Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-25

New York, July %. The late Arthur
T. Colburn Is 60 foot yacht. the Venitzia
Of PHILADELPHIA, which on Thursday
afternoon was caught In squat in
Long island Sound, as result Of which
she capsized and five of the seven
persons who we're on board were lost,
was raised on Saturday. and arrived
at the foot Of Twenty sixth street,
Brooklyn, yesterday morning, In tow Of
thu Merritt & Chapman tug Champion.
When raised out Of the water the
Venitzia was found TO have all sails set
and her centrebcard was up. She had
been found standing upright in the
water.
At Mclntosh's yacht basin the craft
was tied up and the bodies Of two OF
the victims, who had been found IN the
main cabin, removed and taken to an
underiaker's for pref arntion for trans
portation to Delaware City, Del, to
which place they we're shipped last
night. The bodies found we're those of
Mr.. Golburn's two daughters, Miss Ida
and Miss Annette. The bodies OF the
other victims, Mr.. Colburn, Capt. Flint
and Frank Elberg, sailor, were not
found in the beat. The bodies of the
! two young women were in remarkable
stats OF preservation. and from appear
ances neither had had time to realize
what their doom was before the craft
sank beueath the water. MISS Annette
was lying in a berth. and apparently
bad not moved during oil Of tho terrible
experience On the other hand, Miss
Ida appeared to have realized that
something unusual was about to tran
spire, for she appeared to have made
an attempt TO escape from the cabin,
judging from the position her body was
in when found, The three persons who
4 were lost we're on deck nt the time, and
were washed overheard when the boat
| went down.
The boat apparently was absolutely
| uniujuIed. Scattered here and there on
the pier we're the cushions, fancy pillow
cases and brIc.a brac of the boat
OF china bearing the flag of the Phila.
delphia Corinthian Yacht Club, trophies
won ty the toat In past eonteats, nauti-
cal Instruments, sailor hats that be-
lonRed to the Misses Colburn and Mrs.
Sprankle- the last of whom, with the
steward, was saved-dress suit cases
and garments CT all descriptions scat
tered at different places SO as to catch
the SUMS rays that they might dry
attested to tho terrible catastrophe that
had overtaken the handsome craft.
One of the trophies was for the annual
cruise Of tho Philadelphia Corinthian
Yacht Club, run from Shelter Island 70
Newport in 1896 The inscription
showed that it was the first prize, for
i first.class sloopB, cutters and yawls,
given by A. j. Gassett, of the Penn.
sylvania railroad. Other prizes re.
covered showed that the boat had an
interesting history.
John II. Mcintosh had charge OF the
expedition that went to tho seems oil
the disaster and raised the zach {.
Chartering the Merritt q Chapman tug
Champion. he left the city early Satur.
day morning, and in less than "a hours
was bnck at the basin with the yacht,
which had been pumped out in transit.
About q a. m. Saturday the wrsckine
expedition set out for the scene Of tbs
wreck. They arrived shortly before
noon. The water was GO feet deer
where the Venitzia went down, AND
there was about IL feet Of her masts
showing above the surface. DIVERS
were sent down before the attempts IL
raiee her began to search tho rigging
for any bodies that might have beer
ChuBub III iL Npuo was IOunu, hDC
then the raising of the boat was begun.
Mr.. Mcintosh said: 1--WE sent dowr
divers to make ths windlass fast. anc
with that We raised the boat little
out of the water We then placed {
line under her keel and raised hel
about five feet, after which limo wal
passed under her steam and she wa,
raised TO the surface. At half past
at night we had tho boat we'll out o.
the water and started with her 10 TOW
TO City Island. We, pumped her ou
IN route and recovered the bodies O.
the Misses Colpurn.''
A. J. Mcintosh, head owner Of th,
basin, when asked what he though
caused the boat TO sink, said: "Thert
was absolutely no reason in the worlc
for tine boat being lost. The fact tina
NIL OF her sails were set and her centre
board was UP when we raised hel
showed that under the circumstance.
Of the squall her captain did no
know his business. 1t was simply baC
management and that Is all there il
to it,"
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