The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-23

little the worse for the accident but
Mrs. Calder sustained bad Commissions,
about the back and limbs and fore
head. Mr.. Caldwell is in a precarious
condition. Up to a late hour last night
he remained in a comatose condition.
and his life was almost despaired IF.
DIR. b. p. Oliveros of this city. was
hastily called to Thunderbolt, and he
remained there all the evening attend
ing the patients.
The body of Mrs. Stephen A. Calder
was taken to Capt. Calder's home. and
Fox & Weeks We're given charge of
the funeral arrangements. The fun
eral will be at Sunbury.
1t is believed that the shock TO Mrs.
Calder brought on heart failure, which
caused her death. as 1t is not thought
she was under water long enGIgh 20
be drowned, Capt. Calder having taken
her from the cabin first
After Capt. Calder arrived It -hun-
derbolt he secured the launch Lo.tie
w and left about s o'clock for little
Buzzard to recover the body If his
little daughter. a party accompanied
him. and up to a late Eour last night
nothing had been heard from them.
Captain Calder left Thunderbolt, ac-
complained by his wife and children
and Mrs. Sandford last Wednesday.
on the Lowell Dell. on a pleasure trip
to Sunbury where he was going to
take his father and mother aboard
and bring them back to Thunderbolt
for a visit The Lowell Dell is a sloop,
and is a new boat. The trip which
resulted so disastrously was her first
voyage
The Lowell Dell was full rugged, but
she also had a small propeller en-
CINE, During the trip the engine got
Of an6 ha
tragedy occurred the sloop was under
sail.
The party arrived at Sunbury with
out mishap. They left that place,
bound for Thunderbolt yesterday
morning. II was a happy party that
set sail and little did they dream of
the catastrophe that would overtake
them before they reached Thunderbolt.
Went Over without Warming.
| Those who were in the cabin, at din
ner, when the sloop capsized were
taken without a moments notice. They
did not have any time in which to
escape from the cabin. and but for the
heroic work of Capt Calder all would
have been drowned Those who are
familiar with the circumstances of the
accident say that the rescues made by
Capt Calder, aided by Mrs. Sandiford,
are without parallel. Ass
Capt. Calder had depended on the
sloop's engine to bring her to Thunder
bolt, and when it was found that the
engine would not work the only one
who could render the captain any asa
sistance in sailing the boat was his IL
year-old boy, Vernon.
Stephen A. Calder, the man whose
life is said to be hanging by a thread
is a well-known citizen of Sunbury.
He used to be dentist with a large
practice, but retired sometime ago. He
is IS years old. His wife was nine
years his junior.
Capt. Calder is we'll known in this
city and at Thunderbolt where he has
many friends. He is an experienced
boatnan, and during the oyster sea-
son he is engaged in hauling oysters
on schooner of which he is captain
At other times he hauls rice on his
schooner.
There was much excitement at Thun-
derbolt last night when news of the
tragedy was brought there. When the
stricken party arrived at Capt. Calder
home people flocked there by the score
and offered their services. Some came
20 Savannah to get medicines