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sunk TO SAVE CUP YACHT.
The HildeEarde Was About to Ram Column
bia-Rellance Slightly Injured.

NEW ROCHELLE, y. Y, Sept. l8.-The
Cup defenders Reliance and Columbia,
which, with The Constitution, are hauled
out at City Island had close calls from
serious INJURY during the storm to-day.
The Columbia was saved only when a big
schooner was scuttled 20 prevent a col
lsion, and the Reliance was slightly dam
aged by pile driver which smashed into
her. The damage to yachts at City ISL
and is estimated AT 100000.
The Reliance, which is being hauled
out at Jacobs shipyard, was saved only by
hard work on the part of the islanders.
She was struck by q pile driver which was
building the ways on which she will spend
the winter, and several of the plates in her
stern were badly denied and loosened.
gang Of men secured tug. pulled the
pile driver away and then directed their
efforts 10 snoring up the Cup winner.
About fifty old salts of City Island. who
feared that the three big single s,ickars
would be permanently ruined by the storm.
volunt eered their services. They were put
to work propping up the Columbia, which,
it was feared, would be rammed to pieces
by he big schooner yacht Hildegarde
In order to save the Columbia the
schooner was dragged out in the basin and
scuted. She lies in twenty feet of water
within few feet of the Columbia's stern.
The Const itut ion was so high and dry that
she ESCAPED tho force of the waves and
safely weathered the storm. Seven sailors
who were on the Hildegarce when she was
scuttled were forced TO jump overheard
and, after a hard battle with the waves,
swan safely to shore,
The schooner yacht Polly of the Harlem
Yacht Club, the schooner Aouila OF the
Morris Yacht Club and the naphtha launch
Rut II dragge d their anchors and were driven
to ruin on he rocks of city Island The
3O-root catboat Uncle Dave, for years the
| fastest boat Of its size on the Sound. foun-
derrd of the Harlem Yacht Club at City
Island and is a total loss The city Island
police boat wa4 driven on Flynn'- Beach,
/ where she was crushed by he COrnbers.
Seventeen yachts driven on rocky reefs
and SOS. 900 damage TO yacht clubs and
! country estates IL the story of the havoc
wrought by the storm at New Rochelle
| The 80 foot sloop built 10y LAWYER Of Boston
for himself in which MIR and Mrs Jenkins
Haines and cook Of Boston were cruising,
came into New Rochelle Harbor early this
morning Mr. Hainrs. who is author Of
wind TANNER" and is a sea writer, landed
AT New Rochelle. Mrs. Haines and the
| cook were left aboard the yacht
| During Mr. Hainess ahSen"" the storm
came up and the Edna was bufYeted about
! like a cork until one Of the anchor ropes
parted and the yacht began wild run
across Echo Bay, colliding with several
other yachts She shipped considerable
water and was rapidly sinking when Her
man Vulte son Of Prof Vultc OF Columbia
| College and Arthur Foster swan out TO
the Edna, assisted Mrs Haines ana the
cook 10 a ifeboat and then rowed them
10 HUDSON Park where they were cared for
at a hotel,
! The sI0op Gossip, owned by q + Merrill
was sunk N the New Rochelle Yacht club
and Thomas OwensOn, sailor who could
not swim, climbed the mast and cried
! loudly for help. Nulte and Foster swan
out TO the Gossip with a big rope and tied
IL around the mans waist Then l.. n
Pagan, who has charge - the New Rochelle
Yacht Clubs land starlon and several
others pulled him ashore.
J The new steam yacht FlIlcDnis owned