one of the survivors
said:
"It was about 2:15 o'clock that the
squall hit us. The yacht laid down on
her beams ends, and the water rushed
through the dead lights and companion
ways and in three minutes she sank.
Mrs. James Corrigan Miss Ida Corrigan,
Miss Jane Corrigan, Mrs. Charles Reilly
and the infant daughter of Mrs. Reilly
were all in the saloon below when the
storm came on us. Capt. Holmes gave
me orders to take in sail, and trans
mltted 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 on deck. l waded into the
saloon where the water was up TO my
neck, but Mrs. James COrrigan would
not come out She may have been rem
dered incapable of action by fear and
knowledge of impending doom. An ef-
fort was made TO take the infant daugh-
ter of Mrs. Reilly out, but Mrs. Reilly
would not let the child go"
The mate said II was realized that
nothing could be done TO save those in
the cabin and that attention was turned
to saving those on deck. The latter, out
side of her captain, mate and crew, were
Mrs. James COrTlsdn ana ner uduSHtSIi
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 seas washed us
all overheard.
FOR Gods sake, Mrs. Corrigan, you
and your daughter keep a tight hold on
the rigging we called TO them. Even
as we yelled the sea swept them and us
overheard Fortunately, Mrs. Corrigan
had succeeded in taking hold of a cork
lounge. She clung to 1t and was saved.
Conflicting stories.
According to the testimony of sew
eral sailors, the topsail, mainsail and
jib were all set when the storm came
up. This is denied by Biggam, the
mate, who declares that they were in
good condition to face the storm.
Capt James Corrigan declared Sat
urday night that good seamanship
could have averted the tragedy. He
is almost frenzied with grief.
Bont was widely known.
The Idler was launched in 1865 at New
Haven. Conn, being built originally for
S. J. Colgate, who intended to use the
Yacht for racing as well as cruising pur-
poses, and for several years spent the
yachting season III SoulueIu WdltTS. IL
was Jog feet over all, being 96 feet on
the water line and % feet beam. It's
tonnage was 1926. June IA. 1870. the Idler
became the most famous yacht In Amer
lean waters and was known all over the
Yachting world for winning and defend
ing the American cup. Eleven schooners
took part i'm the race and the Idler ran
away from the fleet and won easily. Aft
er that the Idler rested on Its laurels
Co. fax wa
for cruising purposes on the coast. In
1876 Colgate again raced the yacht In
several regattas, the most famous OF
which was the races for the Brenton reef
cup, which the yacht won, and the fol-
lowing year In September the Idler won
the Cape May race cup. defeating large
number of yachts In 1882 A. j. Fisher,
of the Chicago Yacht club, purchased
the schooner and brought II TO Chicago,
where II became the best known OF all
yachts on the lake. and for time was
the only large private yacht In use.