The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-09
Was From the Northwest and
Of so Miles an Hour Velocity.
WOMEk'S HATS CARRIED AWAY
Yachts Torn From Their Msarlngs and
Driven Ashore Volunteer Life Savers
Do SPLENDID Work.


northwest yesterday afternoon. following
a sharp shower, came one OF the widest
summer gales that ever filled the air with
wide-brimmed hats and bonnets and the
hlmy and billowy drapery Of summer
girls Juno seldom has nd day so
erratic.
1t began with n mere zephyr. and at
$3.50 o'clock a wind almost Of hurricane
force was romping across the town and
stirring the harbor waters into white
capped turbulence
The lower bay looked like patch of
the Atlantic In storm, and every ex-
cursion boat that ventured Hookward
had invalids aboard. They got almost
as good a sea trip. so far as sensation
went as II they had been bound for
Queenstown.
For three sunlit hours the wind held
at 30 miles. For a brief period. less than
half a minute. IT got up TO 10 miles. The
cause of IL all was the effort OF the
northwest high area TO I'LL the place OF
the low pressure that vanished OF
the coast yesterday morning. At night
the anemometer was loafing around at
merely a mile rate.
HATS CARRIED AWAY.
Few gales have carried away more
hats. Hundreds were sent flying into
the bay from Battery park. where the
crowds were as large as on MINDLESS
day. Battery boatmen earned few
dollars salving some of the headgear.
Detected by high walls and corners. the
wind blew from every direction. includ-
ing up and down. mong the tall tow
ers down town. A hat store might have
been opened In the subway trenches
while the gale was doing Its most &C.
centric stunts.
The scenes IN Battery park last night
were amusing to those on shore. Sea-
sick women ciug to posts and trees after
coming down the gangplanks. and 1t
was some time before many got their
sea legs and were able to make for the
trolley cars
The Patten line boats that run be-
tween this city and Shrewsbury river
ports had lively trips. especially across
the lower bay. These boats are fiat
bottomed and they bounced about on
top of the waves in rubber ball fash
ion. On their return trips the boats make
a landing at the Battery and then pro-
| ceed up the North river. where they dock
at the foot Of West Twelfth street
Nearly everybody. however. got or .,
the Battery. preferring the surface cars
| and elevated trains to moro water trav-
| ell. There were some bare heads among
overheard. One man said the only way
to keep your hat was to sit on II. From
the appearance of his IL was evident that
he had done so.
The four steamers, Perseus, cephus.
Taurus and Pegasus. running to Coney
Island. had difficulty In sffecting . land
ing there. According to the captains.
they never would have done so had the
wind not been offshore at that point.
The General Slocum made two trips to
Rockaway Beach and returned to the
Battery at 10 o'clock last night with a lot
OF well-shsken-up passengers. The long
distance ferry boats also made heavy
weather Of It.
The keeper OF the Sea Bright Life Saw
ing station saw a sloop anchored on Nor
mandie yesterday afternoon with dis
tress signals fiuttering from the rig
ging and a party of men waving their
hats The sloop was at anchor. but was
tugging at her cables. and the crests of
the combers smothered her at times
The keeper of the Sea Bright station
got together a volunteer crew, this
being the season when the regular crew
is Off duty. and went to the distressed
sloop In a life boat. The surf was not
heavy. as the gale was OF shore, 30
launching and landing 10 the experts was
not troublesome.
RETURNED BY TRAIN.
The sloop was the United States of
Canarsie. She had aboard a party of
II New Workers.. all out for days fish
ing Her skipper. who knows what
weather Is. decided that he would leave
his ship with the rest OF his company.
She was riding easy when all hands left
her In the lfeboat. The skipper said
he would stop over night at the life saw
Ing station and would 60 out in the
morning and work the sloop back 70
shore. The lsherpen came on TO
this city by train.
Captain Grace OF the Supervisors tug
Lamont. while a mile northeast OF San
dy Hook lightship fell In with the sloop
yachts Flora F. and Willow flying dis
tress The Lamont went alongside the
Willow, and after considerable difi-
Guilty. owing TO the heavy sea running.
succeeded in taking Oft the crew and
making a line fast TO the yacht.
The Lamont then bore down to the
| Flora II. and took OF the crew, but was
unable TO make a line fast to her, and
she was abandoned The Lamont then
| proceeded to Quarantine where ths Will
| low was anchore d and the crew landed.
The sloops were anchored of Staten
Island when the squsll struck them.
| IL blew so hard that their cables parted.
and they drfted two hours before they
were picked up by the Lamont.
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