The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-02
SLOOP CAPS|zED;;
SEVEN LINES Lost
SUMNER VISITORS MEET DEATH
IN THE WATERS OF Pc.
NoescoT GAY.
GIANT WAVE SWAMpeD BOAT
Only Three Of the Ten Persons in tn,
Inflated Craft Escaped Drown.
lng--six Of the Victims
Were Women.

Deer Isle, Me, Sept. 2.--Seven sum
mer visitors out OF party OF tel
were drowned by the capsizing of {
35-foot sloop in Penobscot Bay, of
this island, Tuesday. The drowned
Miss Alice Torro, Washington, ID. G
Miss Eleanor Torro, Washington
d. C.
Miss Kellogg, Baltimore.
Lutte Kellogg, Baltimore.
Mrs. Lucy s. Crawley, Philadelphia
Miss Elizabeth G.. Evans of Mount
Holyoke seminary, Mass.
Jason G. Hutchins OF Bangor.
The saved: Capt. Haskell. Deer
Isle; Prof. Edwin s. Crawley, Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
husband of Mrs. Crawley; Henry b
Evans, Mount Holyoke, brother oil
Miss Elizabeth Evans.
With Capt Samuel Haskell, the
party started out Tor sail in Penob
sect Bay. 1t was drawing near the
close of the vacation season for most
of them and they had nned this as
their last outing together The slooL
was Of the open" variety II had nc
deck forward and no cabin, and Il
contained no ballast. as the party OF
ten weighted the boat down quite
heavily.
The party had scarcely been gone
an hour before the wind freshened
up, heellng the sloop well over and
,ro HIM tho Cnrov ,tno,, ,ha oo,,,a,,t,,
There was no thought OF danger un.
I'll the afternoon was drawing to a
close, when Capt Haskell decided
that the wind was too heavy for his
boat and the sea too choppy, so he
brought the sloop around and started
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
a shout of warning that he was going
TO tack and then threw over the tiller
Just at this moment the boat rose
high UP on wave, exposing her to
the full brunt of the wind. An unusu.
ally heavy gust struck her and In a
twinkling the sloop Vent over on her
beam ends and the party OF ten were
thrown into the water.
For one moment It was every one
for ones self Capt. Haskell, how.
ever, took In the situation in one
glance. He had been clinging to the
sheet and his hold had not been loos.
oned by the sudden plunge into the
ice-cold waters. lie saw that the
boats tender was right side up and,
shouting to Prof. Crawley and Henry
Evans, who were nearest TO him, he
them to make for the tender,
doing so at the same time himself.
Crawley however, still clung to the
overturned sloop, looking for his wife,
while Evans was tryrAg TO locate 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,
bringing the boat up near Crawley
and Evans, helped them aboard, per.
suading 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 by their water-soaked clothesI
and chilled through by the cold water,
they had been unable TO keep them.
selves afioat. Some had grabbed the
person nearest them by the neck and
In some instances they had gone down
together, ciasped in each others arms.
The upset had been seen from
Eagle Island, not far from the scene
of the accident, and a sloop was sent
out TO pick up the survivors. The
rescuing party reached the tender Just
in time and pulled the three ex.
hausted men aboard or the rest OF
the party but two were In sight and
the boat was headed for them. They
were Lutte Kellogg and Miss Evans.
They We're. unconscious and although
the rescuers worked vigorously overI
them, all efforts to restore life failed
The bellies were taken ashore.