Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-19
FIVE LIVES LOST
By Capsizing Of A Yacht In Long
 Island Sound
CRAFT STRUCK BY A sQUALL

Two Only of the People on Board Were Saved Steward Stanbridge and Mrs
 Sprankle Tell of the Accident The
 Yacht Was Bound for Newport Hav-
 ing Left Delaware City Monday
 Morning.
 New Haven, July 19.-Five pcrsoas were drowned in the sound yesterday afternoon by the capsiZing of the yawl l1gged yacht yenltZ1a of Philadelphia at point five miles east of Sands Point near the New York and Connecti- cut line. Two only of those on board the yacht were rescued The drowned are:
 Arthur c. Colburn, owner of the yacht, and hs daughters Ida and Ans nette Colburn all of 110 North street, Philadelphia; Captain Flint of B: ok lyn, N Y., master of tae yacht and q sailor. name unknown. The others on board the ill-fated craft. Mrs Walter T. SpranEle of519 York street, Philad l. phia, another daughter of the owner cf the yacht, and the steward, James Stanbridge of New York, were rescued by the tug Gertrude after clinging for two hours to the bottom of a capsized long boat.
 The yacht left Delaware City Mon- day morning bound for Newport. Yes- terday morning it started from ThomD- sonviHe. $. l.. the intention being to put into Black Rock, Conn, last night and take on bard Mrs Sprinkle's hus- band who was expected there
 According to the story Of the steward the accident happened between 3 and 3:30 i'll the afternoon. The sky WIS very 'snlallv and the steward says he heard MT Colburn say to Captain Flint that it would be well to take in some of the light sails. but that the captain replied that the boat would stand all the wind that was coming She them had on all her light sails including jibs, staysails and topsail
 Steward Stanbridge says he was in the galley preparing supper when he heard an unusual fiuttering of the jibs and felt the boat heel over. He rushfd q on deck and was about amidships when the craft capsized When he fond himself in the water he attempted 0
 
 water, but found that if was sinking, and he then swam for the yawls ten- der which was bottom up. As he was supporting himseif at one end of the boat, Mrs Sprankle. who is an expert swimmer. caught hold of the other end and they balanced themselves thus una til the tug Gertrude appeared and the attention of those on board was attract- ed by the shouts. When picked up both were thoroughly exhausted but have partly recovered this morning.
 The steward saw nothing of the otti- CTS of the party after the disaster and believes that they were carried unde- by the sails and rigging.
 After the tug reached this city this morning Mrs Spranlzle was taken to a local hotel and will await there the ar- rival of her husband
 The yacht Venitzia was built i'll 1880 in Mystic, Conn, and was elaboratelv finished and furnished. She is 50 feet lcpg with a net tonnage of 31.
 Philadelphia Pa. July 19.-ArthuI T4 Colburn who. with his two daughters Ida and Annette and his niece, Miss Elizabeth Colburn. was drowned by the capsizing of his yacht near Cap- tain's Island in Long Island sound. yes- terday was a wealthy spice manuflc- turer of this city and an expert yacats@ man. He was a member of the COiin- thian Yacht club of Philadelphia and left here on Friday last to participate in the annual cruise of his club. Het resided in Delaware City Del, where he had an extensive estate.
 Elizabeth Colburn was a daughter of F. c. Colburn of Ans nia Conn.