The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-07
SOCIETY GIRL S EXPLOIT
Miss Elizabeth Camps Daring
Trip In Naphtha Launch.
RAN INTO GALE ON LAKE ONTARIO

Young Heiress PiIoted Her own
Craft For Eight Hundred Miles
From Alexandria Bay to Norwich,
Conn. = Boat Nearly swamped In
Going Through big Hen Gate.
Miss Elizabeth N. Camp Of Norwich
has increased her popularity in east
ern Connecticut and added to her ath.
letic reputation by plotting her speedy
launch Wizard from the Thousand is
lands to Norwich, distance Of 500
miles. says the New York Herald.
A young society woman Of twenty
years, educated by excellent private In
structors and with a proud family rec
ord Miss Camp is, as her friends ex-
press it, an ION the level girl"
Miss Camp spent the summer at
Alexandria Bay and there saw the
launch Wizard get all the racing hon
ors. Having mastered all features Of
steering and running launch, Miss
Camp determined to buy the Wizard
and take the launch to her home. Ac-
companied by Mrs. C, N. Cook, Captain
Estes and Edwin Campbell, Jr., the
former owner Of the Wizard, all OF
Alexandria Bay, and alfred Lillibridge
of Norwich, Miss Camp started on the
trip a few weeks ago.
While on Lake Ontario and far from
a port the Wizard ran into gale. Cap
tain Estes seamanship. combined with
that Of Miss Camp and the wofk-Srr t4 r.
whole party in bailing the water out
of the nearly swamped craft carried
the Wizard through the Erie canal
Captain Estes left the craft at Al
bany, and Miss Camp assumed full re-
sponsibility for the remainder Of the
trip. Going down the Hudson river,
Miss Camp decided to take the Wizard
around New York city and through
Hell Gate instead Of by the less dan
gerous Little Hell Gate route. Dodging
through New York harbor with Miss
Camp at the wheel, the Wizard poked
her nose into Hell Gate. encountering
head tide and heavy sea. It required
several attempts to make the passage,
the launch being nearly swamped
The trip in Long Island sound to
New London was made in heavy
blow Miss Camp had only small
chart 70 guide her, but she plloted the
Wizard through successfully. The
party spent one night in the open cabin
From New London up the Thames
river 70 Norwich the Wizard had a
quick run Including the stops and the
delays caused by bad weather, the VIZ.
ard made the trip from Alexandria Bay
IN thirteen days Sixty-one gallons ef
gasoline were used
The Wizard is thirty i've feet long,
but has only four foot beam. She
draws two and onehalf feet Of water,
is equipped with a fourteen horse power
engine Of four cylinders and goes eight
cen miles an hour
la speaking Of her trip from the
Thousand islands Miss Camp said,
I'VE came near meeting disaster sew
eral times, especially IN Hell Gate, bat
good fortune attended us"
MI. Campbell and Mrs. Cook say
Miss Camp handled the boat most skill
fully and never for a moment lost her
nerve
Miss Camp Is one Of the best automo
bile drivers IN Connecticut She has
made several long tours Miss Camp is
the granddaughter Of the late Timothy
blackstone millionaire manufactur
en- She is the only daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. I. s. Camp Of Norwich. Her IA
Their is secretary Of the Ponemah Mills
corporation one Of the largest cotton
manufacturing plants in the country
Miss Camps brother, Walter I Camp.
Is paymaster in the United States
navy, and It was IN the launches be
formerly owned on the Thames river
that She got her experience.