The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-13

seven aen in the Gutter Freaa the Granite
state mat west O,cr MIN salts set
sa a.ettlBg out sf the I.ee % PassinG
steamer OnIy Thelg Fe>iings Hart.
series 81 hoarse. rapid FIRE blasts
from the whistle ~ the Panama Railroad
steamship Ancon ~ the Battery yester
day causei pilots ~ river crait within
half a mile or - 10 prick up their ears
and signal full speed 10 the engine rooms
The Arcnn was the magnet that pulled
, them ont 4 cutter from tho Grant,"
State ship 1T the Naval Militia Of hat
talon No l. had Caps'Z"d IN a half gale
from the northwest under the port quarter
Of the Ancon which had too much way on
to stop soon enough - help th" seven
men that were cast into the ~ ring cross
currents OF the BATTERY
In the feet from near and FAR that
headed for the upset cutter were the
ferryboat Sea Gate. the Yacht Owlet .
Capt n ! smith. the Baxter Nrecking
Company's tug John Fuller. Capt q q
Olsen; the tug George X hirkham ana
the War Departments steamer Engineer
The Sea Gate lowered boat hut before
IL could reach the seven amateur blue
jackets Capt Olsen was alongside with
lines for them The cutter had righted
full Of water and the men, all a-shiN"T.
were clinging q the gunwales. saying
nothing. but looking as II they wished
they hadn't come They were hauled
aboard the Fuller 10y Capt Olsen . men
and the cutter was taken ia tow.
The Ancon. which had siopped to see
the rescue. went on. and the other steam
craft went about their business The
cutter. with her two leg q mutton sails
still set and their sheets fast was towed
alongsida Pier and the nautical cops
came out and asked for a report 81 the
aCcidap, They were referred - the
cnxswaIn who refused 90 give his name
lie said that ne feared court ma tial Tor
communicating with the pOiIC" and the
reporters before turning IN his report
60 his commanding officer N was sud
al the Granite state that no - James J.
Moody. a recent recruit, or -landsman
What happened 10 him and his tars was
told 10y river men v h had seen the acct
dent
The tars had been down 10 Staten
Island ana were heating hack against
a squally Northwestern hat blew az times
more than thirty miles They had
rounded Governors Island. going through
Buttermilk channel and had turned
and headed toward the North River
when the Ancon, bound for Tristohal.
came sweeping out The cutter abb
was on the starDoard tack under her two
leg q mutton sale, when IN" AnCon
bIanketed her Moody did not think
about that blast that was hound to strike
him when the Ancon'- steel wall had
removed itself The cutter danced pref
tily under the port quarter Of the AnCon
for few seconds. her sails shaking
Then the wind rushed az her and she
went over on her hslm ends and Hpalled
every bhejacket They never thought
% letting go the sheets. or II they had
thought 81 " thev Couldn't have done u.
the sheets being tied tai least 20 the spec
tators Of tha mishAp declarel, and that
IL another reason they came TO grief
when they were hat by the blast The
men seemed 20 know how 20 swim. hut
they preferred chnging TO the boat
which after scoopng mp enough ot the hay
TO hll her came up on level Keel
Passengers on the Ancon, who were
somewhat disturbed by the slght. cheered
later when the 'ug Fuller came alongside
the cutter and took Of everybody
After Moody and his men had pumped
out IN" cutter With a pump borrowed
from the harbor police they telephonsd
for help from the Granite State. not caring
10 continue their trip IN the rough and
windy course M the Hudspn Mean
while Lieut. Hamilton in the steam launch
Ohio. which belongs ~ the Gloucester,
the ship ~ the second or BROOKLYN Bat
talon 81 Naval Militia heard 81 the mis-
fortune % the cutter while he was landing
some men al the yacht hssIn near Pier
and ofa-,h To tow the cutter and the
chill.d blue Jackets TO the Granite state
They would have none 81 his assist ance
and ref lse,i ., tell him how they were
upset Apparently the topic was not an
a grse1be one 20 them. 4 bueIackst ~
the launch saId that such an accident
could mover have happened - men of 'he
second Battliion and h" Grinned as " ha
rather enjoyed the misfortunes - the
other fellows
MoOdv had besn assigned 10 take oui
the SIX men. all % whom were Naval
Niitiatnen hat none from the First Bat
talon They a-- guests ~ men 81 the
First Battalion and Two ara from Wiscon-
sin. two from Maryland and two from this
state They cam. here 10 attend the
recent regatta ~ Ia" Naval Militia men.
Wesley and Annin are the s,Irnames ~
fus. Maryi1udars