The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-07-21
Sixteen Of the People on the
Ship Age Drowned
WHEN CRAFT SINKS
TOO Fatal accident Ess Cao$ed oy
.Ae cssslszs OF tho Pleasure Soop
b sacsu that Struck Her Wnno
Saiaes IA tho Esy At Now forS
sunday.

men. met death bJ ocoSoiaS n toe
waters either surrounding or IN The
vicinity OF New York Sunday. Ten
OF the victims pe.ished ATE. the cap
sizing Of the excursion s!oop Ro7aa
carrying e2 p1seasers. which vas
struck oS a soddea saua!l n lower
New Yors bay. midway between
| cone5 Island point aaa Hoffman Is
Hand. late Sunday afternoon. OF the
survivors ooe vo2ao. Ms. c. kaud-
son. OF Brooklyn. !s Ia such serious
condition that she probably will die.
Her two daughters were drowned.
The other dcown!nes with but one
exception, were swimming accidents.
Stephen Ernest. 2s yeacs old. Of
Brooklyn. was drowned OF Cooey Is
land While learning TO swim.
chas. Eend,!eksen. +2 years old. Of
Brooklyn. net death :o tie same VI
e!a!,y b. the aese.ans 0: a row
boat.
william Eaesee. . lS-Jea.-o!d boy
Of New York. slipped oS some rocks
and tel! into the HUDSON to bis death.
OF Bellnor-. L l.. Charles Conn
32yea.s old, got beyond hIs depth and
sans.
C!ano Rtz5o. laeo1er. 21 years
old, pe.!shed while swimming n the
Harlem river.
Lastly Edward Wall. SO years old.
Of East Orange. \. J.. vas seized with
cramps and drowned n the Morris
canal. near Newark.
In the Roxaaa disaster. tie follow
Ing pesished:
Selma samessoa. New York: Ella
olseo. F!atoush. L l.: Olga and
Eelns Krudson. sister. II and u
years old. respectively. Brooklyn:
John Christensen. Brooklyn: Ahra-
ham Eunson. Brooklyn: Abraham
Jan.son. Brooklyn: Alice Enge!son.
Brooklyn: Peter Spselson. Brooklyn:
John Thompson. Brooklyn.
The captain OF the Ro1ana and tie
twelve survivors were picked up with
great difficulty il rough and choppy
sea by the tug Lamont
The Ro1aaa. vita her skipper.
Capt SsEue!soa. <ss chartered at
Ee!us Kuudsos. stEsrs. II and II
party Of Sr>des from Brooklyn 70, a
sail across tho bag to Midland oesch.
Staten Island and oaca. The Srst
leg o: :be ~oSaee vas made without
m!stap and a.! hsods piled ashore TO
make n~-ry. Beer vas served and
some Of the Survivors could s've but
a haxy account o. toe accident.
All afternoon there vas st!t
breeze from the southwest which lef;
a nasty cross sea- Toward o'clock
tie Ro1ana. reeline honeEavd across
the bay under al the sal! good judg-
men. would permit; be. 10 carry. slip
PED into scuail She lay over unit!
the copper plates s!tsteoed In the
sun and as the angle OF the deck
s:eepeoed 70 the angry water n ae'
lee, tho women screamed and sc7am-
bled for the uppe, rail.
The captain struggled to slack
away his sheet. But there vas no time
70. such measures Of relief. In one
moment the Roxaoa was bottom up
and the form was black T1th boob!ng
heads. IN another moment the Rox-
ana bad vanished and one oy one the
heads began TO follow her.
Fortunately the tug Lamont vas
keeping q sharp lookout. Capt. keJes
saw the sioop keel over 10 the gus:
aad fail 70 come back. Instantly he
beaded for the spo: where the Rox-
ana had oeeo. hu. before ae cou]d
reach Be. ten passengers had c,c"
dovo. Life ;:nee aad oroys wers
thrown 20 :hose s.!!l aooas sad. nste:
a few minutes os brisk aod acKior-
work. all 10 s:gst ~eee taken aboard
the Lamont.
The survivors. thoroughly exhaust
ed aad half dazed were taken 20 .
hosJtta! 90 Staten Island.