Evening journal., 1905-07-25
CREW REACH
HOME PORT
Thrilling Experience Of Four
Sailors of the Yacht
Narkeeta
SAILING MASTER is BLAMED

~At'A oNheflHh kltdA hdfutnlhst making
many narrow escapes from death, the
crew OF tho Narkeeta, Dr. Hobart A.
liare's yacht, supposed to have been
drowned after taking to a lifeboat when
the craft went down in the Delaware Bay
last Saturday night. returned safe and
well TO Philadelphia last evening.
The crew consisted Of four men-Eph-
raim Rosenquist, OF 1928 Capital street,
who acted as sailing MASTER Edwin Sven
lesson and Edwin Ricard. living on North
street. Philadelphia, and Samuel Painter.
OF Camden, cook.
Having made vain attempt on the
ocean-going tug Juno to rescue tho crew
Saturday night, when tho yacht was "
ing ON the bar, and falling TO ind them
I'm tho lifeboat after'a long search On the
water Sunday, Doctor Hare returned 20
his home, 1891 Spruce street. at II a. m.
yesterday An hour or two later he re-
ceived a telegram from Charles Long
streth. whose yacht Circe had accompan-
led the Narkeeta down the bay, that the
crew had landed at Bowers Beach. near
Lewes
CREW FEARED NO DANGER.
When the crew arrived in this city on
the steamer Frederica, from Milford, Del.
at o'clock last night, they had nothing
With them but the clothing they wore
when they put on from the Narkeota. The
men went at once 70 Doctor Hare's resi-
dence.
when Doctor Hare left the Narkoeta
to seek aid Saturday afternoon there was
no thought that ne were in any danger.
but about s p. m. Il started TO blow harder
and harder" said Sailing Master Rosen-
quist.
I'VE had all we could do TO hold our
selves fast. The seas were sweeping over
the whole vessel. and ono OF the iifeboats
was washed away. with great dificuity
we got tho other one on deck. but we
would have been dashed to pieces II we
had attempted to launch IT, An at once
a big wave lifted the yacht ana dashed
her down on her windward side
This gave US chance for our life. In
minute we had the lifcboat IN the sea
and had rowed beyond reach OF the yacht
before the next big wave came IL was
then about midnight and we could see
nothing. We had a bucket with us and the
men took turns in bailing the water out
Of tho lifeboat and rowing to steady her.
At daylight. we saw the shore to the lee
/ ward, about three miles away.
I'VE pulled through the breakers. and
landed at a. m. We dragged the boat up
on shore and walked half a mile till We
found a farmhouse, where we dried our
clothes while the negro family killed and
cooked some chickens for our breakfast
The crew we're exhausted, and after they
had eaten they went TO sleep.
after eating lunch we all went out to
the llfeboat and pulled out into the bay
in search OF the Narkeeta, hoping 20 save
some Of the things on board. We rowed
eighteen miles before we found her two
ltopmasts sticking above the water. She
was lying two miles away from where we
left her sinking. We got nothing but one
sail from topmast, and when we got
back TO shore It was $50 D. m.
SAILING MASTER BLAMED.
In speaking Of the accident DR.. Hare
says:
Il think the sailing master OF the Mar
keeta was 20 blame" he said, "for taking
the yacht where he did when there was so
little wind. The sailing master has been
In my employ a couple OF years. He has
a license from a Swedish nautical school
for first-mnto on ocean-going vessels up
TO 5000 tons. and believed him entirely
competent. gave him particular instruc-
tions 20 secure FOR the cruise two first
class Swedish sailors from an ocean-going
ship.
Instead OF doing so he employed men
with little experience. II was for this
reason that I put Airs. John C. Groome.
the wife OF Captain Groome. OF the First
city Troop; Miss Martha S. Groome and
Young Jack Groome ashore at New Castle
They and DR.. II. r. NJ. lands. OF 1sO
South Twenty-thlrd street. we're on board
as my guests.
"I had gone below and was at lunch
about a half an hour after noon on Sat-
urday, when ] felt the boat touch bottom.
I ran up on deck and found she was sail
ing a wrong course. We were not hard
fast, and I SKINNED the yacht along the
side Of the shoal TO deep water I had
some Of the sail taken down and started
the auxiliary engine The Narkeeta drew
ls l-2 feet OF water and the sounding
showed feet.
''rhe yachts Circe and Zealand were
coming down the bay with us. They were
in tho west channel and between them
was the tug Mary A. Walker 7 ordered
signals OF distress put up and fired a gun.
The Mary A. Walker paid no attention
10 this, but the two yachts got ready 10
come 70 our help. sent Rosenquist and a
sailor I'm a boat to them 20 ask il they
knew Of any channel by which they could
get US off the shoal. Rosenquist and the
sailor went toward the Circe. and then
returned. saying he could learn nothing.
"The people OF the Clrce since told me
they couldn't understand him. He seemed
to be up in the air. I then went myself In
the boat TO the Circe, >whose owner Mr..
i Longstreth, OF Lansdowne. suggested that
I get on his yacht and go TO Nhe Break
water for tug TO pull off the Narkeeta' %
At the Maritime Exchange Station Doc
tor Hare engaged the services Of the tug
Juno A gale had begun to blow and the
Juno could not get nearer than a mile and
a half TO the Narkeeta because Of the
shoal
I'VE blew a whistle, hoping the men
on the Narkeeta would lower a boat and
come over TO the Juno said Doctor Hare,
but they didn't We stood by till 1919
D. M. when the Juno's captain said Il
was blowing too hard to stay by any
longer"
COW YARD AGAIN DISCOVERED