Milford chronicle., 1908-09-04
BOAT UPSET.;
SEVEN DROWN
Disaster OVeTtak0S Sailing Party
in PenObSCOt Bay.
ONLY THREE WERE SAVED

sloop capsized When the Captain At
tempted to Tack, and All Werc
Thrown Into the Water-Were Re
turning to shore-slx Women, On,
From Philadelphia, Were Drowned
Before Any Of the Survivors coulc
Reach Them-only Two Bodies Re-
covered.
Deer Isle, Me-. Sept 2. - Seven
summer visitors out OF a party OF ten
were drowned by the capsizing of Z
thirty-fve foot sloop in Penobscot bay
of this island.
The drowned: Miss Alice Zorro and
Miss Eleanor Zorro. Washington d.
c.; Miss Kellogg and Lutte Kellogg
Baltimore, Md; Mrs. Lucy S. Crawley
Philadelphia; Miss Elizabeth G. Evans
Springfield, Mass, and Jason c. Hutch
ms, of Bangor.
The saved are: Captain Haskell
Deer Isle; Professor Edward Crawley.
University OF Pennsylvania. Philadel
phia. husband of Mrs. Crawley. ana
Henry B. Evans Mount Holyoke
brother of Miss Elizabeth Evans.
The bodies of Lutte Kellogg anO
Miss Evans were recovered.
With Captain Samuel Haskell. the
party of lighthearted summer people
started out for sail IN PenobscoI
bay. The party had scarcely been gone
an hour before the wind freshened up,
heeling the sloop well over and dash
ing the spray upon the occupants.
All the party were perched high up
on the weather side as the sloop cut
through the water with the water al
most coming over the gunwales on the
lee side, when Captain Haskell gave a
shout of warning that he was going to
tack and then threw oyel the tiller
Just at this moment the rose
high upon a wave, exposing Il t. C. e
full brunt OF the wind AL ---saal y
heavy gust struck her ana III a twink
ling the sloOp went over Oh ner beam
ends and the party OF ten were thrown
into the water.
For one brief moment II was every
one for ones self Captain Haskell
however took in the situation III one
Quick glance. He had been clinging
60 the sheet and his tenacious hold
had not been loosened by the sudden
plunge into the ice cold waters Of the
Maine coast. He saw that the boats
tender was right side up and, shouting
10 Professor Crawley and Henry Evans
who were nearest to him. he directed
them to make Tor the tender. doing so
al the same time himself. Professor !
Crawley. however still chung TO tn |
overturned sloop looking foI mis- wife |
while Evans was trying vainly to 10
cate his sister.
In the meantime Haskell had gained /
the tender and had clambered aboard |
Cutting it loose from the overturned /
sloop he picked up the oars and bring
sng the boat up near Crawley and
Evans. helped them aboard persuad
ing them that the only way they could
help the women folks was from the
rowboat. But even then the women
were beyond help Weighted down
Nv their water-soaked clothes. and
chilled through by the cold water
they had been unable to keep them
selves afloat Some had grabbed the
person nearest them by the neck. and
IL some instances they had gone down
together, clasped in each others arms.
The three men in the tender found
that they were almost as incapable of
giving assistance in their boat as they
had been in the water 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 a sloop was sent out to pick
ID the survivors. The rescuing party
reached the tender just in time and
pulled the three exhausted men
aboard. OF the rest of the party but
TWO were in sight and the boat was
beaded for them They were Lutte ,
Kellogg and Miss Evans. They were /
and although the rescu-
PTS worked vigorously over them. all
Efforts to restore life failed. ,