Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-03
YACHTERS LOST IN STORM
NINE DIE IN ANGLESEA AND FIVE
IN FULTON On. W DURING
BIG BLOW.
A THRILLING RESCUE.
Philadelphia's Wealthy Among Victims
and Mayor Weaver Works Like
Trojan to Help Survivors.

ANGLESEA, \. 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 a loss of life
three times as great.
All those who persisted had come
down from Philadelphia to spend the
Sunday fishing at Anglesea, which is the
mecca of fishermen along the southern
New Jersey coast. Every available boat
IN Anglesea 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 heavy breeze
swept in from the ocean. At the first
sign of a storm nearly all the yachts
! hoisted sail and scudded for shelter. All
of these got in without trouble.
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 treacherous 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. H. Shivers
sloop yacht Nora, which had thirty
passengers aboard, and the sloop Alvin
T.. with twelve aboard. Both these
! yachts We're wrecked the Nora on the
upper end of the bar and the Alvin B.
| 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 50
/ rough that the upturned yacht was
| tossed about, uncovering the struggling
! men who were underneath. AS many as
| could tried to reach the keel, but it was
| a difficult matter, as there was an in
! describable 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 Iifesaving
! station. Capt. Henry S. Ludlam was
! about to sit down to his dinner when he
was interrupted by a man, wild-eyed,
! drenched to the skin.
There's been a wreck the man man
! aged to get out. For Gods sake get out
! the boys"
| Ludlam jumped to telephone. Five
! minutes later he and a crew of five We're
! launching the government lifeboat. He
| and his men pulled desperately against
| the thirty-mile breeze and sea. Capt.
/ Iudlam was not Il moment too soon, for
as he came within a boats length of the
/ Nora four men, weakened from eXhaus-
! ton, let 20 their holds and began floating
away. Capt. Ludlam threw his boat
around and four half-drowned men were
! drawn out OF the water. Then at the
risk of their own lives the rescuers went
after the other men and pulled them in o
! their boat.
Alvin B. Is Wrecked
The disaster to the Alvin B., Capt.
| Samuel Bunch of Grassy Sound, Oc-
| Cured about half an hour later. There
We're twelve persons on board, private
! party that had chartered the boat for
| the day. The steamers Ocean City and
! Isrella put out to the craft while Capt.
Ludlam reached the scene later after
the rescue of the Nora. The occupants
! of the Alvin B. 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, prominent
Fhltadelphian. Mayor Weaver, with
coat off and sleeves rolled up. labored
like q Trojan in caring for the rescued.