The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-13

cold, too, you bet. The dory started to go down just as we got near the middle breakwater and we had to swim. We could not attract any at tention and pulled down the lights and waved them until we were tuckered out. Still no one noticed them and we got into the oilhouse and started a fire. We managed to keep warm until morning. when one of the lighthouse keeper rowed over and discovered us.
 He warmed us up and then rowed US over to the Rock. Then we 'phoned for a taxicab and got into town as quick as we could.'
 Say" he exclaimed in concluding If you put it in the papers for good ness sake make it plain that I wasn't drowned"
 Chanter Cornish of Yonkers gave the following account of the accident at the University Dining hall.
 we started up from Bridgeport in Bishops boat night before last. There were seven of us in the party, all Yale students. As we came near to Milford 1t was so rough that we decided to go into harbor and go to New Haven by trolley. Tuesday afternoon Bish- Milford and got the boat out. There was a strong wind and we made very good time coming up to New Haven. We were inside the breakwater, about two miles from the shore when a sud- den gust of wind capsized the boat and we were thrown into the water. It was about o'clock then think. We climbed onto the side of the boat but didn't try to swim ashore. All three of us could swim, but one had cramps and as there was only one life pre- server of course none of us would take it.
 ''So for four hours we half chung to, half sat on the side of the boat. About Il o'clock, the boat commenced to sink and we thought we were done for as we were very cold and wet. The boat, however, had slowly drifted toward the breakwater and had stopped perhaps 20 feet from it. The mast probably caught on something for now the boat had turned completely over. We de- cided to make try to get on the breakwater, hoping from there that we could attract someone's attention. One by one we crossed over on the life preserver and threw it back to the boat. This was very difficult as it was dark and the boat was moving. Finally we all reached the breakwater. We crawled along and took down the lanterns and waved them. There was no response. We could not attract the attention of anyone in the lighthouses. water where they keep oil for the lights and tools. We opened this and took turns staying inside while the others waved the lights. In the af- ternoon and evening we tried to signal to passing boats, but no one noticed us. It was nearly 2 o'clock yesterday morning when little boat came over from a lighthouse, think it was the Sperry light, and took us aboard. We went to the lighthouse where they gave us some dry clothes and some breakfast and at il. o'clock we came over in a launch to the shore"
 The men looked pretty we'll exhaust ed and they were advised to go to the infirmary immediately on their ar rival. None of them went, however.
 Everything the students had with them was lost, including most of their clothing. The boat was taken from the breahwater by some one other than the owner soon after the students had left for the Lighthouse. A com plaint was made to the police author ties and it was learned early this af- ternoon that the boat was at Savin Rock.