The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-17
YachtEncOunters Rough Weather
on the Way from Oyster
Bay to New York
BEYOND DRENCH|NG THE
PARTY IS NOT INJURED
Squall Becomes Even More Severe
When Frail Vessel Nears He'll
Gate and Pitches Heavily.
Tueboat Capsized.

New York, September 16.-President
Roosevelt is resting quietly in train
tonight. after a day of varied expert
ences. While on the way from Oyster
Bay to New York on the naval yacht
Sylph, he passed through a terrifying
wind and rain storm, during which the
vessel was i'm danger. Subsequently ne
visited the immigration station on Ellis
Island, New York Bay, and made a
thorough inspection of the institution.
After dining on the Sylph tonight he
went ON the revenue tug Chamberlain to
Jersey City, where he boarded special
train on the Pennsylvania railroad which
is to convey him, Governor Murphy or
New Jersey and their invited guests to
the battlefield of Antietam. There to-
morrow will occur the dedication of the
manument erected to the memory of New
Jersey soldiers who fell in the civil war.
Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning.
President Roosevelt boarded the Sylph
in oyster Bay He was accompanied by
Mrs Roosevelt and their son Kermit.
Mrs Richardson, Secretary Loeb, Prof
Albert Bushellart of Harvard college,
Prof. j. B. Moore of Columbia universi-
ty, C. Grant LaFarge of New York, and
Jacob A. Riis of Richmond HILL Long
Island. In addition, the guests of the
tive staff and representatives of the
Press association.
Sylph In Rough Weather.
Less than an hour after the sylph had
entered Long Island Sci.3d. she ran into
terrific wind and rain storm. The
storm off Fort Schuyler developed into
a hurricane. The Sylph a comparatively
small vessel, pitched heavily, and off
Willetts Point. listed sharply to star
board. The President and his guests had
been forced to go below and beyond a
drenching none of them suffered incon-
venience.
The storm became even more severe
as the vessel neared He'll Gate The
waves and wind swept the deck. The
baggage of the party was swept about
and everything movable had to be tied
to prevent its being swept over board.
In Hell Gate, quarter of a mile off
the port bow of the Sylph, a tug boat,
having in tow a large three mas sted
schooner, was capsized by the wind and
waves. A small boat from the tug put
off with the crew except two men who
clung to the bow of the boat until the ves-
sci disappeared. 1t appeared from the
Syph that the two men were taken
aboard the yawl.
Rescue Would Be Foolhardy.
Lieutenant Preston wished to stand by
to render assistance, but Captain William
II. Brainard an experienced pilot, de-
clared 1t would be foolhardy for the Sylph
to attempt a rescue in such a storm; that
she almost certainly would be wrecked
herself i'll the attempt
President Roosevelt knew nothing of
the capsizing of the tug boat until nearly
an hour afterward. He then expressed
the wish that some assistance might have
been rendered the crew.
The Slyph arrived off Ellis Island at
2;25 o'clock. The President and his party
were landed by the tug Chamberlain
Despite the furious storm a large party
had assembled at the island to greet
the President. After an informal recep.
ton, followed by a luncheon, nearly four
hours were consumed by the President
in his inspection of all departments of
the immigration station. The President
expressed his pleasure at the admirable
condition in which he had found every
thing on the island.
During the afternoon the President went
directly among the immigrants with a
view of ascertaining personally how they
were treated.