The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-07-30
DRON NINGS SUNDAY
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EIGHT PERISH AT SEA
>aaz'l strikes oauple II vessels
Htth Pleasure sneAer~ ca Heard
and Nix Hrate Hes Nave
hsny Aargals.

Angel Sea y J.. July "a Two
yachts coming 10 from the fishing
ban's capsized on Hereford Inter
bar Sunday There we're thirtv.tgo
persons on one yacht ~ whom seven
were lost. and twelve on the other an
OF whom but one werc saved Thar
not more fell victims 10 the rough sea
was due 10 the he~oism of cant,in
Henry 5. Ludlsm Of the Hereford Into,
ifesaYinE station and a crew of five
men II was at first thought that from
fourteen TO twenty-four persons had
been lost, but rfter an Investigation
the coroner stated that he believed
only eight were lost
Angel Sea is one OF the fayorita fish.
ing places along the southern New
Jersey coast and has seldom had
ousier sunday. Every excursion train
from Philadelphia and othe- nearby
points came down crowded with vfsit.
u'S' most OF whom intended spending
'he day hshing. The weather in the
,no' hihe was ideal. and all the fishing
ooa,s TOOK out large crowds to the
i'Sn'hs banks. After noon. however
prisk breeze sprung up. and the
car tains OF the small craft hoisted sail
ana started for home Most of tho
meets got in without mishap. although
some OF them had considerable difficnI.
~ In closing the Hereford bar The
Two vessels having etaoin dlu were
the Nora and the Alvin A heav,
squat struck the Nora Despite tho
effofts OF the captain the craft kaeI.d
over and was hit by a huge wave The
"lnd and the wave coming toeetbar
as more than the watch sould stand
and 1t turned completely over throw.
ing the thirty-tHo occupants into the
sea AS the boat turned over tho
mast snapped like reed There was
an agonzing cry as the Yacht turned
turtle, which was quickly silenced
when nearly all the victims disaprear.
&c beneath the water The heavy sea
however, possibly was responsible for
the saving of most of the eighteen sur.
VlVors. as the waves were so rough
tnat the upturned yacht was tossed
ABOUT, thus uncovering the struggling
victims who were underneath
AS many as could tried to reach the
Keel, but il was a difficult m-tter
as there was an indescribab tangle
or flshing nets. lines, baskets and sail
/ mere was no time to help one another
as 1t was all that the struggling men
/ could do to keep their heads above
! water. One bay, however, Frederick
Fisher. aged fifteen who was found
struggling near the boat was lifted
upon the upturned keel by two men
! who had tight grips on the vessel In
the unequal fight between the eIe-
! ment the struggling men disappeared
one by one until only one was left
hanging to the boat After hanging
to the yacht for nearly an hour, and
as hope of rescue had almost been
abandoned, government lifeboat
commanded by Henry S Ludlam of
the Hereford Inlet lifesaving station.
hove in sight As he came near he
shouted encouragement to the men
Clinging to the Nora, and after some
maneuvering managed to get close TO
the CapsiZed vessel. He was not a mo-
ment too soon, for as he came within
a boats length of the Nora four men
weakened from exhaustion. let go their
holds and began floating away Capt
Ludlam threw his boat around and the
four half drowned men were drawn
from the water Then. at the risk OF
their own. lives the rcscucrs went
after the other mon and pulled them
into their boat
shortly after the survivors of the
Nora were brought ashore another
yacht the Alvin h, was seen 10 cap
size about mile above the place
where the Nora went over All were
saved but one
Five Drowned In Squat.
New York July Solve persons
were drowned by squat on Lake
Neahtvanta the iitcboat being cap.
sized