The Washington herald., 1908-09-02

Drowned and their bodies hidden under
the waters on Eagle Island, Maine. was
the fate OF two young women Of Wash
ington yesterday.
The victims. who lived in this city, We're
Miss Elinor Pairo and Miss Alice Pairo.
sisters. Of lsZs Nineteenth street north
west.
In all, seven persons were drowned, and
OF the number only two bodies had been
recovered late last night
Dispatches from RockIand. Ne. which
I. is near the scene oc the drowning. de-
scribe the catastrophe as one Of the most
sensational ever recorded along the New
England coast
Victims with Sisters.
The party which met with the fatal ter
mlrati0n consisted OF ten persons. and
I The drowned. IN addition 10 the Pairo sis
ters, include
Miss Kellogg. Miss Lutte Kellogg. both
OF Baltimore: Mrs Edwin 5. Crawley.
OF Philadelphia. Miss Elizabeth f. Evans.
Of Mount Holyoke Seminary. south Had
ley. Mass. Jason Hutchins. Of Bangor.
Ne
The bodies recovered are those OF Miss
Lutte KeIIoEg and Miss Elizabeth E.
Evans.
Those who survive are Prof z. 6
Crawley. OF Philadelphia. Henry Evans.
OF South Hadiey. Mass. Capt samuel
Haskell. Of the Linnie Bell They are so
exhausted from the terrible ordeal that
only neaEer details can be CLEANED from
them
The LLnnie Bell with Cant. Samuel
Haskell in charge. put on early yesterday
morning from Deer Isle for a sail 20 Pul-
pit Har5or. one Of the picturesque spots
on the coast shortly after noon. vhra
sailing in comparatively smooth sens OF
Eagle Island the yacht was struck by. one
of the sudden squalls which blows down
the coast al this season q the year
Without warning. the sIoop veered IN the
hurricane blow and threatened 10 turn
turtle
Through the prompt action Of one Of
the party. the tender was hauled along
side. just as the vessel capslzed- Capt
Haskell succeeded IN placing tvo of the
women. Miss Lutte Kellogg and Miss
Evans. into the tender. and then. With
Prof Crawley and Henry Evans. at
tempted % save the others
suddenly. in the wash Of the heavy
seas. the Lln1ia Bell began 10 sink. and
the other women OF the party were cast
heading into The water Although the
little tender was IN peril. the three men
jumped into the small boat and rowed
through the combers. searching for the
missing women The storm continued
with unabated violence. and Capt. Has
keI, realizing e was useless 10 waste
more lives. took 10 the oars. and. with
the aid Of Prof. Crawley and Mr.. Evans.
pulled away for the distant shore.
The hopes OF the little party were
dashed 20 uazEht when their little cookie
shell, tossed high in the air with each
roll Of the sea. began shipping water
Bravely the two women worked in
frenzy 10 bail the brine and keep the
tender sfoat- Their battle was short
lived, however, for a big breaker com
pletely overturned The boat and all five
we're foundering in the water.
Heroisn of the Men.
The heroism Of the men was here
shown 20 its utmost. Prof. CravIev
seized one OF the women. and with the
other arm got a grip on the stranded
craft The big captain. with the other
girl closely sripped. also clu1g BY one
arm 10 the boat. with Evans assisting
Thus the five survivors drifted for hours
in the wash OF The sea The heavy wind
blew them onto a ledge. where they were
cast exhausted anc near death
The men revived first. and gave all their
attention 20 the Two young women. They
were both found 70 be dead
Here a rescue party found them late
yesterday afternoon. and took them OF.
landing them on Deer Isle.
The GapsiZed Linnie Bell had not been
sighted UP 70 a late hour last night. and
IT IS feared she has gone 70 the bottom
with her I'VE victims.
Windows Ar-- Boarded.
At an early hour this morning reporter
for The Washington Herald went 70 1873
Nineteenth street. where the Misses
Pair5 lived. and found the windows
boarded UP. showing that the occupants
were out Of the city.
From a neighbor It was learned the
young sisters left Washington for the
coast Of Maine about six weeks ago.
From the same source II was ascertai2ed
that the Misses Pairo were prominent
members OF @ popular set in the neigh
bOrhO0d, that they dressed well, and that
they had apartments at the house in
question.
II was also learned that Richard z
Pairo. a lawyer. whose home IS al 1913
r * a hr--.H f7.a-- Of q
Young women who were drowned The
house Of the brother was also closed
for the summer and the windows board
ed up.