The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-18
DEEP SEA WINNER
 MIST ASHORE NEAR FAMOUS BOARDW ALk
U. $. Coast Guards Hope to Save the $5O,OOO Yacht Belonging to Patent At torney Binney = Dense Fog Causes Collision.
tsnecial from United Press.)

l Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 18.-The l United States Coast Guards today ex- pressed the hope that they would be able to save the s5O,OOO auxiliary schooner yacht Mist belonging to liar l old Binney, a patent attorney of New 1 York The yacht was driven ashore within a few yards of the boardwalk at an early hour today after having l been abandoned during the night by her owner, his guests and her crew. Thousands of people are on the board walk watching the life saving crew in their efforts to float the yacht into deep water.
 Binney has little hope of saving the l S5 900 worth of provisions on board or | the personal effects of Binney and his guests.
 The Mist, the winner of the recent deep sea race to Bermuda, was carry | ing the owner and his guests from New York to Newport News when 1t ran into a terrific coast gale early Sunday. Sails were furled and the vessel sought to proceed under pow CT. Mrs. Darnell became so i'll that Binnev turned the head of the yes sel toward this city. The seas were so high that Mrs. Darnell begged to be put ashore and yawl was laun- ched and Mrs. Darnell and her baby l taken safely to shore.
 The crew, including four sailors and a cook, dropped two sea anchors and endeavored to ride out the gale. | breaking. windlass set the vessel free and she drifted help1essly.
 | Life savers were rushed to the yes sel and took the crew off. This morn | ing the yacht was driven ashore. | Wrecking tugs have been sent for. Binney narrowly escaped losing his | life today ill the sight of an enormous i crowd that thronged the board walk. l lie Swam out, going through the 1 breakers in clever style. only to find 1 that the seas were much heavier than
 he anticipated and he was finally swirIed well out to sea by an enor- 1 nous wave and washed back, strik- ! ing the side of his yacnt with terrific ] force He must have drowned had 1 not two of the life saving crew man l aged to grasp his clothing and haul i him aboard of the yacht completely 1 exhausted.
 l New York, Jan. 1S-The ferryboats Cincinnati and Jersey city of the
 Pennsylyania railroad line, collided in
 dense fog close to the Jersey shore 1 this morning. A hole 30 feet wide was gored in the blanks of the Gin
 cinnati while half of the starboard
 side of the Jersey city was stove in
 by being side-swiped by the Cincin- nati Intense excitement prevailed | among the 400 passengers despite the
 captains assurances that the boats
 were in no danger.
 1 None of the passengers were injur- 1 ed Both boats made their slips on | the Jersey City side and were imme- diately put in drydock at Hoboken for repairs.
 | Gaiilee, N. J., Jan. 1S.-The Italian 1 three-masted bark Fortuna went aground on the Ship Bottom Bar near here a victim of the fog and a stiff suotheasterly gale that prevented the skipper from keeping to his course.
 The Bsortuna's keel is deep in the sand.
 The Fortuna, which was bound from New York to the Barbados, is resting easy and the captain and crew are staying aboard. A crew from the