Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-09-10
Last Outing OF Light=hearted
Vacation Party Ends in
Awful Calamity.
WIND TOO HEAVY FOR BOAT
Women Weighted Down by Clothing
Unable to Keep Afloat-Three
Saved in Nick of Time.

Deer Isle, Me-, Sept 3-Seven sum-
ner visitors out of party of ten
were drowned by the capsizing of a
sloop in Penobscot bay, off this isl
and, yesterday. The survivors are
Capt Haskell, Deer Isle; Prof. Ed.
ward Crawley Of the University of
Pennsylvania and Henry B. Evans,
Mount Holyoke.
With Capt Samuel Haskell the par.
ty of light-hearted people started out
yesterday afternoon for a sail in Pc.
nobscot bay. 1t was drawing near
the close of the vacation season for
most Of them, and they had planned
this as their last outing together. The
wind was from the southwest and
squally.
Wind Too Heavy for Boat
The party had scarcely been gone
an hour before the wind freshened
up, heeling the sloop well over and
6ashlng the spray upon the occupants.
There was no thought of danger until
the afternoon was drawing to close.
when Capt. Haskell decided that the
wind was too heavy for the boat and
sea too choppy, SO he brought the
slcoD around and started on a tack
homeward.
All the party were perched high up
on the weather side as the sloop cut
through the waves with the water
almost coming over the gunwales on
the lee side. when Capt. Haskell gave
shout OF warning that he was going
to tack and then threw over the tiller.
Thrown Into the Water.
Just at this moment the boat rose
nigh up on wave. exposing her to
the full brunt of the wind. An un.
usually heavy gust struck her and in
a twinkling the sloop went over on
her beam ends and the party of ten
were thrown into the water.
For one brief moment it was every
one for oneself. Capt Haskell, how
ever. took in the situation in one
quick glance. He had been clinging
to the sheet and his tenacious hold
had not been loosened by the sudden
plunge into the ice-cold waters. He
saw that the boats tender was right
side up, and shouting to Prof Craw.
ley and Henry Evans, who were near
est to him, he directed them to make
time himself
CAPTAIN Picks Up Two.
Prof. Crawley, however, still chung
to the overturned sloop, looking for
his wife. while Evans was trying vain
ly to locate his sister,
In the meantime Haskell had gain
ed the tender and had clambered
aboard. Cutting it loose from the
overturned slooD, he picked I'D the
oars and bringing the boat up near
Crawley and Evans, helped them
aboard. But the women were beyond
help. Weighted down by their water
soaked clothing and chilled through
BY the cold water. they lad been I'M
able to keep themselves afoat The
three men in the tender found that
they we're almost as incapable of Civ
ing assistance in their boat as they
had been in the water.
Rescuers Just in Time.
The wind was too high and the
seas too rough for them to handle
the small boat. They were in grave
danger themselves of being thrown
once more into the water.
The upset, however, had been seen
from Eagle island, not far from the
scene of the accident. and as soon as
possible sloop was sent out to pick
up the survivors. The rescuing party
reached the tender just in time and
pulled the three exhausted men
aboard.
The calamity cast profund gloom
over this resort. Some of the party
had been here for the greater portion
of the summer and all had become
we'll known to the majority of the
people here.