New-York tribune., 1907-06-03
FOUR DROWN IN SOUND.
ONE SATED FROM URECK.
Yacht Cruise of Brooklyn Boys
Ends IN Disaster.
LBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune. !

New Haven, June 2.-Ihe tug wyoming, Dt
the Lehigh Line, put into port here to leave
at the hospital Edward Auth, of No. 1872 Sara
toga avenue Brooklyn. who was picked up IN
Long Island Sound nearly three miles from
shore about = O'Clock this afternoon, clinging to
the sloop Belle of the williamsburg Yacht Club.
in which Auth and his brother and three friends
started for cruise Thursday. His four COM
panions were drowned
Five of us left Brooklyn Yesterday morning 20
come to New Haven for an outing" said Auth to-
night. 1T vacation, and decided to
take sail. We got to New Haven early in
the afternoon. and sailed back to Bridgeport
last night This morning we arose early, and
as 1t looked threatening we decided to try 70
get back home early as possible We got
under way about o'clock and had gone as far
as Norwalk when we found in a heavy
sea and that tho wind blowing small hur
ricane.
our auxiliary engine had gone wrong and we
all crowded around it to try to fix it as
possible Suddenly big struck us, and
over we went We found ourselves lounderiug
In the trough of the sea I seized a rope and
succeeded in making myself fast on the stern of
the sloop which had been Capsized. l tried to
help the others, but was not able to reach them
in such a heavy sea. Their hands grew cold
and numb, and one by one they lost their hold
senses, and the thing knew I was in the
engine room Of the tug wrapped in blankets
The other members of the party were my
brother. Jacob; my brother law. August Jaeg-
ger, of No. S26 Saratoga avenue. Otto Pfeger. of
No, l4 Naret street. Brooklyn. and George
Glazer. of Manhattan"
Unmarried, and with only their parents to
think Of the Auth boys gave themselves up in
passion with them. Last year they bought the
sloop yacht Belle, had her overhaulcd ana took
her out several times. She frequently went
adrlft or her machinery-for she had an auxi-
iaIy engne-got out Of order. but the Auth boys
thought she could be made seaworthy by expert
attention, and spared no money to make her so.
shes all right, mother. and you just want to
forget all this tommy-rot and come along" said
Jacob 10 his mother at breakfast last Thursday
morning.
But the mother. too. was apprehensive She
begged her SONS 10 be careful and not venture
too far, for there always danger with a light
yacht Of that make. The Auth boys patted their
mother or the shoulder and told her they would
be home last night
Jaeger, the brothcr-in-aw, asked his wife
the night before to leave the children with their
grandmother and come along, but Mrs Jaeger
said she afraid Of that boat" Before the
night was over she had partly made up her
mind To go, but whom she got UP on Thursday
morning Sh- was again afraid She begged her
husband and brothers not to GO She said she
was silly. may he but that everything wasn't
right Something was going to happen she was
sure. The Auth boys and Jaeger tried 10 laugh
her fears away
4 know, l knew something was going 10 hap
pen They wanted to go. My husband
pleaded with me. but for our little ones sake
refused sobbed Mrs. Jaeger last night as she
sat in the homo Of her mother and told a
Tribune reporter about the long preparations for
the first summer trip of the Belle which caused
the death Of her husband and two brothers Il
haven't rested night since they left us last
Thursday morning, Just thinking thinking where
they were. and wondering If they were safe
Now it's all come as l saw it,"
The Auths are one Of the best known German
families in East New York. Edward Auth r.
superintendent of the Devoe Telephone Manu-
featuring Company, and his brother Jacob was
part owner Of the Safety Electric Signal Com
pany Another brother. Charles, remained be-
hind to look after the business
The Belle sailed away after daybreak on
Thursday. That night Mrs. Auth received
postal from them saying:
Spent Decoration night at Sea Cun All o. K.
NED
Friday night the mail brought two postals
showing where they had passed or landed No
message was received on Saturday. and Sunday
the family had made arrangements to get the
mail should any reach there Sunday morning
But none came The first word that reached
them was a message from New Haven telling
of the accident. AS far could be learned, the
Belle was capsized in a storm. Not one on
board, it is said, could swim stroke
Il don't know how Ned escaped" his mother
said Il don't think he could swim"
Charles Auth went to New Haven last night
CANOE OVERTURNED; ONE DROWNED.