The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-18

Delay of a Month or Six Weeks fin tho
 Ltkeiy-Yacht's BuIIders Have New
 1Inst in the Works and tf Will Soon be
 Finfshed-Just How the Accident
 Happened-Death of CoiIier-Injury
 to Lipton-Messages of Sympathy.
 Weymouth, April 1T. - Misfortune which seems to have pursued Shamrock III, eliminated to-day in a gust of wind which dismasted her and leaves the beautiful challenger lying tonight 8 helpless wreck in Portland harbor. The accident will necessiate a delay certainly of a month and probably of six weeks in the challenger's sailing for America, but Sir Thomas Lipton said to The Associated Press correspondent tonight that the accident would not be allowed to interfere with her presence at New York in time for the cup races. My injuries added Sir Thomas, "are painful. I was badly shaken by the fall and have a severely smashed hand, but everything is insignificant compar- ed with the loss of poor Collier Ca brother-in-law, of Captain Wringe, who was killed in the accident), who had been continuously in my service since the time of the first Shamrock. You can rebuild yacht. but you cannot re- place a man."
 Sir Thomas Lipton is the recipient of over 200 telegrams of sympathy. King Edward wired his regret at the injury to Sir Thomas Lipton and his grief at the loss of life. Messages were also re- / ceived from the Prince of Wales. Baron Knollys, c. Oliver Iselin, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Clement A. Griscom, Commo- dore Adams, Countess Shaftesbury, who christened the Shamrock III, the Amer ican Society in London, and many oth- CTS.
 The Prince of Wales telegraphed from Sandringham that he was very distress ed by the news and hoped that the in jured were doing we'll.
 The king sent message of sympathy to. Golfers family.
 Sir Thomas Lipton informed The As- sociated Press correspondent that he aAtIh tiOdoy MllCu UtoCTS IUT IGW SdllS and they were now under way. Every thing, however, would depend upon De- signer Flies verdict. He will decide what is to be done and what alterations, If any. are necessary.
 do not think,'' said Sir Thomas, "that there is anything structurally wrong with the challenger or that it will be necessary to change anything or alter the trim of the boat. The acci- dent was due tota weakness in the min or rigging which wrecked everything," |"
 The story of the disaster shows that when the boats started in the morning there was nothing to scare the most cautious skipper. Club topsails were accordingly set on both. Outside the breeze was steady, while beating in shore it was more squally. but the chal- ienger carried 1t handsomely. When making tack on the port hard souall struck her. Captain Wringe gave her a few spokes of the wheel to Huff, but find ing she stood it we'll he paid off and raced her at pace she had never be- fore attained. She went half a mile at this record pace and then hove about to5come to the starting line on the star board. A lighter squaIl took her S she paid off. She filled, gathered way and shot forward. The catastrophe was so sudden that it was over before those aboard realized that there was the slightest danger. Spectators whose eyes had been momentarily turned away looked again to find, instead of the queen racer, a helpless wreck.
 Generally speaking the yacht and gear were quite fit to stand all racing strain. The whole accident originated in an unsuspected flaw in a turnbuckle eye, @ piece of steel, little thicker than a mans thumb. Possibly the strains were calculated too fine. In any case. one turnbuckle going the others follow ed instantaneously, depriving the most of it's chief support, whether shrouds. No spar ever built or grown could stand unsupported to this press of canvass, much less the light steel shell to which MT. Fife trusted it. The mast snapped off and fortunately fell clear or there might have been a heavy loss of life. It is surmised that the seaman, Collier, was crossing the deck at the time after leaving Sir Thomas Lipton, and lost his balance in the lurch of the boat. The mast is now in four pieces. It will be impossible to repair 1t, but most of the rigging was duplicated before hand so that it will only be necessary to replace the mast and sails.
 The yachts builders, Messrs. Denny of Glasgow, have another steel mast for the Shamrock III. in hand and say 1t will soon be completed. Extra men were set to work on the new mast this afternoon. They will work day and night on the job. MT. Ward, the man. ager of the Dennys works, has left for Weymouth.
 sailmaker Ratsey says he had every confidence in the mast. It stood splend- ly, and its collapse was due solely to the breaking of the rigging screw. He is confident that the Shamrock could have stood more than she was called upon to do, and she would have to stand as much more off Sandy Hook. There was not too much weight, he declared. in the wind for the setting of backward CTS.
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