The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-27
SEVERE STORM AT SANDY HOOK
IMPERILs CUP RACERS AND
OTHER YACHTS.
SEVERAL FATALITIES RESULT
HUGE DERRICK SWEPT INTO THE
WATER AND FOUR woRkMEN
ARE DROWNED.

New York, Aug. ga terrible
northwest wind and electrical storm
struck Sandy Hook shortly after 5
O'Clock Tuesday, and Shamrock ILL.,
and Reliance and a fleet of half doz-
en- fine yachts. including the Erin, c.
Oliver Iselin's Sunbeam and the
Herrreshoffs' Roamer were in great
danger for time. The yacht Eureka,
breaking from her anchorage, was
blown violently against a coal scow
and carried the scow befor it. It
seemed for a time that the tow boats
would crash into Shamrock ILL.,, which
lay almost in the path of the gale not
a hundred yards away, but they held
on until the wind abated.
Two steam yachts, the Giralda and
the ALTA, anchored further out in the
Horseshoe, were torn from their an
chorage and came into bow and stern
collision. The bowsprit of one
crashed through the stern of the other
and the two thus locked, drifted be-
fore the wind dangerously near to the
challenger.
The tug Cruiser saved them, pulling
them apart and away from the other
boats
Reliance lay in a position more out
of danger
The moorings of Shamrock III. and
Reliance held fast, though the wind
threw their bows around into the face
of the gale violently and they tugged
hard at their cables.
Watched With Anxiety.
Sir Thomas Upton left the Erin be-
fore the storm broke and, with Colonies
Smith, Burbank and Stewart, viewed
the havoc in the bay anxiOusly from
the commanders headquarters on
Sandy Hook.
Lightning flashed from the inky
black sky and the wind came like a
cyclonic blast. Weather observers
said the wind reached a velocity of
nearly forty-five knots
The tugs Guiding Star and Cruiser
came to the rescue Of the yachts and
in short time righted their tangled
condition.
small fishing sloop was blown up
on the sand beach at the point of the
Hook. Lifesavers went to the rescue,
taking the crew of four off in safety.
The sloop was later taken off,
At Newark, N. j., during the storm
oii> AAtoAit' III 4)1oiCy luSdlCl were SA-
tinguished and the audience, composed
mainly of women and children, became
pan1c-stricken and rushed for the fire
escapes. many of the women fainting
and being trampled on Florence
Kolrlgel aged six years, fell from A
hre escape platform and was probably
fatally injured. No one else was
seriously hurt. and after the panic
had subsidized the audience resumed
their seats.
Four Workmen Drowned
During the height of the storm, a
huge derrick on the Central railroad
of New Jersey bridge across Newark
bay from Bayonne to Elizabeth, was
swept from it's supports in the water,
carrying with it nine workmen.
Four of the men were drowned and
several badly injured. At least sixty
men were at work on the bridge, at a
point about half a mile from the
Bayonne shore. The top Of the der
rick was $50 feet from the water and
nine men were working at various
points upon the huge structure, Gustav
Fisher Of Bayonne being on the very
top OF it. Strange to say, he was about
the only one to escape injury. Fisher
realized that it was impossible for
him to reach the bridge, so he chung
to the rigging, and fell into the cen
ter OF the channel When he came to
the surface he swan ashore.
Mrs. John Holm and her sister, Miss
Ragna Rasmussen of Brooklyn, lost
their lives in Jamaica bay. They
went sailing in cat boat with Mr..
Holm and the boat was upset about
half mile off shore All three found
Il impossible to reach the boat and
finally Holm started to swim ashore.
He was picked up by sail boat The
two women were taken from the wa
ter by a party in a steam launch. but
they died without regaining con.
seriousness.