The San Francisco call., 1910-10-02
.SQUALL UPSETS
NAVAL Gutter
And men DROWN
Sailors Jump Into River When
Water Swamps Boat 800
p, Yards OFF Shore
Survivors Are Taken TO Battle
y ship and Suggest That Prob
ably Thirty Perished

NEW YORK, Oct Several sailors
from the battleship New Hampshire
were drowned by the upsetting of a
tender in the North river of One Hun
dred and Fifty-second street tonight.
Estimates OF the dead vary from three
70 as high as 12. but as no official count
has been made Of the number aboard
The tender. and as many men have shore
leave. il was impossible accurately to
TX the list of missing tonight
Tie sailors were returning to the
New Hampshire after shore leave and
more than 100 Of them. il is estimated.
had crowded aboard the tender. which
was being towed TO the battleship.
About 300 yards off shore the craft
either swamped or was upset and the
entire load was precipitated into the
water.
sEEN SINK IN DARKNESS
Bozts were Immediately put out from
RE New Hampshire. and wherever a
hobbing head showed a man was res
cled But in the darkness several sank
and others were almost unconscious
when dragged 70 safety.
. On board the New Hampshire 81 with
wet clothes were counted, indicating
merely that 81 had been saved and leav-
ing blank the more serious gap OF pos
Rad shore leave tonight, there was no
Nsy OF ascertaining just how many
were aboard the tender.
several sailors who were in the upset
boat. hesitated TO estimate the number
lost. although those who were inclined
10 take q more serious view OF the af
fair placed the list as high as so.
Muddy SAVES FIFTEEN
No information could be obtained
who were rescued were hustled below
and the officer on deck said that an
:: estimate Of the dead was out Of the
: question tonight.
=. Midshipman Godfrey de Chevalier.
who had charge OF the tender. was
taken from the water unconsciou and is
in the ships hospital. It is reported
tkat he saved Is sailors before exhau US
tioE overcame him.
o.: The New Hampshire with its twin
ship Of the Atlantic feet is anchored
in the Hudson river of the upper part
Of the city. having arrived at New
York this week after target practice
OF Hampton roads
sQUALL OVERTAKES SINGERS
When the deeply laden tender set out
from the shore towed by a launch there
was strong wind blowing across the
river and kicking up nasty and choppy
waves.
The sailors were singing and Joking
at the top OF their voices, when the
craft struck & large wave, dumping q
great quantity OF water into the boat
Another wave threw water over the
gunwales- Seeing that the ship was
sinking, some of the sailors sprang
. overheard. The fellows first overheard
made the jump, as one sailor explained,
because they were expert swimmers
and got out, hoping to Tighten the cut
ter. Their Jump was made at the be-
,hest of q heavy voiced sailor, who
shouted:
Every man who is a good swimmer
Jump out"
sEARCHLIGHT PLAYS ON WATER
4 moment more and the cutter was
ewash with its load OF jackies strug-
CLING IN the water. Some chung to the
rWsterlogged craft; strong swimmers
while dozens shouted the familiar
man overheard"
This cry was heard on the New
Hampshire and the steam launch put
out 10 the rescue. The launch rem
dered valuable assistance and, rein
forced by a nearby power boat, which
chanced TO be on the scene, every man
IN sight was taken out of the water.
Late tonight q searchliGht was be-
ing played on the water in the hope of
finding z man clinging TO some floating
object.