The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22
WILD SCENE m HELL GAZE
lBv the Associated Press.l

New York. Sept. 16.-President Roose
welt IS resting quietly on his tram tonight
after a day OF strenuous and varied ex
periences. While en- route from Oyster
Bay to New York on the naval yacht
Sylph, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt
and a party OF guests he passed through
a terrifying WIND and ram storm dur
ing which the vessel was in imminent
danger. subsequently he visited the I'M
migration station on Ellis Island, New
York Bay, and made a thorough inspec-
ton of the institution.
After dining on the Sylph tonight he
went en- the revenue tug Chamberlain to
Jersey City where he boarded a special
train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which
Is to convey him to the battlefield Of An
tietam, for the dedication ceremonies.
When the Sylph weighed anchor the
skies were dark and forbidding and as
the vessel drew out of the bay a light
rain fell. Less than an hour after the
Sylph had entered Long Island Sound She
ran into a terrific wind and ram storm.
The storm increased in severity rapidly
and off Fort Schuyler, it developed into
q hurricane. The wind blew, accord
ing to an estimate made by Lieutenant
Preston. commander OF the Sylph. at the
labC " W lli4l1P OH I1oh4 ~ - pm q
comparatively small vessel, pitched heav-
ily and off Willett's Point listed very
sharply TO starboard. The President and
his guests had been forced to 20 below
and beyond a drenching nome Of them
suffered inconvenience The storm be
came even more severe "a the vessel
neared He'll Gate. The waves ard win
swept the deck, making It almost ilnpos>i
bic for the sailors to remain above
In He'll Gate, a quarter Of 4 mile off
the port bow Of the Sylph q tug boat
having in tow a large three masted
schooner, was capsized by the wind and
waves. She sank stern foremost, but did
not settle completely out Of sight for
perhaps five minutes. A small boat from
the tug put off with the crew, except two
men, who chung to the bow until the YES
sci disappeared. 1t appeared from tie
Sylph that the women We're taken aboard
the yawl. Lieutenant Preston wished to
stand by to render assistance. but Cap
tain William r. Brainard, an experienced
pilot. who was at the wheel. declared il
would be foolhardy for the Sylph to at
tempt a rescue in such a storm. Pres
dent Roosevelt knew nothing Of the cap
sizing of the tug boat until nearly au
hour afterwards. He then expressed The
wish that some assistance might have
been rendered by the crew.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the other members
Of the party were landed at the Brooklyn
navy yard, but the President proceeded
to Ellis Island where he spent some four
hours in inspecting the station. 4 nun-
Der OF persons interested IN immigration
were on the island. Four Of these were
appointed by the President a committee
to make a thorough Investigation Of the
station and its administration. During
the afternoon many interesting incidents
occurred, the President acting upon ms
desire to 90 directly among the cmIgrant-
themselves with a view Of ascertalnlug
personally how they were treated. lie
was particularly interested BIZ the fat
developed that ~forty-nine out Of fifty q
the applicants for admission were sup
Piled with American money.
The President talked with a German
woman who had a tabv in a wicker
basket and gave her a s. bill for the
child. The case Of a Russian family de-
famed for deportation was personally IN
v~estigated. the President deciding that
lie family need be detained no longer, a
son already in New York being financially.
able to care for them.