The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-11
LIVES Lost IN BLACK SVUALL
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The ..., prors On three steamboats,
cu.r q of. 'ho lower lay aw tho resc,e
ofci,I' n,Y WIN were clinRinE tn u capsiDrd
lgor 1rl II not know that three others had
hon Ir Nuci Tho sloop had b0en knocked
dow, IN ,Mo quail The Little Silver of tho
Patton I.ro. the Scabird 81 the Red Bank
lire ar.i the Sandy Hook. from At
Lrti. highlands, were all bound n. The
.kirr r-. saw a tug scootinR across he
hay. SHc was footing at a lively rate.
The blar. all steered over In the direc-
tim it, which the tug was headed. and soon
Jaw a .,oop yacht about forty feet long
rrturrrI and with eight men clingin ; to
her .idc
The Little Silver was the first to get near,
snd pcckhand Frank Collins was sent
out with a boat. He got alongside of the
-, .,t ,,,Ly ,0 four If tho p,o Noar-
while the tugboat had taken of the other
four Tho tug. which was the Sommers
\ Smith Of Philadelphia, had a launch in
tow that it had picked up some time before.
This launch belonged at Navesink High
lands. The captain of the tug offered to tow
the capsizcd sloop into port, and the offer
was accepted. Collins shipped his four
passengers aboard the tug, which made
line fast to the overturned sloop.
The capsized yacht was the Lottie. In
charge Of Capt. Theodore Bonnet. she left
West Twenty-ninth street yesterday morn
ing with a fishing party Of eleven men.
About 5 p. NJ. of West Bank light she
was capsized by the squall. The three
men drowned were William Mormon OF 420
sixty-second street. Brooklyn; Paul Smith
Of % North Seventh street, Brooklyn. and
george Nlss Oh CEltn butet ana hamilton
avenue. Brooklyn. The body of Mormon
was lost, but the bodies Of Smith and Gise
are still in the yacht, which is sunk at
Quarantine dock. The rest of the crew
climbed upon the side of the yacht and re-
NAMED there until taken of by the Smith.
The launch the Smith was towing was the
Hildegarde which was disabled in the same
squall. The crew OF the Hildegarde were
taken of by the tug Patience, a member Of
the crew Of the Patience got into the Hide
earde to steer her, but the rope broke and
she drifted away until taken in tow by the
smith and brought to Quarantine.
The three steamboats, that were near
when the rescue took place were crowded
with folks returning from points along the
Jersey coast. On the Little Silver when
all hands rushed to the port side to see
tie men taken of the sloop the boat listed
TO heavily that the crew had to drive some
heck to starboard.
By putting the Staten Island ferryboat
Richmond a quarter OF a mile out of her
course about the same time In the
afternoon Capt. Lockwood rescued three
women. a little girl and two men. They
had been cruising in a little launch three
quarters Of a mile off Robbins Reef when
''N h'If Caught ny tie Sihdh. lip mUuCn
shipped much water and nearly went under.
Capt Lockwood saw the party on his S 20 Pm.
trpdown. He got the launch under the lee
ofthe Richmond a ladder was let down over
the side and First Mate Keegan and Ken
nedy, Howard, Russell and Doherty of the
crew formed a human chain down the
ladder The little girl was picked of first,
then the three women and finally the two
men
The party consisted Of George and Joseph
Witaei Of Jersey City, Mrs. Witzel and her
three daughters, Edna, Anna and Viola.
lhey were scudding up the bay to escape
the squa,l when it overlook them. The
launch ghipped water faster than the men
Could bail, and she was almost under when
the Richmond came up.
The launch was righted and lowed to
81 George, Mate Keegan occupying her
all the way Among those who witnessed
the rescue was Charles S. Corey of 1 Madison
avenue, who was on the Richmond. He
pulled a diamond scarf pin from his tie and
presented Ito Keegan. This launch party
was not daunted by it, experience but went
nome IN the launch in tbs evening.
Six small boys who were sailing In a cat
boat near Ellis Island yesterday afternoon
came to grief when the squall broke over
'e bay, about 5 P. NJ. They tried to shorten
SAIL but were carried toward tho island,
and while their boat was not upset they
went overheard themselves. They managed
70 scramble ashore and came back to t,e
battery by terryboat.
ihe s!oop Munsey. owned by Michael
schultz of 1854 Third avenue was capsized
On barretto Point on Long Island Sound,
with eight persons aboard. Roundsman
Nelly and Policemen O'Connor, Fordham
and Michael ~Kavanaugh put out after the
occupants Of the boat, but when they got
nere all the party had been taken ashore
except the owner and John Zahn Of s47
e'eoblns avenue, They would not give the
aames of the Others In the boat.
| Inc wind futtered the recreation PIERS
AL The children were huddled into safe
corners Hats were blown into the r yer
auo Their" was a genera scurry to get
under cover, There was some damage
among the bathing pavilions a'ong the
hudson A locust tree nearly fifty feet
msh was blown down in front of 22el First
a'ehNe and fell across the car tracks