The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-30
STRUGGLE TO KEEP 81
8sI HEAD ABB 4: Owe IL WATERS R; \
Accident Caused Great Excite-,
rnent at Favorite Fishing Re-s
sort Crowded With $Pe s$Ss. 8s3s
5,5 81 pie Mayor M Veaa'ver ;sI5'
Praises Rescuers q II
List Of Dead. WINK
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ANGLESEA,N,J n, h y ~ % 9----r Wo Yachts II
coming Ii, from the fishing banks G 8Gcapsiz,s2s
ed on H Hereford Inlet Bar, Il her to-
day, and 80 far as can be "a talned to-
night, eight persons q lost tn lives.
There were tlrtystwo persons on one
yacht 81 81 whom even we're lost Sl'l ard N
twelve q on q the other, all 10 whom but 81
Sione were saved % That not more. fell S$Yic--ibS
Tins n to the roug Ii \ sea was due toSS the Y
heroism Of Captain Ludl an, Of the Ii iere-S
ford inlet Life Saving 81 atton and 5 ;S
crew of iive men. was first thoug lit
that rom cen
sons had been lost, but ter an @inYesti--s$
CATION the coroner to-nig sta TED that
$he believed onlyS ei ight ere los 8 ~
list is las follows ::s NJ
f Bod les recovered: I
FREDERTCK FISHER 8 P'hllad dtelsiss del-iBs
gphia.3 s3s YIN
$ssJcHNSFoGARTY.g Iayerford
81, yyALTER SNYDER !. Ftit tla adel lphta
j ssTARKEY. Ph lad elpl1 l1ia. N sgs$
S@sJERRY3$DoN HltE, r Phil elphia. 5siss i
f UNKNOWN. NJ AZ n
"A SAMUEL &. &LoDNER yood btr bury q ~
Vi. Driven by Wind. ia
A Anglesea Is one Of the aVorite fishing \
places along the Southern n eW Jerseeysa!
coast, and has seldom he ~ bu y uIl-g
day than n 10. 81. Every excursion train
from Philadelphia and n; o hers8'iss ne arb,X5
points came down crowded wit yis g r. rs,F
most 8of whom tended spend ding ath es day y
In fishing. The weather In 3the q Nor lns5s
$was deal and ali the fishing boats took 4
out large crowds to the fishing ban ks,
After roon,s however, brisk t9 breeze u
ssprang p and the captains Of the small
craft hoiste sail and y sta rted for hon
Most OF the fleet got In Wi hout mis- p ap.ss
salthoug h some Of them ha d cons sldera ple /,
Sdiiculty In clearing the Her 8Ba I'VE:
The two that got into ouble HWer heE!
Bsloop yacht Nora. which 2, had On noara
Captain H erbert Shivers, his ana te, Y and
thirty passengers, and the sloop vim;
B., with a party of twel 5 8ss, 55s
The Nora had gone to the fishing ban ka /
& a y Five Fathonl Bank, a bout ten miles
out to sea, early in the day. hen the
wind began to freshen. Captatn Il shlyers |
decided It was time to make port, and.Ii
with the assistance OF q small ga SOME g l
engine and a good spr ID Of GO anvas q asha
made good time toward 5sAngl glesea. n. AS the I
slcop howled along, the wind was gettin4f
stirer and the sea roug her. s S$s
Hit by Huge Wave. Sss y.
Captain Shvers, from long experience.
knew how treacherous q he II eford
Bar. and approacteedf fttsfSvit his usual
caution. The sand sobs truct lion Ais about
8 4 mile from shore, Just as he was about /
ia 60 over 1t, a heavy squall struck thel
Nora. Despite the efforts OF the captntnss}S|
the craft heeled over, and was hit by q I
huge wave. The wind and the wave coni>3
Ing together was more than the yacht
could stand, and It turned corap pletelY
over, throwing the thlrty-two& z ccupants
into the sea, ,S n II,
As the boat turned ss over the. mast /
snapped like a reed, e There was a 2 CONS
izing cry as the yacht turned turtle.s
which WAS quickly slenced when nearlYl I
\ al. the victims disappeared beneath thai
water, The heavy sea- llo wever. proba bly, I
was responsible for the saving Of most
OF the eighteen survivors, as the waves !
were so rough that the upturned yacht
was tossed about. thus uncoverlng thsl
struggling Victims who We're underneat th.l
AS, many as could tried to reach the
keel. but 1t was q a difficult matter, ~
fishing nets lines, baskets and san. 4
There was no time to help on q anot her. ~
as 1t was all that the struggling men NJ
could do to keep their heads above the IL
water. One boy. however Freaa rick
Fisher. aged Is years, who was found
4 struggling near the bont, was w tea b VIZ Il.
on the upturned keel by two men, Who
had tight grips on the vessel. 81 8t3fs
Saved BY Life Boat, Il. !
F In the unequal fight against the e!s-S
ments, seven Of the struggling men dis s9S
appeared. leaving the others cllnging 20
the boat, After hanging to the yacht
1 for nearly an hour. and as hope Of rescls a
had almost been abandoned, govern
Ement lifeboat. commanded by Captain a4
Henry 8. iI.ldlam, of the Hereford Inlet
Life Saving Station, hove in sight. As
( he came near. he shouted encouragement
To the men clnglng to the Nora, and /
after some maneuyering, manager 70 ges
close to the capslzed vessel, "a W
b He was not q moment too soon, f0Is ~
as he came within a boats length otl
the Nora, four men. weakened from exs{
haustion, let go their holds. and begsms