Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-07-11
DISASTERS ON WATER
A Small Sailboat Capsizes in Sandy
Hook Bay.
Woman, Her Daughter and AM
other Lady Drown-Eight Persons
Perish Mt Various Points
In Michigan.

New York, July 7.-The wife of Capt.
Tiemann N. Horn, of the Ninety-fifth
company sea coast artillery, his
daughter Frances, aged seven, and
Miss Alice Mcmahon, of Nyack, N. Y,
were drowned in Sandy Hook bay Sun
day. Capt.> Horn is stationed at Fort
Hancock on Sandy Hook. Capt. Horn
had made up a sailing party to go out
on the bay in his small cat-rigged
yacht Midget. Those aboard were,
in addition to the captain, Mrs. Horn,
with their two children, Miss Horn,
q sister; DR.. Waterhouse, his wife
and Miss Alice Mcmahon, a sister of
Mrs. Waterhouse. At a point about
half mile off Old Camp Low dock, a
strong puff of wind caused the sail to
gybe, and in a moment the little YES
sci capsized, throwing all hands into
the water. Capt. Horn and DR.. Water
house made every effort to save the
women and children, but a strong ebb
tide quickly swept them beyond reach,
and before any other help could be
had Mrs. Capt. Horn, Frances and Miss
Mcmahon were drowned. The others
clung to the mast of the capsized ves-
sci for about Is minutes, until a sail
boat containing w. b. TAFT, of Atlantic
Highlands, n. j., and Walter Tubbs,
of this city, came up and rescued Mrs.
Waterhouse. AT the same time, Capt.
Hortung, with his launch. Edna May,
of Newark, n j., rescued Capt. Horn
and his baby boy, Miss Horn and DR..
Waterhouse and brought them to At
lantic Highlands.
Three Perish inst. Joe River.
Chicago, July Three Chicagoans,
husband, wife and sister. were
drowned in the treacherous sands Of
the st. Joe river at the Carl Tabor re-
sort, Is miles south of st. Joseph,
Mich, Sunday. In attempting to wade
across the river the sister stepped Off
the end of sand bar, and the other
two lost their lives in attempting her
rescue. The victims were Rudolph
Steffeck. Mrs. Rudolph Steffeck and
Miss Marie Steffeck
Two Drowned mt Benton Hnrbor.
Benton Harbor, Mich.,. July T.
Two men were drowned here Sum
day, making a total of five lives lost
here in this way in the past "a
hours. Robert Wilson, of Detroit,
was drowned in the st. Joseph river
in the morning while trying to swim.
Sunday afternoon, Ward Kiser, aged
II, of South Bend, Ind. was seized
with heart failure while bathing in
Lake Michigan, and drowned before
holm cOul1 rench him
Boat Cnpsizes, Three Drown.
Detroit, July T. Three young
boys, Tony Henkel and Oscar Rosen-
berg, of Detroit, and boy whose
name is not known, were drowned
Sunday in the middle channel at the
ST. Clair flats by the capsizing of a
sailboat. The accident occurred
about 200 feet from Savage's Hotel,
where young Henkel and Rosenberg
were stopping. The boys were en-
deavoring to come about with their
boat and run back TO the hotel dock
when a puff of wind capsized the lit.
tie craft. A number of people saw
the accident, but it was over and the
the boys had sunk so quickly that
no aid could be given them. The
. water in the channel is 40 feet deep
and the current is very strong. The
boys did not come to the surface
again after they sank for the last
time.