Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-15
DROWNED ON YACHT
Distressing Accident on Lake
at Chicago.
TWO PERSONS PERISH
BOAT CAPsIZED BY A SUDDEN
SQUALL.
Eight Other Passengers Had a Hard
Battle for Their
Lives.
TWO PERSONS PERISH

CHICAGO, July 15.-Two persons persisted
in the lake last night and eight others
fought hours for life, clnging to the over
turned yacht Arab ", owned by John H.
Cameron, cashier of the National Bank of
the Republic The yacht, struck suddenly
by the fierce storm which swept over the
city late in the evening, capsized. The boat
is a 21-footer and one of the best-known
yachts in the harbor
The dead:
Mary Taylor sixteen years old, 141 51st
street.
Harry Jensen, seventeen years old.
Those rescued:
John H. Cameron.
Mrs Mary Phoenix Cameron, his wife.
Miss Cameron.
Miss Mamie Goodman.
William Corey.
E. s. Haskins.
Arthur Barber skipper of the Arab ".
One unknown.
Storm Struck Suddenly.
When the storm struck the yacht no at
tempt had been made to reef sail, and,
with all it's canvas flying, the boat. with
ten merrymakers aboard, who were wholly
unconscious Of danger, went over in flash,
filled instantly, and left eight persons
struggling for life in the waters of the
lake, three miles from shore.
Their predicament was given added ter
ror by the fury of the water, dashed by the
storm, and the constant lightning. By he
roic efforts on the part of the men the wo-
men were supported in the water until they
could be given a firm hold on the over
turned boat. The yacht as 1t left it's moor
ings had fortunately toWed along behind 1t
a small yawl.
Setting to work to right the yawl, which
had been dragged under and filled with
water when the larger boat went over the
men finally got all but Cameron and Bar
Der and the two drowned persons into 1t
and started for the long row to the shore
in the face of the chopper and strong
wind, which made 1t a herculean task to
make the boat move through the water
at all.
Along toward midnight Harry Boylan,
the steward of the Columbia Yacht Club,
heard a hail of the faintest kind come
from out the darkness off the club house.
Slowly the heavily-laden rowboat came
creeping up to the landing with the women
in a state Of collapse. and Corey SO ex-
hausted that he could hardly move the
oars. All he could say was send out
lfe-saving crew; Arab overturned; two
dead and more clinging to boat"
Cameron and Barber Rescued.
Cameron and Barber when found were
nearly exhausted and about to drop from
the boat. They had despaired Of rescue
before dawn. Cameron was in state OF
collapse owing to his anxiety, as to the
safety Of his wife and Miss Cameron and
grief at the death of young Jensen and
Miss Taylor, whom he knew had not been
saved.
The bodies of the two young persons
drowned were found in the cabin of the
yacht when the boat was towed into the
harbor at am. today. Presumably the
boy and girl who had met death had taken
refuge in the yachts cabin when the storm
broke and were unable to extricate them
selves when the boat went over.
The Arab ~ was built last spring, took
part in the races for the Sir Thomas Lip
ton cup. The boat finished second in the
races The yacht carried only a mainsail
and lib.