The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-14
RAN DOWN YACHT WENONAH
FISHING STEAMER FALCON HITS
HER IN THE SOUND
y. VI. ROOseyclrs Yacht Hit or New Haven
and Badly GriDplai-Nast Carried
Away and Cabin Set on Eire-'Three
OF Crew OYerbOard hut Rescued.

New HAVEN. Aug. 13.-The sloop yacht
Wenonah, owned by s. Montgomery Roose-
welt Of Al West Seventy-first street, New
York, cousin To President Roosevelt was in
collision IN the Sound last night about 0
o'clock with the fishing steamer Falcon,
belonging to the Fisheries Company of
l3j Front street, New York The Yacht
was bound for New London. The destina-
ton of the Falcon was New York. They
came together two miles west of Faulkner q
Island.
The Wenonah was on a pleasure cruise.
Capt, Smith Garrison was at the wheel The
crew numbered seven. Mr. Roosevelt is a
member Of the firm of Roosevelt x Schuyler,
wine merchants in Pearl street, New York,
j. Leslie Cotton, an architect of 1925 Broad
way, New York, and Sanford b. Pomeroy,
an artist from Paris. were guests OF MIR,
Roosevelt, and were by his side in the stern
Of the yacht when the crash came. On
Sunday Mr., Roosevelt and his guests were
guests of President Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay This is what he said of the collision:
The yacht was sailing along on her
course, with the proper lights showing and
must have been seen from the steamer
while ii was yet long way off. II was
clearly a case of fault on the part of the
officers of the steamer We had three look
outs posted"
The steamer struck the yacht near the
bow. The mast and rigging fell and three
of the crew Went overheard The lamps
in the cabin were broken and a fire was
started. 1T was put out after some trouble
After the collision the Falcon stood by,
but il was IA long time before line could
b. gotten from the steamer to the yacht
and meantime the water was pouring in
through the seams that had been opened
in the bow
Capt, Carlson said
Nv" saw the Falcon three miles away
We supposed that she would veer to star
board and kept expecting her to do so.
We We're sure that she saw us and we veered
slightly TO make sure to get out of her way.
We had at the last only minutes warning.
Our lamps We're all knocked down and
exploded and within a minute we were
confronting the danger of being burned
on the water. The flames leaped I'D and
We were forced TO let the wreCkage take
care " itself and fight the flames. We
were travelling at the rate of twelve knots
an hour, with every stitch of canvas spread
The Falcon was travelling about eight
knots an hour.
The only persons in the cabin were two
Japanese. steward and cabin boy They
shouted when the lamps fell and the flames
broke out III the cabin imprisoning them
Three of the sailors, AXel Leander, Ernest
Carlson and Pete Johnson, were knocked
overheard The sailors we're picked out
of the water and then all hands rushed into
the cabin to get 10 the Japanese and to
help them fight the flames The cabin
cushions were mass of flames from the
oil. These were thrown overheard. The
lamps followed. The skylight was closed.
This srnothered the fire partly Ii was easv
then to put out the flames The Japanese
were badly burned about the hands and
face.
The Wel onah was towed into New Haven
harbor 10y the Falcon at 2 o'clock in the
morning, and then the Falcon went to
New York rho New Haven Yacht Club
WAS thrown open 10 Mr. Roosevelt, his
guests and the crew of the dismantled Yacht
Mr. Roosevelt and his guests left this after
noon for New London The Japanese
were sent to Roosevelt Hospital in New
York for treatment,
The Wer onah will be lowed TO New York
in few days for repairs The chief damage
was al the bow. which was stove The
yacht cost $4,000 when she was built in
1883 for James Stilman. the New York
banker. For years she was the queen of
her class in the races of the New York
Yacht club She is - feet over all and has
"a li-foot beam. The topmast was ~ fest
and the mast 81 feet high The mast was
broken off close to the deck