The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-19
SLOOP IS CAPS lied
IN SUDDEN SQUALL
Excursion Boat Roxana, Carrying 22
Passengers, Goes Down-Captain
and IL Others Are Rescued
With Great Difficulty.

| New York, July 1S.-Sixteen persons, FIVE
OF them women. met death by drowning
In the waters either surrounding or in the
vicinity of New York today. Ten of tho
victims perished through the capsizing of
the excursion sloop Roxana, carrying q
passengers, which was struck by a sud-
den squall in lower New York bay. mid
way between Coney Island point and
Hoffman island late this afternoon. One
of the survivors, one woman. Mrs. c.
knudsen of Brooklyn. is in such serious
condition that she probably will die. Her
two daughters were drowned.
The other drownings. with but one ex-
ception, were swimming accidents.
Stephen Ernst, IS years old, of Brook
lyn, was drowned off Coney Island while
learning to swim. Charles Hendricksen,
Il years old of Brooklyn, met death in the
same vicinity by the upsetting of row
boat. William Yaeger. a 1s-year-old boy
of New York, slipped on some rocks and
fell into the Hudson to his death.
Off Belle Moore, L. l., Charles Conn.
% years old, got beyond his depth and
sank; Giano Rizzo, a laborer. q years old,
persisted while swimming in the Harlem
r1Ner. Lastly, EDWARD wal, % years olu,
, of Fast Orange. N. J.. was seized with
cramps in the Morris canal near New
ark
In the Roxana district the following per-
shed
The list of dead as ascertained tonight
follows
Selma Sameason, New York
Ella Olsen, Flatbush, l.. |.
Olga and Selma knudsen, sisters. IA and
Il years old respectively, Brooklyn.
| John Christensen, Brooklyn.
| Abiaham Hunson, Brooklyn.
3. Abraham Jamison, Brooklyn.
| Alice Engleson, Brooklyn.
| Peter S. Pielson, Brooklyn.
| John Thompson Brooklyn.
| The captain of the Roxana and the 12
| survivors were picked up with great diff
| fculty in a rough and choppy sea by the
tug Laront.
The Roxana, with her skipper, Captain
Samuelson, was chartered at ulmer
Beach. Brooklyn. this forenoon by party
of Swedes from Brooklyn for sail across
the bay to Midland Beach, S. l., and back.
The first leg of the voyage was made
without mishap and all hands piled ashore
to make merry Beer was served and
some oil the survivors could give but
hazy account of the accident. All aft
ternoon there was a stiff breeze from the
southwest which left nasty cross sea.
Near o'clock the RoXana, reeling home
ward across the bay with all the sail
good judgment would permit slipped into
a squall. She lay over until the copper
plates gistened in the sun as the angle of
the deck steepened to the angry water
In her lee and the women screamed and
scrambled for the upper rail-
The captain struggled to slack away his
sheet, but there was not time for such
measures of relief.
In one moment the RoXana was bottom
UP and the foam was black with bobblng
heeds. In another moment the Roxana
had vanished and one by one the heads
beIan to follow her
Fortunately the tug Lamont was keep
ing a sharp lookout Captain Keyes
saw the soop keel over in the gust and
fail to come back. Instantly he headed
for the spot where the Roxana had been,
but before he could reach her 10 of the
passengers hal gone down. Life lines and
buoys were thrown to those still afioat
and after few minutes OF brisk and anx-
ious work all in sight were taken aboard
the Lamont.
The survivors, thoroughly exhausted
and half dazed were taken to a hospital
on Staten Island