The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-30
FL m alssE IK III ----
Eight Men Drowned Be-
fore Life Boats Gould
Reach Them
HEROISM SAVES MANY
In Face of Grave Peril LIE savers
Take twenty-five Who We're
clinging TO the Wrecked
Sloop.


Anplesea. N. j., July 29.-TWo
yacbts coming in from the fishing
hanks were capsized off Hereford In
LEI bar, off here today and so far as
can ascertained tonight, eight lives
We're lost.
There we're 80 persons on one
Yacht of whom seven We're lost, and
twelve on the other, all of whom but
one were saved
That not more fell victims to the
rough sea Is due to the hero'sm OF
Captain Henry S. Ladlam of the Here
ford Inlet Life Saving station and
crew of five men.
The Dead
FREDERICK FISHER, SRp Phil
adelphia.
HERBERT HAMMELL, Lanadalo.
Pa.
WALTER SNYDER. Philadelphia.
JOHN FoGERTY. Haverford, Pa.
J. STARKEY. Philadelphia.
JERRY DONOHuE. Philadelphia
UNKNOWN MAN.
The hodes of all the above have
been recovered
The Missing,
SAMUEL LoDNER. Woodbury. N
Storm Was Unexpected.
Anglesea is favored fishing place
along the Jersey eoast The weaths
this morning was ideal and all fish
ing boats took out large crowds {
the fishing banks In the afternoon
however, a brisk breeze sprung NJ
captains of small crafts hosited the
sail and started for home.
The two boats that got into trouble
are the sloop yacht Nora, which hat
ON board Captain Herbert Shiyers
his mate and thirty passengers an(
the sloop Alvin b., with party O
twelve.
The Nora had gone TO the fishing
banks at Five Fathom Bank about
ten miles out TO sea early in the day
When the wind began to fresher
Captain Shippers decided it was time
10 make for port. As the sloop bowl
ed along the wind got stiff and IN,
sea rougher. Captain Shivers from
long experience, knew how treacher
Gus Hereford Bay was and approach
cd il with more than usual caution.
The sand obstruction is about ;
mile from shore Just as he wat
about TO go over it, heavy squal
struck the Nora. Despite the efforts
Of the captain the craft recled owe
and WAS ht by huge wave.
Fishermen Hurled Into Sea.
The wind and wave coming togeth
or were more than the yact coul'
stand ald II turned completely owe
throwing the % occupants into thr
sea. As the boat turned over IN,
mast snapped like reed. There wa
an agonizing cry as the pacht turnci
turtle which was quickly silence
when nearly all the victims disar
peared beneath the water
The heavy sea. however. probabl
was responsible for saving of mos
of twenty2sfive survivors as IN
waves were So rough that the upturu
cd yacht was tossed about thus M
covering the struggling victims VIII
were underneath. In the unequa
fight AGAINST the elements. strugglin
men disappeared one by one unit
only twenty-five were left clinging {
the boat.
After hanging to the yacht for nea
" an hour and as the hope OF rescu
had almost been abandoned the go
eminent life boat, commanded b
Captain Henry 5. Ludlam. Of III
Hereford Inlet Life Saving Station
hove In sight.
Rescue Was Perilous.
The resue Cected was perilous =
the rough sea was constantly poun'
ing the lfeboat against the keel {
the Yacht
\ few M nutes after the last ma
was taken from tho water the slu0
,acht Violet. Captain Lilly came n
and the twenty s.hve men we're tran
ferred to her and taken ashore. A
Of the rescued were able 90 leave r
their homes tonight
Another Yacht cspsized.
Shortly after the survivors of %
Nora we're brought ashore anoih'
yachs. the Alvin r. was seen io "a
size about a mile above the plat
where the Nora went over. The
several boats ia the vicinity Al Il
time and all hut one person vas sa
Cd The Alvin y was owned bv =