The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-02
YACHTERS LOST IN STORM
NINE DIE IN ANGLESEA AND FIVE
IN FULTON IN. W DURING
BIG BLOW.
A THRILLING RESCUE.
Philadelphia's Wealthy Among Victims
and Mayor Weaver Works Like
Trojan to Help Survivors.

ANGLESEA, n. j., July 3O.-In a
sudden storm which swept over the fish
ing grounds Sunday afternoon, eight
lives were lost by the wrecking of yachts
on Hereford bar. Heroic work by the
life saving crew prevented loss of life
three times as great.
All those who persisted had come
down from Philadelphia to spend the
Sunday fishing at Angesea, which is the
mecca of fishermen along the southern
New Jersey coast. Every available boat
in Angesea had been chartered.
Storm Breaks Over Fleet.
The weather in the morning was ideal.
and each boat that went out to the
banks carried as many passengers as
could be crowded aboard. Early in the
afternoon rain fell, and a heavy. breeze
swept in from the ocean. At the first
sign Of storm nearly all the yachts
hoisted sail and scudded for shelter. All
of these got in without trouble.
y few shippers, however, held on to
their anchors hoping the breeze would
blow itself out. Instead it gained
strength. Then the last of the boats out
hoisted sail and headed for Anglesea. 1t
was low water and the fleet had to clear
the trcacherous Hereford bar which
stretches between Anglesea inlet
and the ocean. The boats had TO beat
and tack for gaps in the bar and had
hard work in crossing
Two Crash Upon Treacherous Bar.
Eventually all the boats got across
the bar but two, Capt. ii. Shivers'
sloop yacht Nora, which had thirty
passengers aboard, and the sloop Alvin
r.. with twelve aboard. Both these
yachts were wrecked the Nora on the
upper end of the bar and the Alvin Is.
at the lower end half an hour later.
In the first seven drowned and in the
other one.
just as the Nora went over there was
a crash. Only Capt. Shivers knew what
it meant, and he yelled: Duck, every
body" In another instant the rigging
and sails came crashing down on the
deck. The yacht turned turtle, with half
of those aboard caught in the tangle OF
rigging.
The heavy sea now aided the victims
of the wreck. as the waves were so
rough that the upturned yacht was
tossed about. uncovering the struggling
men who were underneath. AS many rs
could tried to reach the keel. but ii was
difficult matter as there was an In
descrbable tangle of fishing nets, lines,
baskets and sail. There was no time to
help one another.
Lifesavers in Thrilling Race.
Within a mile of where the Nora went
aground is the Hereford Inlet ifesavins
station. Capt. Henry 5. Ludlam was
about to sir down to his dinner when lie
was interrupted by Il man, wild-eyed,
drenched TO the skin.
There's been wreck" the man man
aged to get out. For Gods sake get out
the boys
Ludlam jumped TO n telephone. Five
minutes later he and crew of five We're
launching the government lifeboat. lie
and his men pulled desperately against
the thrty-mile breeze and sea. Capt.
Ludlam was not 4 moment too soon, for
rs he came within boats length of the
Nora four men, weakened from eNhauS-
ton, let go their holds and began floating
away. Capt. Ludlam threw his boat
around and four half-drowned men We're
drawn out of the water Then at the
risk of their own lives the rcscuers went
after the other men and pulled them into
their boat.
Alvin B. Is Wrecked
The disaster to the Alvin f.. Capt.
Samuel Bunch of Grassy Sound, oc-
CURED about half an hour later. There
Were twelve persons on board, Il private
party that had chartered the boat for
the day. The steamers Ocean City and
ISrclla put out to the craft, Whlle Capt.
Ludlam reached the scene later after
the rescue of the Nora. The occupants
of the Alvin Il. had better chance for
their lives than those on the Nora, as
the mast was not broken. One man
was stunned, however, when the yacht
turned over and he drowned. The res
cuers found all the others clinging to
the craft.
Among those who volunteered to care
for the victims was Mayor John Weaver
of Philadelphia, who has been spending
several days here at the summer cottage
of Thomas Martindale, n prominent
phladelphan. Mayor Weaver. with
coat off and sleeves rolled up, abored
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