The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-26
RuMpED IN THE RACE HOME.
copSAyR SCRAPES THE SWIFT
woyuOITH OFF ROMER SHOAL.
x.,oa, Isnr, and No Panic, but Great
scramble for Bits OF the Yachts
Bow spirit AS souvenirs OF Real Sea
n,soster--She Left a Chunk Behind.

n,soster-She Left n Chunk Behind.
: pierpont Morgan's yacht. the Corsair,
-na the fast screw steamboat Monmouth
.,,,s back from the race yesterday some
~h,, the worse for wear as the result of
,oniaion between the two in the run
,oroe The yacht and the steamboat didn't
-oan, strike. They scraped. But they
scraped hard'
The Monmouth came up to her pier with
oro ~ her lifeboat davits wrenched of,
shout twenty feet Of her starboard rail
carried away Just aft Of amidships, and with
an iron companionway on the starboard
.ids twisted into compound curve. The
rorsoir lost a piece of the end of her bow
.nrt and her rail way forward near the
catbead on the port side was splintered.
Mr. Morgan, with number Of guests,
moulding members OF the Cup Cha llenge
committee Of the Nav York Yacht Club,
ms aboard he Corsair There were aboard
tn Monmouth about $50 men and women
and one baby boy in sailor suit, members
md guests of the New York Yacht Club.
folks who are supposed to keep their heads
under all circumstances. They lived up
N their reputation when the test came
On
hut it was Of the suppressed sort. Hun
dreis Of persons who were near the star
hoard rail lost no time in getting to the
other side of the boat but the real scram-
HE occurred half a minute after the crash,
when the danger was all over and the Mon
mouths passengers began TO pick up the
snnters as souvenirs of their narrow
escapc from disaster at sea. There were
enough pieces of the Monmouth's rail for
ali bands, but the fragments Of the Cor
sar that fell on the deck Of the steamboat
were comparatively rare. and were priced
accordingly.
The mishap occurred in the Swash chan
mel Just abreas, Romer Shoal beacon, when
A naval reserve man on the Corsair was
irving to wigwag the official time Of the
Yacht race TO naval reserve man on the
Monmouth, According to Capt. s. G..
Martin OF the Monmouth and several
other experts aboard his boat the Mon
mouth could not change her course TO
port by a hairs breadth without running
down a small sloop with lot Of women
and children aboard. The Corsair, which
was on the starboard side of the Monmouth
and dropping astern, got so close aboard
that she was caught by the suction OF the
Monmouth and so was not under control
wien her bowsprit jabbed the other boat
As to the question of blame, Rear Adj
miral Schley, who was a passenger aboard
the Monmouth, thought that the accident
was unavoidable and that nobody was TO
blame The steam yacht Josephine had
lust PASSED astern of both the Monmouth
ard the Corsair and had come around SO
that she was on the starboard side OF the
Corsair.
The Josephine" said Admiral Schley
was crowding the Corsair over port,
40 that the latter vessel couldn't save her
self from getting into the suction OF the
- oh
On the other hand, the Monmouth couldn't
change her course because OF the sloop on
her mort side. 30 the collision was inevitable.
William Cramp, the shipbuilder, who
built the Monmouth, was aboard her and
he said There was nobody to blame on
this boat
remarked that he didn't know but what 1t
was safer lodging icebergs upin the Arctic
than coming home with the fleet from Sandy
Hook after an international yacht race.
When the wigwagging between the two
boats began the Monmouth was just astern
of the Corsair, but gaining on her Ed.
New York Naval Reserves was on top Of the
Monrnouth's pilot house with his signal
flag. He wigwagged to Chelsey White,
a naval reserve man on the bridge OF
the Corsair, for the official time OF the race
The answer wasn't understood. and the
time the Monmouth had overhauled the
Corsair and was about half her length ahead
of the yacht. The signal man aboard the
Corsair was repeating his answer and had
got as far as won by when the crash
came.
That was the end Of the signalling OF
course almost everybody on the Monmouth
was Interested In the flag talk, and the crowd
was seated and standing along the star
hoard aide next TO the COrSatr.
The glistening black hull OF the yacht
was within Ave feet OF the Monmouth
before any OF the passengers seemed to
realize that there was any danger. But
in another instant the Corsair,s bowspri'
was prying Of one Of the Monmouth's
davits and the huke of the Corsair's port
anchor was ripping along the starboard
quarter rail on the Monmouth's main
deck Somebody shouted look out!'
and there was scattering to port But
the behavior Of the crowd was suggestive
Of that OF an after theatre supper crowc
In a Broadway restaurant, which keeps
on enjoying itself while the fremen are
putting out blaze in the kitchen.
The Seventh Regiment band. stationed
aft on the main deck OF the Monmouth
was PLAYING "Hawatha. Every musician
stopped and looked an1ious,. but the leaoel
waved his baton ana the music was resumed
and did its part ~ a restorer OK any nerves
that might have been Jared. only one
woman reached for life preserver, and sh'
sas laughing when she did II.
The only damage on the Monmouth
except that to the boat itself was to a few
cohee cups. Just about the point Of th'
rail where the fuke Of the anchor caugh
there was party of men and women who
had had their coffee served on deck. They
got away, but left their cups on the CAM
stools. That china was total loss,
After the meeting the Corsair SHAPED
her course triHs more to starboard anc
then both boats steamed up the bay, reach
Ing port Just before the storm The Cor
sair dropped anchor Off West Thirty
fourth street Neither Mr.. Morgan mol
his guests cared to make any statement