The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
CoLLIDrD WIN R0rAL YACHT.
4 Torpedo DESTROYER Almost sunk ny the
Duke of WORKS steamer.

ST JoHS. y n, oct 5 The story Of an
exciting incident ~ the royal yacht Ophlr's
arrival iu Canadian wRters 10 being told here
nov for the FIRST time. although the visit OF
the vessels distinguished passengers TO thu
Dominion l. already No caring its Clos@ ono
Of the officers Il the Ophir IL authority for
this story
Il seems that vhen the steamship With
The Duke and Duchess o. York ON BOARD
Vas entering the ~ Lawrence Gulf tho
pwift otp.do- boat destroyer Quail 81 the
receiving sauadron WAS sighted a~steru,
heading at high sped IN the direction 81
the Ophir which Wa herself rating along
a. about 10 knots The smoke of the royal
Yacht had been seen In the ofhng and the
destroyer had distan~ed the other vessels
IN the rscr TO H. the first To welcome Hing
Ei~ard's representatives
A. she drew near a signal was made 10
the quail ordering her TO take On dispatches
TO he Forwarded from Qu'h'c - England
With all po-.ibl- speed telling - 'hr arrival
Il IA" uphIr The commander Of the Quail
ordered the destroyer 10 sIs-d full steam
ahead The craft shot through the water
at the rate - thirty-fvc nile- al hour On
nearing the bug yacht the small Nee-.l SLOW ed
down to a twcnty-knot clip, hut the uphir,
unwilling to lose time, kept her engines
turning at tu'tr b,st Iaoe.
The signal displayed Indicated that q
bag ~cuutaining dispatches would be strung
from "a boom al the side ~ tn" ophlr, and
the Quail could, without stopping clip tbs
lag ~ and make fpr Quebcr at full speed
10 Fash the messages under the ocean 10
King fdw ard The bag Ma ordered 10 he
80 pla0.i thA, Il oDuld Toe readily taken IN
10y uue man ON the quail detailed Ia do tie
worn. Sufficient play was given To the
rope 80 thAt the Quail could have AT least
a margin ~ fifty wards ia CAss u hitch &C.
CURED.
IN.rxtlfpg ,xaa ,lsgd ., be in rea1i-
ness IN the Qua She rapidly came to
the side II the On . The man "a. al his
post He caught ne bag. but there va
something wrong He couldn't get Il un
The Quail vac drawn low rd the big steamer
Nv the suction aud the waters -plash-d
high between them The torI~dO-bos, de-
-troyer was forward hear the Ophlrs bow
10 those On buaui both boats u looket 40
Il the quail must be run down ana SUNK.
Il thought n ~ss all up With tie Quail.
"a the ofhC.T wno told a.. story she
wa- drawn la 50 close to the royal Yacht
that she got %entansled IN sn anchor chain,
But the active saIlorman on her deck finally
got the d~.-Istch lag clear nv cutting the
ROPE Then u supreme ehoft was maze
by th. COMMANDER Of tho Quail TO gel clear
10 the Ophir lie didn't know that the
DESTROYER VA foul ~ tho Yacht. and shout
ing, Al clear sstern' he ordered The en-
giIe- full speed ahead.
by good fortune the Ophir ToLsd clear
Iust al that moment. and the Quail leapcd
ahead III respui~e 10 the land Of her en-
gineeT. but even then the black paint OF
ler tOpsids- was rubbed for "a a distance
II t~enty feet 10y tie keen stem Of the Ophir,
~ Se ON the yacht had expected Ia s-e
tie little flyer cut ia two. Size esCapcd
'.fslly by q hairsbresdth. and the neat
mute che was rushing through tie tur-
Hulent waters ~ the Gulf. sending ia.
spray far above her stacks. thos- on board
feeling no other emotion than pride at b-ing
tile hrst To- ~elcon- the h-iI apparent